The steam created in the energy production process is recycled into the atmosphere and the relatively small amount of fuel that is needed to provide the required energy can be stored safely.

Khalifa agrees, ‘having a space has made a huge difference.The open nature of the building really helps me.

I like walking around to see what the other studios are putting up on their walls.It really motivates me to keep on going and be creative.’ All of the GWS studios have glass walls, which means every stuck-up Post-it note or storyboard is showcased to the world giving away just a little bit of what lies beneath.It keeps the light moving as well as a sense of inspiration between the residents.. ‘We originally wanted a studio in the atrium, but they were all taken.

People love them,’ says Abubakar.West Port & Co’s office is on the outside of the building where they have the most London of views: the concrete underside of the Westway, a bus depot filled with bright red, double-decker buses, and the railway tracks that will eventually be home to The Elizabeth Line.

‘It’s actually a really quiet environment,’ Obinna Ihejetoh says, ‘we always forget we’re under the Westway.’.

Shaun and Khalifa also live locally in Primrose Hill and Kensal Rise so benefit from short commutes.This theme of bringing a sense of the outside into the internal hospital space is another picked up by multiple staff members.

‘I think for the patients on the ward the nice thing is that all of our bedrooms have their own windows that look out to an internal courtyard,’ says Highton.‘So they all have a natural element to them.

They’re not looking out into an industrial unit or to another wall… The atrium is very large.It’s open, it’s airy, so that provides light.