Story · 53:14
// THE QUOTE
“we put windows into the hallways on every level to get light and view into every home”
— Tom Emodi, FRAIC, LEED AP · TEAL Architects+Planners
Concrete design-vs-profit battle: fought a client to keep daylit corridors over a few rentable square feet, reframing light as what fills the building. Practical and self-contained.
Full episode at 53:14Going Fully Virtual in Architecture: How TEAL Architects Shut Their Studio, Saved Tens of Thousands, and Built a Better Team | Tom Emodi ▸
THE LESSON THIS CLIP CARRIES
In modest-income housing, lit corridors with end-of-hall windows reduce perceived claustrophobia and increase rental demand — the cost of the lost rentable square footage is offset by occupancy lift.
“part of your profitability is that everybody who comes through this door will want to rent an apartment — it doesn't feel closed in the hallways”
THE CHAPTER IT LIVES IN
Designing Pleasure into Modest-Income Housing
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Clips like this, every two weeks.
SOURCE: 53:14 of Going Fully Virtual in Architecture: How TEAL Architects Shut Their Studio, Saved Tens of Thousands, and Built a Better Team | Tom Emodi