Reception Buildings

The Reception is the smallest space in the Exterior and houses just a ten small single storey buildings.

These buildings are used to host visitors to the City State conducting official business. It is where visiting dignitaries, ambassadors or representatives are met once they pass through the Visitors Gate.

Like the gate itself the exterior of the buildings are non descript, and purely functional.

They are identical in design and furnishings.

The entry door opens into a short corridor. At the end of the hallway is a door leading into a larger room. This is the main meeting room.

It has a circular table to the left hand side of the room, large enough to seat 12 people. To the right hand side are two three seat sofas opposite each other and and two armchairs, one either end of the sofas. There is a small four legged coffee table in the space between them.

Against the right hand wall is a sideboard with equipment to make hot drinks, a serving area for food, and a small bar.

On the far wall there is a stone fireplace with a painting of Semper's Coat of Arms above it.The mantlepiece is made of a hard dark wood and is bare.

To the left of the corridor door, another door leads to a small washroom.

To the right of the corridor door, another door leads to an office with two beds. The room is furnished with two desks and computer chairs. It has a secure phone line on each desk.

There is no external Internet or Wi-Fi capability.

The reasoning is that if you are coming to Semper to conduct business you will have all you need with you. The phone is there in case you need to obtain authority from a superior, or to order food.

Beds are provided in case the arranged business take longer than expected, or rest periods are needed. They are a courtesy and do not imply that visitors are invited to stay. They are basic and functional, and not all that comfortable.

If there are more than two people who require beds, bedding will be provided but additional visitors will be sleeping on the floor, or the sofas.