hetpaleis is a house for performance arts, aimed at children and young adults. It functions as a square: an open, public space in the middle of the city. It is a place of encounter, a mirror of a continuously moving world and an urban intersection where people and stories meet. hetpaleis targets a broad and superdiverse audience of children, young adults and adults; they inhabit the square and are equivalent interlocutors. hetpaleis chooses a dynamic structure; the square is an open space that can be adjusted to a multitide of challenges. Overall, hetpaleis is an arts organisation that prefers customized work over fixed patterns.