How far UCSB has fallen since the days when it had architects like Charles Moore.” “No, design isn’t up to billionaire donors. “This design is a grotesque, sick joke - a jail masquerading as a dormitory,” lamented Paul Goldberger. Needless to say, this isn’t the epitome of good design in the eyes of most critics. The rectilinear layout of the building means that some students will be up to 200 feet - two-thirds the length of a football field - from a view to the outside world. How far UCSB has fallen since the days when it had architects like Charles Moore. No, design isn’t up to billionaire donors. If this report is true, this design is a grotesque, sick joke - a jail masquerading as a dormitory. If built as-is, the building would have a population density equivalent to 221,000 people per square mile, making it the eighth densest neighborhood in the world. His proposal is intended to address a major lack of housing for UCSB students, and is an exhibition in density. Munger, a billionaire businessman, investor and executive of Berkshire Hathaway. Munger Hall - a 1.7-million-square-foot, 11-story block designed to house 4,500 students in largely windowless bedrooms - was designed by Charles T. If, like most modern media platforms, you’re comfortable using the internet as a barometer for public sentiment, it is no overstatement to call this the world’s most hated floor plan. Ever since the unveiling of a controversial proposal for a new residence hall at the University of California, Santa Barbara, the project has been dubbed a “ giant, windowless prison“, “ Dormzilla“, “ a torture experiment” and “ a recipe for student depression“.
This question has spawned a colorful array of responses from Twitter users around the globe in the past few weeks. The floor plans on this are absolutely insane. Take a brief glance at the architectural plan below, and imagine what it might be like to live inside.
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