The brief for a gallery with apartments located on the same site requires the juxtaposition of functions that, by their nature, demand a different architectural response. In resolving this duality, the gallery takes on a visually dominant and abstract character, with the apartments separate and secondary in the streetscape composition.

Alongside, a new public piazza is set down by a half level from the road relating to the restaurant, and overlooked by the gallery entrance.

The Gallery's collection consists of works at small to intermediate scale by Cypriot artists. In considering how to display the collection, it seems appropriate to arrange the gallery as a sequence of intimate rooms on a single floor to reflect the scale and nature of the art. The temporary gallery is located on the first floor so that it is accessed separately from the entrance to provide flexibility of use.

(RIBA Competition - Shortlisted, 2006)