The University of Sheffield School of Architecture
07 Civic University Mentors: Cora Baibarac Client: R-Urban Wick & Partners Location: London The Civic University is an experimental educational model that teaches citizens to be at the forefront of decision-making in how the city develops. The team created, recorded and disseminated a prototype participatory eco-civic curriculum based on direct site engagement with four communities in London. This curriculum is intended to remain open for others to adopt, adapt and contribute to based on their own neighbourhoods. A toolkit was developed through a three day London ‘master:CLASS’ and consists of a website combining research, user guides, types of ‘master:CLASS’, a communication platform and a proposal for Tate Exchange. Overall, the toolkit aims to facilitate pedagogical approaches that invite others to share their knowledge, skills and experience to promote a network of open-source learning. 08 St Wilfrid’s Centre Mentor: Simon Baker Client: St Wilfrid’s Centre Location: Sheffield St Wilfrid’s is a day centre for vulnerable adults. The centre runs activities including a wood workshop, pottery studios, a photography club, and various arts/drama groups. The team was asked to collaborate with the client to solve problems to its existing building, such as accessibility, usability and appearance. The team recognised that a long term vision for the centre could be developed to celebrate the potential of St Wilfrid’s, and provide a greater variety of services for a larger number of people. Proposals for ‘Today’, ‘Tomorrow’, and the ‘Future’ were generated based on the ‘Five Ways to Well-being’ and consisted of detailed spatial designs for the existing building and site, improving the layout of services and enhancing the quality of the internal and external spaces. 09 Re-Make Gainsborough Mentor: Howard Evans Client: West Lindsey District Council Location: Gainsborough Working closely with West Lindsey District Council and the local community, Re-Making Gainsborough sought to explore how the identity of this historic market town can be regained through community engagement-led regeneration. Through extensive public consultation, the project identified and prioritised areas of the town for improvement whilst providing valuable methods that can be used by the client to enhance ongoing communication between community and council. The students made short, medium and long term spatial proposals to improve connectivity, navigation, footfall in the public realm of the town. 10 Revealing the Castle Mentor: Carolyn Butterworth Client: Friends of Sheffield Castle (FOSC) Location: Castlegate, Sheffield The students worked with FOSC to develop a vision for the site of the buried Castle in Castlegate, a struggling quarter of the city centre. The team proposed a vision for incremental phased regeneration of the Castle Site that places the revealing of the Castle remains at the heart of the development. The project proposed that the site is regenerated through a mix of archaeology, events, arts installations, meanwhile use, creative start-ups and longer-term permanent development. This vision is supported by thorough research of global precedents. The students brought together key stakeholders as the ‘Castlegate Collective’ so that
the vision can be progressed beyond the Live Project. 11 Goldthorpe Railway Cuttings Mentor: Daniel Jary Client: Barnsley Council & Big Local Location: Goldthorpe This project was in collaboration with the residents of Goldthorpe, a former mining village in South Yorkshire. The community group Big Local asked the Live Project team to help them reimagine derelict railway cuttings that slice through the town into a neighbourhood resource. Working with the local community to develop and test ideas, the team identified potential funding streams and developed a timeframe to implement phased projects along the cuttings. The proposals include interconnected spaces for play, education and leisure within a rich biodiverse green corridor. The design weaves the legacy of its former use with the new activities on site - symbolising a future of the cuttings and Goldthorpe, whilst remembering their past.
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12 The Vestry Hall Mentor: Leo Care Client: Israac Somali Community Association Location: Sharrow, Sheffield The team worked with the Sheffield Somali community charity ISRAAC to help them develop their spatial and organisational strategy as the new owners of the Grade 2 listed Vestry Hall. ISRAAC have been operating from the building for many years but now have the responsibility for the building’s upkeep. The team identified that design proposals for underused spaces on their own would not achieve the income generation that ISRAAC require and so the team explored how the building could expand its users as well. Through a series of participatory events both inside and outside the building, the team proposed a phased strategy to open the building to a wider population, offer a wider range of activities and provide a vision of a future where the building realises its full potential for the community. 13 RUSS Self Build, London Mentor: Mark Parsons Client : Rural Urban Synthesis Society Location: Lewisham, London The students worked with community land trust Rural Urban Synthesis Society and architecture practice Architype to develop solutions for affordable self-build mass housing at an urban scale. The team worked with Architype to deliver participatory workshops with the future residents of Church Grove. The result was a co-design strategy that took into consideration people’s working lives, standard materials and simplicity of construction in order to save cost, waste and allow untrained people to contribute. A resource pack was produced that collated precedents, material research, strategic construction proposals and a step-by-step construction manual - supported by a series of explanatory physical models.
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