The University of Sheffield School of Architecture
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12 Tom Bellfield - OSCAR WORKS / Community Focussed Regeneration Situated in Sheffield’s edgelands, on the front line of the current re-generation push, this project investigates, through the vehicle of co-housing, how the process of re-generating our urban areas can be embedded with a sense of community. It questions what we mean by, and want from the phrase community, and looks afresh at the need to retain within our cities spaces in which chance happenings may occur; spaces with characteristics, not functions; spaces where strangers may meet. Above all, it seeks to craft a palimpsest, created and curated by the people who inhabit it. 13 Connor Cunningham - Retrofitting Communities On two brownfield sites situated in Parson Cross there is a large housing scheme in the early stages of construction. The scheme developed by the experienced mass house builder Gleeson features a mix of 2, 3, and 4 bedroom homes, numbering 387 in total. Entitled ‘Parson Green and Monteney Park’. The proposals for Parson Cross appear to be lacking in community infrastructure and facilities which are an ever present and significant positive feature of co-housing developments. This project works with the current building model used by Gleeson and investigates the cost and benefit of implementing ideas and principles of cohousing on a large scale used by typical housing developers.
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14 Michael Horswill - Allen Street Flats Exploring the possibility of delivering high quality urban housing suitable for families, using a version of a Mutual Home Ownership Scheme. The architecture is about using iconography to provide identity and orientation in a large urban housing scheme. 12
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15 Bonnie Wong - Connecting the Transient and Permanent Communities through Sharing The project is about designing a co-operative integrated housing for students and local young professional, with an emphasis on sharing. The idea came from personal experience living in different types of student accommodation in Sheffield - halls of residence and private rent house shared with friends. The current student accommodation models in Sheffield do not help students integrate into a local community. There are also issues of inefficient resource allocation and accommodation rent run-off to the big provider and private landlord, which the project aims to question. 16 Alexandra Mills - Housing for the Elderly The elderly spend on average 80% of their time in the home. Experiencing isolation and loneliness I am interested in how community led housing can address these issues and have a better understanding of local needs and aspirations. Stereotyping the elderly has an impact on the provision of facilities and lifestyle options available. I want to explore how housing typology can challenge stereotypes and facilitate a more active lifestyle for the elderly and reaffirm their position within the community.
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