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This Grade II listed Georgian former haberdashers college provided exceptionally diverse spaces and volumes for creation of residential apartments.
 
A proposal to insert a ‘pod’ of core facilities ie bathroom and kitchen was agreed. This was inserted within the spaces so as not to touch the existing fabric, mouldings etc. A further device of sliding doors and screens based around the pod informed the bed and living spaces.
 
The proposal was well received by Hackney Council and English Heritage and worked equally well in both the large volumes of the Queen posted lecture theatre and the modest attic quarters.