Oh god, architects. I got into it just this past year when I read an article about ventilation in a particular NYC public school that was built without windows. There are skylights for light. Apparently, they leak and also they don't let in enough natural light and both teachers and students have been complaining about this for decades.

And this other guy is arguing that it's not the architect's fault that the general public is just too stupid to understand his brilliant vision. Listen, if your vision doesn't involve windows then your vision is wrong!

Every variation on his argument was more inane than the last. "The building is fine, the problems are the result of deferred maintenance!" Even if that's so, I kinda think that if you're designing for the NYC government, you really need to take deferred maintenance and budget cuts into account. I've been in NYC public school buildings three times as old as this one that were still trucking along with basically duct taped floors, because they were built to higher standards. "Windows are a distraction!" Everything is a distraction if the teacher didn't write an engaging lesson plan, but if this is such a problem then I feel like window blinds are a better solution. "People are just stupid!" Yes, that was actually what he fell back on. People may be stupid, I guess, but who the hell is the building even for?

People like windows!