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I have sunlight triggered migraines

Tradeoffs are real. Ignoring the unintended consequences of well-intentioned reforms often harms the most vulnerable.

Where I live (UK, nimby paradise) we simultaneously have loads of people living in tents while working, and politicians banning various forms of housing that they consider to be "inhumane" or otherwise sub-standard

It’s … on a cliff. Seems perilous.

I prefer windowless bedrooms!

Reminds me that the house is grew up in Maine was appraised as having 0 bedrooms because they were all below grade (designed for insulation).

I thought the argument for mandating bedroom windows was ventilation.

(a 4x8 sheet of plywood and some drywall screws is cheaper than blackout curtains)

Still laughing about this. You could have charged me 50$ more a month lol “blackout bedroom included” lol

No. Important context to the munger cube, which was a huge part of why it got canceled, wad that it was a huge risk for spread of covid when it was being proposed. Poor ventilation would have made that worse.

3.33 is around 3 internal, which allows for a bathroom of around 1.8*1.5 without disturbing the rest of the unit, which allows a decent if not amazing bathtub. It's a very solid place to live in; in Stockholm I had a smaller apartment as a postdoc, thanks to extremely high market rents.

It's a general problem with US dorms - too much space in the wrong place, too little private room space. Munger Hall's 35 m^2/student is typical, but instead of getting solo 30 m^2 studios, students share 15 m^2 rooms in the typical American dorm while still having to pay for the 35 + RA labor.