This two-storey extension was designed to enhance visitor experience and revenue generation through the provision of a new cafe, box office and multi-use rooms for rehearsal, teaching and private hire.
The design responds to the site’s sloping topography to maximise indoor and outdoor space. A series of interconnected gardens, terraces, internal spaces and walkways creates an extended promenade for patrons. An ample double-height space lightly touches the fabric of the existing church building that houses the concert hall.
Beams set perpendicular to the church wall are spaced to align centrally with the structural rhythm of the existing building to provide a sense of continuity between old and new. Two openings on the ground floor link the extension to the offices, recording suite and exhibition space in the crypt, while two additional openings on the upper level increase visitor flow to and from the hall.
