The garden and water on the ground floor features acts as a public activity area, modulating the micro-climate, reflecting sunlight and improving the first floor lighting conditions.

Add to that the indiscriminate lighting, bad acoustics, awkward floor plan, and dearth of food and drink and you've got a fool-proof recipe for a terrible viewing experience.

Lighting another cigarette, he frowned and gestured towards a bale of "hell money" lying in a pile on the floor, then sighed.