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I have designed this project during my internship in the properties and facilities department of the French Embassy in London.
The Embassy would like to gather its services - currently spread over several buildings - into one single site in South Kensington (French Quarter).
I was asked to design a feasibility study to see how the current Consulate building, located in South Kensington, could be modified and extended to house the other services.
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This results in an extension of the building and a rationalisation of its organisation to a more open workspace alongside shared spaces : informal spaces, meeting rooms, quiet rooms, touch down desks, tea points.
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The ground floor would have a more generous waiting space for the visitors, the courtyard would be rehabilitated into a garden, there would be a better separation of the collaborators and visitors circulations, and there would be a new restaurant for the collaborators.
This feasibility study includes an organisation proposal of the services in the building, an estimation of the built and rehabilitated areas , and will be an important document to support the project with the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs.
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