Studio Continuity is grounded in the meaningful transformation of existing buildings through embracing oldness, history and emotion, whilst also acknowledging the need for buildings to evolve.  

Hiraeth is a Welsh word that can be defined as ‘a spiritual longing for a place, feeling or memory which we cannot return to or maybe never was – it is the echo of lost places and our grief for them.’ Language, memory and culture form the foundation of identity, which has been threatened in Wales for over eight-hundred years. The design proposes architectural intervention within the historic County House in Nottingham’s Lace Market, aiming to reclaim a site of English institutional authority and re frame it as a narrative sanctuary. Architecture becomes a symbol of cultural memory and resistance, as it challenges historic power dynamics between England and Wales by re-contextualising Welsh landscapes, materials, and storytelling traditions within an English setting.