The host building is located in Kilkenny, a thriving city in Ireland. Kilkenny has a large tourist trade and is a well known weekend break destination. It is home to Kilkenny Arts, Cat Laughs and other festivals.

My brief is to create a public arts venue, an anchor which will be the heart of the festival and keep the festive atmosphere alive all year round. It will be a central hub within the city which will encourage interaction between artists and the public.

This festival building is split into three distinct areas; backstage, performance (gallery, exhibition and art house cinema) and pre/after show.

My design for the 'performance space' lies in the deconstruction of a 2D painting in to a 3D form. This space is a separate structure inserted into the shell of the host building. The backstage is housed in the back extension of the building powering the central structure. The user will start their journey in the circulation space which is the intermediary between backstage and performance, which through materiality, lighting and scale is quite a cold space exposing the workings of the building where the user can see glances of the backstage stage workings of the building while accessing the performance spaces.