Briefly, the article is an opinion piece crafted to stoke outrage. It is crafted to make you stupider. It does not give you full access to all the information for you to make your own informed opinion about what's going on. It is clickbait, and not worthy of your attention.
More to the point: I followed their link to the proposal, saw what a typical residential floor plan would look like (page 59), I contrasted them with the reasons the guy gave for this design, and I now agree with the "prison for students" comments. So they did provide me with full access to all the information for me to make my own informed opinion.
Content: Quotes from billionaire defending his windowless dorm design
How is that clickbait?
However it's not an article. It's a transcribed interview that you can listen to at the top. I listened to it and their editing doesn't change the sentiment of his responses in my opinion.
I don't know who "this billionaire" is, but he is definitely 100% right here. Dorms in Asian cities are like this and they're a godsend for students, workers, etc. for inner city, affordable and temporary living.