Welsh Stage, Drops on a musical wave
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LOCATION
Cardiff Bay, Butetown, Cardiff, Wales, CF, United Kingdom
Project Description
2025 Eisteddfod Festival At Cardiff Bay, Urban Stage
The need for sustainable buildings is increasing in the current era due to the need to reduce the consumption of energy and resources and the need to reduce the effects of construction on the environment, which ensures the achievement of development and human well-being while preserving natural and human resources. One of the means of sustainability is the recycling of buildings, that is, using them in more than one way, and the recovery of components and materials through repair, remanufacturing or re-design, for example, converting warehouses to showrooms.
Research on this topic is due to the significant commercial benefits represented in cost savings. Sustainability does not limit its usefulness to companies only, but the benefits are reflected on people in the long run. It guarantees a better future for all, helps reduce energy use, and achieves a healthy habitat, ensuring a comprehensive societal impact.
Green spaces are a valuable resource for sustainable urban health, so that that spectator spaces will include them.
Solar panels capture sunlight and convert it into renewable electricity, saving money.
The curved roof with stepped heights allows rainwater to be collected and diverted to tanks under the platform, which leads to its reuse. Nearby buildings can benefit from water when the stage is out of service.
This design is adaptive, as it can be used after Eisteddfod without disassembling it. Where it can be converted into a restaurant, cafe or exhibition.
The need for sustainable buildings is a necessity imposed by human welfare and the protection of natural and human resources. It has commercial and societal benefits as it reduces energy use and achieves a healthy habitat.
Rand Hamadah
(she/her)
When I first came to the UK in late 2016, I faced many challenges. I had to adjust to studying in a completely new educational system, in a language I didn't know very well. Despite these obstacles, I have completed five GCSEs, with art being the subject in which I excelled. The high standards of creative work I produced earned me an A* grade in my GCSE Art and the first place in the Portrait Competition in the 2019 Wales Creative Challenge. As a result, I was selected as one of the top five students in my school. I have always had a passion for design, and I wanted to study architecture to contribute to the rebuilding of my war-ravaged country. This passion led me to enrol on the BTEC Art and Design course at Cardiff and Vail College. During the two years of BTEC study, I received letters of appreciation from my college for consistently producing work of the highest calibre on all projects, and I got highest distinction marks as a result . One of my most prominent successes during this period was the selection of my design for a Cinderella-themed mural to decorate the lobby of the new theatre in Cardiff. I am particularly proud of the fact that the collection of artwork depicting some features of the Syrian crisis, which I did in collaboration with my mother, inspired the UK artist Dorothy Morris to set up a group exhibition entitled: What They Don't Want You to See. Moreover, one of my paintings was used as a poster for the exhibition, and another painting was purchased to be used as a cover for a book of poetry to be released soon in the UK. In addition to all my art-based activities, I have always been a chess player. I won the Damascus Junior Chess Champion title three years in a row, and a silver medal in the 2014 Syrian Junior Chess Championship. Chess, along with art, has provided me with much-needed focus and comfort during a difficult transition to the life in the UK. I was a member of the Cardiff Chess Club and represented my school in two school tournaments in Cardiff.
randhamadah@gmail.com