This passes fire code?
That what I want to know.
Curious minds wants to know?
UCSB is supposed to be a beautiful campus on the Pacific. Why on Earth would they reasonably want a design like this?
It appears to be something more similar to a prison block. I don’t think the forced social-interaction thing will work.
Personally, I’d be tempted to only go back to the suite to sleep. Also, showering and bathroom necessities must be absolute hell in that prison block.
I guess it’s an adequate style if you are into Soviet worker architecture.