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9 March 2015. Add two images from Citizenfour film and door comments.

6 December 2014

Assange in Embassy Eyeball

Huffington Post, 19 June 2014:

Julian Assange's Life Inside A Converted Women's Toilet At The Ecuadorian Embassy

Assange works 17-hour days and has always been a night owl, keeping "hackers' hours" of late night nights and sleeping in. He is a light sleeper, and the location of the embassy in the heart of Kensington has been a problem for him. Harrods is close by 3 Hans Crescent and the early morning deliveries played havoc with his sleep.

"I couldn’t sleep because of the Harrods loading bay and the cops always doing shift changes outside," Assange told the Australian magazine Who.

"And the quietest room is the women’s bathroom, the only room that’s easy to sleep in. So I thought I’d try and somehow get hold of it and renovate it. Eventually, somewhat reluctantly, the staff relented. They ripped out the toilet. They’ve been very generous."

Assange's converted bathroom-office has modest living quarters, with a bed, a small kitchenette, a computer with internet connections and a shower.

Perhaps entrance to Assange suite (two doors with push plates). Note cable along the left baseboard and crossing the floor to the right. Possible interior of the door above. Note cable at left of door frame. Other doors inside the suite have varying locking hardware. Door below lacks push plates and locking hardware, maybe to closet.

Principle windows in the embassy in which Assange appears.

Speculative Floor Plan of Assange Suite at Window 3

2012/08/17. Window 3

2012/10/01. Fireplace mantle 1

2012/11/14 Bookshelf 1. Treadmill 1.

2012/11/29. Fireplace mantle 2. Bookshelf 1.

2013/02/?? Fireplace mantle 2. Bookshelf 1.

2013/04/?? Window 1. Bookshelf 4 behind Assange.

2013/04/12. Window 3

2013/05/29. Window ? behind bookshelves 2, 3, 4, booshelf 1 at right.

2013/06/17 Bookshelf 4

2013/06/19. Window ? Bookshelf 6.

2013/08/01. Bookshelf 1.

2013/08/01. Fireplace mantle 3. Bookshelf 1 partial at left; bookshelf 4 partial at right Bookshelf 4.

Bookshelf 5 (may be bookshelf 1 relocated).

2014/01/xx Bookshelf 6.

2014/03/28. Door 2.

2014/04/23. Bookshelf 6 at right. Window 3 at right. Door 2 at right.

2014/06/18. Bookshelf 6. Fireplace mantle 2. Treadmill 1. Window ? behind bookshelf 6. Fireplace mantle 2. Treadmill 1. Bookshelf 6. Fireplace mantel 2.

2014/06/19. Table 2.

2014/07/14. Window ? Treadmill 1.

2014/07/19. Bookshelf 6. Apparent radiator cover 1.

2014/08/?? This fireplace mantle does not appear in other photos.

2014/08/18. Bookshelf 6. Window 3. Window 3. Fireplace mantle 1. Doors 2 and 3. Window 3. Window 3.

2014/11/21 (File photo, no date) Bookshelf 1.

2014/12/01. Window 3. Fireplace mantle 1. Table 2. Door 2.

Date? Fireplace mantle 3. Bookshelf 4. Door ? partial at right.