The University of Sheffield School of Architecture
08 Joren Heise - The Performing Arts Centre The Performing Arts Centre is located within the heart of Saltaire, a Victorian model village which inspired the garden city movement. It stitches together the loose activities and marks the entrance gateway for a series of landscape interventions. These are built upon the scars left behind within Shipley’s urban sprawl, connecting the northern and southern greenbelts. A central circulation within the building along the main axis becomes the internal street and was inspired by the axial layout of Saltaire. The activities are placed between series of garden walls parallel with the Salts Mill. The proposal provides facilities to the local communities and nearby educational institutions, offering a new front to the visitors of the World Heritage Site. 09 Maleeka Metteden - The Creative Commons The Creative Commons is a creative community enterprise, inspired by the heritage and values of Saltaire. The project explores a means of conserving the industrial heritage with a focus on the entrepreneurial heritage while developing a framework for a more coherent community. It inhabits the common land in the village providing affordable creative studios alongside a series of spaces designed specifically for community use, increasing opportunities for intergenerational interactions and the sharing of skills between creative individuals and a community with a strong creative affiliation.
12 Yuen Sunny - Sustainable Tourism Development in Saltaire This project focuses on balancing the usage of local, low impact building material and appreciating significant historical and architectural value of Saltaire, and providing a communication platform for local community and tourists (especially for students under 16s). In the mastering planning, the site will be developed into four parts: student accommodation, education centre, café and tourist information centre, and external exhibition space about Saltaire development. Built with a simple layout, forms, and materials that not require specialist knowledge (rammed earth and timber), so as to encourage public involvement in the construction period of the project. By introducing lots of greenery and semi-open space between building blocks, scheduled/nonscheduled outdoor activities within the site are welcome for transforming into a social space with a stunning backdrop of Salt’s Mill and Saltaire Village.
10 Richard Grenfell - Learning, naturally. The centre is located on the outskirts of the world heritage site, near Hirst Wood. The ambition for this project is to positively reinforce our relationship with nature through low impact outdoor activities. The site utilises the abundance of natural hotspots to create a playground, anchoring the building in its setting. The centre welcomes visitors that wander along the Leeds Liverpool Canal and River Aire to gardens and a café sustained on local produce. The project was conceived to undermine the aesthetic tyranny of the World Heritage site by educating users about the consequences of their building material choices.
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11 Simeon Shtebunaev - ‘The Underbelly of the Beast This study looks at the ‘other’ side of Salts Mill - the unloved and forgotten one. By introducing a new function - the University Technical College, it takes an ideological stance against the mono-use regeneration model currently prevailing and promotes diversity when reusing old buildings. It also serves a master planning function - unlocking the canal side of the Mill. The parasitic new building occupies the inside of the historic buildings, weaving its way through them and providing access. It emerges to solidify within the three specialist teaching buildings, a golden brass creature held within a concrete frame and creates a new entry point to the Mill. The new crossing over the canal and extensive public circulation create a new way to explore the histories of the place and create new ones.
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