Re:Architect Resigns in Protest over UCSB Mega-Dorm
by ghaff on Friday October 29, 2021 @12:37PM
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It does sound like a lot of money but that is also a huge dorm. I couldn't find numbers on a more recent dorm project but MIT's Simmons Hall was completed in 2002. (Which also has sort of a weird window thing going on.) It "only" cost $78 million--so presumably something in excess of $100 million today. But that's for a dorm only housing 350 or so students vs. 4500. But, still you're looking at about 2x the cost per student housed.
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Re:Architect Resigns in Protest over UCSB Mega-Dorm
by colinmhayes on Friday October 29, 2021 @12:50PM
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But the thing is Simmons Hall is practically a work of art. If you asked students if they wanted to live there or in this place pretty sure every single one would say Simmons.
Re:Architect Resigns in Protest over UCSB Mega-Dorm
by ghaff on Friday October 29, 2021 @01:04PM
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Like Stata, it's grown on me a bit looking from the outside. It's certainly not boring. Never been inside though so no idea how well it works as a dorm.
In addition to the window thing, the sheer scale of 4,500 students gives me pause. It's something like 10x the number of students of any dorm I've ever experienced.