Urban Stage to Sheltered Market

The fundamental design framework used is a grid, the axis of which was created by intersecting the directions of the prevailing wind and the evening sun in August (Eisteddfod event dates)

This inspired and facilitated the core concept of 'permeability', as the corridors and openings all directly face and welcome external natural components.

Whether this is the funnelling of sunlight into the backstage areas before a performance or the natural ventilation and sound distribution contributed by the whistling of the wind through the main passageway between backstage areas.

To further this notion, and to emphasize the experience of such natural components, pedestrian circulation, likely congregation areas, and viewpoints have all been orientated along the designated axes.