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A consulting architect on the university’s Design Review Committee quit in protest of the project, in a resignation letter obtained by CNN Business.
In addition to being Warren Buffett’s right-hand man, Munger is an amateur architect. He has no formal education in the field.
“Architecture is a field where tastes vary, and everyone thinks he’s an expert. And no two architects ever agree on anything,” Munger told CNN Business.
Munger, the 97-year-old vice chairman of Warren Buffet’s 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.
“While the bedroom may be ‘just good enough,’ the entirety of the experience makes its exceptional — ‘our town in the sky,'” the October UCSB design review committee report said.
That didn’t sit right with McFadden.
“As the ‘vision’ of the single donor, the building is a social and psychological experiment with an unknown impact on the lives and personal development of the undergraduates the University serves,” McFadden wrote.
The plan for Munger Hall includes an 11-story building that would provide more than 4,500 beds for undergraduates. Each residential floor would have eight Houses, each holding 63 students. There are eight suites in each House, and every suite has eight single-occupancy beds — window not included. Each suite also has two bathrooms and a common space.
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Source : cnn
