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The brief was to design a pavilion for a new walk museum in Leicester. The pavilion required an amphitheatre seating 150 with standing opportunities for a further 50. The proposal also needed to include facilities such as a café, visitors centre, public toilets and performer changing rooms.

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My approach was to analyse the issues the site faced in terms of engaging the public and devise a solution whereby people would begin to interact with the site a lot more. The big challenge of the site was a large protected oak tree in the centre. My design concept was to pinch the site and form the building around the tree so that it became the focal point. This concept then informed the design of the extra facilities that were built into the new landscape in a way that would draw people in.

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Another important aspect of the design was to maintain the green footprint of the site. This was achieved by incorporating a turfed sloping roof that was accessible from the corners of the site. This roof garden was also a viewing platform for the amphitheatre below.