The maps illustrate the changes made to the common room over the course of five years.
Overall, many new amenities has been installed while a number of tables has been removed to leave room for other areas.
Looking first at the row of facilities from located at the left-hand area from the main entrance. Literally, this area remain relatively untouched with the same kinds of amenities, located at the same position, including a sink, a cupboard, bench, microwave and a refridgerator; except that one of the two benches from five years ago has been replaced by another new microwave, lifting the total number of microwaves in the room to two.
Moving to the other end of the map, before the development there were just only four big round tables occupied the whole main area of the common room, each had six seats around, making it a suitable place for meeting and chatting. Moreover, placed on the far right corner was a bookshelf for student to use. After the refurbrishment, all large tables has been replaced by other three small ones, which two of them are round and one is rectangle in shape, offering wider range of choices for students there to use, and thus sparing more room to equip other facilities. Besides, the bookshelf has been removed instead, they installed three armchairs, making it encircled around the television, creating a spot for public filming or streaming. Meanwhile, a new drinks vending machine and a bench specially designed for laptops have been equipped above and next to the streaming area, respectively.
