KyoAni Arson and Building Design: Could changing the design of the studio save more lives?

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Published on July 20, 2019 6:12:52 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfq4atEBTk0

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Initial reports about the incident brought up several speculative questions about the building, so I decided to do a precursory look at the building design. When the internal layout was made available by Kyodo News, what I found about what was "acceptable" design for this building type was disturbing.

CITATIONS:
Guardian News: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf8YtVHpE-U&t=1s|
FDMA Japan: https://www.fdma.go.jp/disaster/info/items/1907182201.pdf
Kyodo News: https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2019/07/67f3568e810e-man-held-over-anime-studio-attack-may-have-checked-site-days-before.html
BBC News: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-49027178
Sakuga Blog: https://blog.sakugabooru.com/2017/03/10/anime-craft-weekly-33-kyoto-animation-studio-tour/
Getty Images c/o Paste Magazine: https://cdn.pastemagazine.com/www/articles/2019/07/18/kyoto-animation-getty-main.jpg
Straits Times: https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/spiral-stairs-no-sprinklers-may-have-contributed-to-deadly-japan-animation-studio
Picture of Dry Standpipe Access: https://farm1.static.flickr.com/738/21186690415_ba96036891_m.jpg