5. What is Belfast Stories?
What is Belfast Stories?
Belfast Stories brings together three threads in a single location – a public space, visitor attraction and creative hub.
A public space – a place for everyone to gather, helping us to express our unique identities and share them with others.
A visitor attraction – which clearly communicates the spirit of the city – its past, its present and its future.
A creative hub – where writers, musicians, artists and filmmakers can meet to create and collaborate.
What might be in Belfast Stories?
The design of the Belfast Stories building goes hand-in-hand with developing the experiences inside it.
Plans include:
- Two main outdoor public spaces made up of a central covered courtyard at ground level and a rooftop garden. Indoor public spaces are also included at every level in the building.
- A main visitor exhibition made up of four interconnected spaces or galleries.
- Three cinema auditoria and a media production studio where locally produced work and international content will be showcased to reflect the importance of the screen industries to the success of the city – past, present and future.
- A creative hub that will provide a range of spaces to support an ever-developing programme of activities through which we gather and share stories. We call this our story engine. It will be a place to meet, learn, collaborate and provide opportunities for participants from every part of our Belfast communities and beyond to get involved.
- A café on the ground floor and rooftop bar both celebrating our food and drink stories by showcasing local produce and the people behind it.
