if you want, you can view the presentation about the proposed dorm yourself! there you will find such details as:
study rooms right next to the first floor movie theater, but a safe distance from the dedicated storage room for exactly 570 surfboards
dining for eight right next to the two bathrooms that you will share with the seven other people in your âbedroom clusterâ! hope you donât have to pee while someone else is showering!
this is how these bedroom clusters would be laid out. two whole fire exits! decadent.
a closer look at the first floor reveals a trash lift in the back, for which no chute exists on the plans for any other floor
if you tire of sitting in your windowless cube, simply head to the top floor gaming room, located right between the reading room and counseling, exactly where you want to place someone playing league of legends on university wifi
also of note is the total lack of loading dock or freight elevator, suggesting that anyone trying to bring inventory to the top floor gastropub (there is a top floor gastropub) will have to bring it through the one main hall on the first floor, and into the regular elevators that students will be using to get to their rooms
the billionaire in question has also stated that his 200M donation is contingent on building this dorm to his exact specifications! no changing things to actually make any goddamn sense allowed.
this tweet points out that the number of beds vs the total square footage amount to 370 square feet per bed, which is enough to give every student their own studio apartment instead of windowless cubes and dedicated surfboard storage
the entire ventilation system, which must be massive on account of all the windowless rooms, is housed on the first floor so that everyone who walks by on ground level to gets to hear the sweet sound of a massive HVAC system running full bore 24/7
here are the meeting minutes from july 28th where some of these problems were pointed out. here is my favorite from the fire captain:
Captain Glenn Fidler â SB County Fire
Confirm letter received. SB County Fire concerns Shocked that the project was glossed over in five minutes. The LRDP did not consider the staffing needs for a project of this size. In addition to the Ocean Road project. Make sure thatâs included in the analysis.
Current Station is inadequate. Not enough housing for current staff nor enough staffing for the proposed housing. There is a personnel staffing issue.
Current transportation and parking needs not understood â all these students will park in IV and make Fire response more difficult.
Evacuation plan not described.
UCSB not looking at the regulations for evacuation.
the reason the dorm is laid out this way?
Munger, the 97-year-old vice chairman of Warren Buffetâs Berkshire Hathaway, donated $200 million to UCSB to fund the dorms, with the caveat that his designs are followed. He wanted the dorm rooms to be tiny and windowless to encourage residents to spend more time outside in the common areas, meeting other students.
because all these kids wonât come out of their room and get off their phones and talk to grandpa
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