Offices
All seven levels above ground at Kings Place are commercial office space. From some angles Kings Place can be seen as four joined but separate structures. This breaking down of the mass of the building was critical to the planners and has allowed light and a sense of openness to penetrate to basement level.
Thanks to a series of linking bridges, however, each of the upper floors is experienced by the office user as a very large contiguous plate.
For the office users no stair case was provided for general use so the only way to access above ground floors is via the lifts. This makes for inconvenience when the lifts breakdown and reduces the green impact of the building. The two common staircases have been designed so as only to be available in case of fire.
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