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Approach from Irving Street. Streetscape is cleared of clutter,
strategically placed lighting beacons and pavement lighting show
routes to and from the square.
Our design proposal removes the existing grass and railings, forming
a freely accessible pedestrian space. The square’s surface
is subtly re-folded to create new spaces and accommodate the 2m
fall from the north to the south of the square. Lighting markers
are closed by day and opened by night.
The expanded plaza surface enables many possibilities for the
use of the square, which previously would not be possible. Film
premiers
for example need no longer be restricted to occupying the periphery
of the space but take centre stage, clearly
denoting this as the home of cinema in Britain.
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