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The eecutie sleeping uarters reect this sense of the world closing in. The oce and bedroom are divided by a wall of reeded glass, so there is a semblance of privacy, but there's nowhere to hide, as a shadow will betray ones location.n a practical level, the sleeping quarters had to work as the rooms of three different characters, so designed a mirrored version of the set that we ipped backandforth, depending on the scene. The real Pentagon has a surprisingly Upstairs, Downstairs feel to it. oodpaneled hallways and oces with traertine walls and terrao oors are reserved for the very limited areas where the highestranking ocials operate. The rest of it looks like your standard American strip mall oce comple with carpeted oors, uorescent dropceiling lighting and miles of cubicles. t was important to see this, because it's not the version of the Pentagon seen in other shows, but also because the decor here indicates where one sits in the pecking order. While scoring a spot at the Pentagon is a massive legup in the Y world, most people are living in the conerted bullpens of the entagons twenty fie thousand employees. ubicle diider walls have been turned into jungle gyms and are also used to section off the different family ones. ids are drawing and painting on the walls of this formerly buttonedup environment. Outside the Pentagon, characters are also improvising and repurposing. Pricemax In contrast to the Pentagon, an abandoned big box store—Pricemax in the show—is a place of rebirth, and is inhabited by a group called the Amazons, who are revealed to be members of a burgeoning man hating cult. In March 2020, everyone was wowed by the photos and news of the giant container ship stuck in the Suez Canal. Cut to the Art Department of Y: The Last Man creating the Pricemax, during a pandemic, while the global supply chain was breaking down.Shooting in a real big bo store was completely offlimits, first, because of , and secondly, because the Pricemax set was in three nonconsecutie episodes so the logistics of going in and out would be far too complicated. G. PENTAGON HALLWAY DESTRUCTION. BUILT ON A SOUND STAGE IN MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO. SET PHOTO. H. PENTAGON HALLWAY DESTRUCTION. PRODUCTION STILL. I. PRICEMAX EXTERIOR. ILLUSTRATION BY ANDY LO USING SKETCHUP AND ENSCAPE. J. PRICEMAX INTERIOR. BUNK AREA AND WOMEN'S CIRCLE. ILLUSTRATION BY ANDY LO USING SKETCHUP AND ENSCAPE. J G H I