The complex was engineered with what they called two “ballrooms”. Really, it was two cupboards with wooden floors. In one of them, half the space was taken up by a DJ deck. Moving in, we had no idea what to do with it. We figured, we could have a party there. A very small party. A party of maybe ten people. A very private party.

A few weeks later, it turned out the existence of these rooms was a godsend.