Cloud Strife
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Regarding the post above about taking out the queueing area, given eurostar regularly queues out into the arcade I don't think you can say Eurostar doesn't need that space, although better use could be made of it.
It would be possible to do things in reverse: Schengen entry control at the entrance from the arcade with large amounts of egates, UK exit control behind it, then security as the third control.
I think the biggest issue is that St Pancras was also designed with a large arrivals area that wasn't needed in the end. If the area had been designed for the juxtaposed controls, then probably the arrivals area would have been tiny and the departure lounge would take up even 90% of the total space.