More than 12,000 people have signed a petition against the construction of Munger Hall, a mostly windowless student dormitory for the University of California backed by billionaire investor Charles Munger.
The campaign, which is hosted on change.org, was launched by Tommy Young, a student at the university's Santa Barbara campus where the housing is set to be built.
Munger Hall hit the headlines in recent weeks due to its controversial design, which could see over 90 per cent of its student residents live in windowless rooms.
The proposal, which measures 1.68 million square feet (156,000 square metres) and could house up to 4,500 students, is also designed with only 14 entrances and exits.
Petition responds to proposal's "glaring problems" Young's petition was filed to allow students at the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) and the wider community "to voice their opposition to this building". At the time of writing, it has 12,161 signatures.
"I am not an architecture major, but it does not take an architecture major to recognize the glaring problems with this structure, and the administration's refusal to recognize the criticism they have received from architects," Young states in his petition.
"UCSB has a housing crisis, and this must be addressed," the student continues. "However, warehousing students in one windowless superstructure designed by an amateur architect is not the solution."
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