Munger Hall or Munger Hell - Part 4 Sunday, November 07, 2021
The debate set in motion by the proposed massive UC-Santa Barbara dorm designed by Charles Munger - who is donating $200 million out of the $1.5 billion cost - continues. As we have noted in prior posts, the project has yet to come before the Regents. The article below notes that it also has to be approved by the Coastal Commission. There is the apparently apocryphal quote by Mark Twain which goes something like "Heaven for climate; Hell for companionship." Student residents won't experience the Santa Barbara climate absent windows in their rooms. But with 4,000 of them in one building, they will have companionship of a kind. In any case, opposition is building while the university is digging in: UCSB, Munger Respond to Avalanche of Backlash over Dormzilla
Thousands Sign Petitions by Architectural Historians, Students to Halt Project By Tyler Hayden | Nov 05, 2021 | Santa Barbara Independent UC Santa Barbara’s public relations machine has kicked into high gear to defend the university’s proposed Munger Hall dormitory, issuing a statement Thursday that highlights the anticipated benefits of the controversial, hyper-dense building concept while at the same time acknowledging its small, windowless bedrooms “may not be right for everyone.” [Note: The official UCSB statement is reproduced below.] Designer and backer Charlie Munger also rebuffed intense criticism leveled at him by architects across the country, calling detractors “idiots” and claiming in an interview with Architectural Record this week that those who actually study his models “ go ape-shit for them.”
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UCLA Faculty Association Blog: 4th Quarter 2021
