Charlie Munger designed dorm - UCSB

[Uffda]

Dear UC Santa Barbara: Don’t let a petulant billionaire build a prison dorm on your campus

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-a ... rison-dorm

His solution to the housing crunch? Stuff more than 4,500 students into an 11-story warehouse-size building in which the overwhelming majority of the units — about 94% — do not have access to natural light or fresh air.

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[skinzfan23]

Sounds like a great idea

[ita]

Philanthropy gone wrong? Maybe. Apparently, Munger designed and help pay for residences in Michigan and Stanford. The Michigan one is more akin to what is proposed for Santa Barbara, a monster. The Stanford one looks half way decent. Also, I found this somewhat humorous article about this SB project.

Yes, Build the Windowless, Bathroomless Dorm in My Backyard

[iamjacobm]

Munger needs to be thinking bigger, build the cube Charlie.

[ita]

Munger needs to be thinking bigger, build the cube Charlie.

I love this concept. Worked well for the Borg; they are one of the universe's most dominant species.

[Padre]

Munger needs to be thinking bigger, build the cube Charlie.

I love this concept. Worked well for the Borg; they are one of the universe's most dominant species.

We are the Munger. We have more money than you can imagine. You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile.

[iamjacobm]

On a more serious note a commentary not in glowing support, but defense from Nolan Gray (who is a good twitter follow for urbanism/planning nerds btw).