Kingston
Canadian Royalty
The studio being a more controlled space it only makes sense for that to be the centre of the action rather than the outdoor set.They kind of experimented with that in a way occassionally when they had the lounge in the garden separate from the main house in a couple of series so the evictee had to walk through the house alone to exit which somewhat had the same effect, but I could see what you suggest working, especially if at the point of exit the evictee can see both the housemates and the crowd.
Remains to be seen what set up we have for the crowd in the new version and whether they switch to a studio set up. I'm not against an outdoor crowd, but think the show needs to be largely anchored from an indoor studio in the way it was from BB1-BB4 rather than anchoring it amongst a baying mob. Indeed I've always felt the crowd were incorporated better in the early series where Davina would talk to people in the crowd prior to the eviction, during the countdown and at the end of the show rather than just present in front of them. And of course the evictee would usually, but not always, go back out to meet the crowd - something the studio set up meant was abandoned midway through the C4 run, though the C5 studio did allow it (think they were usually sent towards their family inside instead though).
One thing I think Channel 5 got right was constructing an actual outdoor set rather than the outdoor crowd feeling like it was plopped in the middle of a car park.
I think ideally if they’re building everything from scratch they’d have the outdoor set lead in to the new studio so that the presenter can easily pop in and out of the studio when needed.
I think in the later Channel 4 years it was just easier for Davina to be based outside the house rather than running back and forth during breaks in the show.
That said I wouldn’t be shocked if they just went with a studio and ditched the big outdoor crowd completely and to be honest with all the over-the-top booing from that crowd I wouldn’t be upset with such a change either.