The performance residency places the act of getting ready at its center, rethinking the relationship between stage and backstage. Transforming a domestic 50s twin-house through a clear spatial sequence moving from private to public. Private entrances lead directly into the residents’ individual rooms, creating a protected and intimate realm from which performers gradually move toward collective and public spaces. At the core of the residency lies the vertical dressing room. The space is structured through a flexible constellation of movable objects. A lantern grid hosts the elements necessary for the process of getting ready: showers, sinks, mirrors, vanities and lights. A split-level section introduces a central void that functions as a light well. Natural light penetrates deep into the interior through this vertical gap, while a pulley system enables clothes, fabrics, props, and other objects to move between floors. Two open practice spaces allow free spaces to perform. One is allowing in the public while the upper floor functions as a practice room exclusively for residents. Through adjustable objects, collective rituals, and shifting degrees of visibility, the project explores how architecture can support agency, self-expression, and collective forms of transformation.