Overlooked basic concept

Various articles and letters have been published regarding the controversial designs by Renzo Piano.

I feel this controversy and ongoing discussion seems to be missing the original concept of the existing old theatre and Freedom Square, in Valletta. The theatre, even in its war-damaged state, is still the remains of a building. The square is an open-air space. Hence, logically, the theatre should be reconstructed as a building and the square be treated as an open-air tented space. At this point, it is irrelevant if the reconstructed theatre follows the original designs or whether the final product be a mixture of retaining the war-damaged parts and adding on an ultra-modern high-tech mirror image design of the original façade.

Here, it is the basic concept of the project that seems to have been missed.