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Staircases and Sharks
Feb. 5th, 2023 01:30 amThe Single-Staircase Radicals Have a Good Point
This article pissed me off, for somewhat complex reasons. I agree with many of the goals expressed here. It would be good for staircases to not be brutalist concrete. It would be good for apartments to have more varied floor plans, and to let in more light. It is even good to examine past assumptions that have been baked into regulation and law, and see if they still make sense. But to abandon such a fundamental safety mechanism as a second staircase? This is, to me, madness. ( Read more... )
This article pissed me off, for somewhat complex reasons. I agree with many of the goals expressed here. It would be good for staircases to not be brutalist concrete. It would be good for apartments to have more varied floor plans, and to let in more light. It is even good to examine past assumptions that have been baked into regulation and law, and see if they still make sense. But to abandon such a fundamental safety mechanism as a second staircase? This is, to me, madness. ( Read more... )