Now the public of Scotland will know more about what is contemporary architecture. It is Malcolm Fraser, who trusted to design the Scottish Ballet, a state of the art dance centre. Like the rest of Fraser’s designs, he tries to creating a very flexible space, while keep the balance between public and private zones. The Scottish Ballet will provide: administration and wardrobe areas organized around this huge space at first floor, workshop areas centered on a triple height scenic at ground floor level, and three huge rehearsal studios at the top of the building. It will replace the unused Tramway arts centre located adjacent to the project.

The new building is connected with Tramway’s heart, ‘T3’, on Albert Drive. Both are juxtaposition to the green room that is the heart of the company. The stair leads up to the rehearsal studios at the second floor, while there are balconies across it. The other stairs and lifts near the court connected to the workshops and the studios. Two of the rehearsal spaces front to the Pollokshaws Road. While it was the east side of the building which have clerestories ~which display props from previous company productions~, the west side facing skylights also acts as part of natural cross ventilation. The main rehearsal studio no. 1 is located at the centre of the Scottish Ballet. The grid structure divides nine skylights that will bring a diffuse and light into the space. It’s both give literally and metaphorically meanings to enhance the inside activities.

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