2016

School of Architecture
The University of Sheffield
The University of Sheffield School of Architecture 2016 Catalogue
www.shef.ac.uk/architecture

ISBN: 978-0-9929705-7-4
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Contents
Foreword2

Undergraduate4
Year One 6
Year Two 12
Year Three 18
Undergraduate Special Study 28

MArch in Architecture 30
Studio Collaborative Production 32
Studio Future Works 36
Studio Landscape and Urbanism 40
Studio In Residence 44
Studio Histories of Place 48
Studio Learning Culture 52
Studio Intergenerational Architecture 56
Studio Temporal Places 60
Studio (Re)-Activist 64
Live Projects 68
MArch Dissertation 72

MArch in Architecture: Collaborative Practice 76

Postgraduate Taught Masters 78

MA in Architectural Design 80
After Belonging 82
Urban Catalysts 86
Studio MAKE 90
MSc in Digital Design & Interactive Built Environments 94
MA in Urban Design 100
MSc in Sustainable Architecture Studies 108

Graduate School 114

PhD Programmes 116
field:  117
Research 118

Internationalisation120

Events and Activities 122

Student Achievements 124
Theory Forum 2015 - Public Space Symposium 126
Summer School 127
SSoA Building Local Resilience - This Changes Everything 128
Architecture Students Network 130
Sheffield Society of Architects  131
SUAS 132

Professional Services Staff and Technical Team 134

James Berkin Hall 28.10.1928 - 30.01.2016 136

Robert Henry 20.03.1991 - 19.10.2015 138

Sponsors
Foreword
At Sheffield School of Architecture, we produce graduates who are entrepreneurial self-starters with an exceptional level of political and
social engagement, research and business skills. Our mission is to create new knowledge, in theory, in design and practice to help restore
the health of the planet and the well-being of communities and societies. We drive this forward through our commitment to building
local resilience, developing architectural research practice and working on live projects. This catalogue of our annual exhibition and other
initiatives exemplifies our ethos.

Our amazing students have once again delivered an exceptional outpouring of creativity and critical thinking this year, producing the design
excellence our reputation rests on. I hope our readers enjoy this publication and encourage you to share your thoughts with us via our
twitter account @ssoa_news.

Last September, we started the academic year with an international and very unique research and practice conference on Resilience
and Architecture at the Human Scale which included a full blown candlelit banquet in a building site in Sheffield. We are now developing
strategic research partnerships with Mexico, Brazil, South Africa, alongside our existing ones with countries in the EU, China, and beyond.
We also hosted another hugely successful Alumni night in London, with plans to significantly expand our Alumni initiatives, including this
year our affectionate 50th Anniversary celebration of our home in the inimitable Arts Tower.

We went on to achieve the national scheme Green Impact Gold level for our School. Our brilliant Sheffield University Architecture
Society won two top prizes as the best University Society with a particularly impressive programme of lectures, supportive workshops
and other events. We also led the organisation of a national conference in London to promote sustainable building design as a joint activity
between engineering and architecture students, with significant backing of industry and professional bodies.

Our students again scooped the top prizes at the Regional RIBA awards, also the prestigious international Jonathan Spiers award and
the RIBA Wren award as well as winning a seat on the RIBA council, giving our School a national student representative on this body.

We have also produced the first successful cohort from our highly innovative M.Arch Collaborative Practice route with an energetic
network of 30 supportive alumni practices to underpin this initiative. We aim to grow this initiative. We rightly celebrated 15 years of our
Dual Landscape and Architecture programme, alongside our existing interdisciplinary programmes with our colleagues in engineering and
planning, as part our growing endeavour to develop a more interdisciplinary approach to architecture.

The above is just part of the story of why Sheffield School of Architecture is ranked 5th in the UK by practices voting in the AJ 100 table,
and is consistently in the top 5 UK Schools of Architecture in the World according to the 2016 Guardian QS Rankings. My sincere thanks
go to all our students, staff, visiting guests, reviewers, alumni and our generous sponsors who have helped to make this possible.

Fionn Stevenson, Head of School

Thank you to our sponsors:

AHMM
Allies & Morrison
Assael Architecture
BDP
Bond Bryan Architects
Broadway Malyan
DK Architects
Glenn Howells Architects
Grimshaw Architects
GT3 Architects
Hadfield Cawkwell Davidson
Hawkins\Brown
The Manser Practice
MSMR Architects
OWAL Architects
Piercy & Company
Proctor & Matthews Architects
RMA Architects
SAPA
Stiff + Trevillion
Testa Architecture
West Yorkshire Society of Architects
Weston Williamson
Undergraduate
The BA Architecture course is a three-year honours degree that brings together a balanced university education with a professionally
orientated course. It combines lecture based courses with a creative studio culture.

Lectures develop a broad knowledge base ranging across sciences and humanities; this knowledge is then brought to the studio where it is
tested and developed through a sequence of design projects. Lectures are delivered by staff who are all at the forefront of their own field
of research, ensuring that information imparted is up-to-date and relevant.

Within the studio, full time members of staff are joined by practicing architects, who bring with them topical ideas and skills from the
world of architecture. It is this combination of a rigorous academic base and a creative professional direction that exemplifies architecture
at Sheffield.

The dual degrees in Architecture + Landscape and Architecture + Structural Engineering enable students to integrate their architectural
design work with the wider landscape context and the discipline of engineering respectively.

All courses offer opportunities to think about sustainability and sustainable futures in an interconnected and contextual way.

Undergraduate Programme Director

Simon Chadwick

Dual Architecture and Landscape Architecture Director

Howard Evans

Dual MEng course in Structural Engineering and Architecture

Coordinator
Dr Rachel Cruise
Year One
Year one introduces students to a new and very different way of thinking, learning and working. Studio projects introduce a variety of
analytical and representational techniques, supported by a range of workshops which introduce the key skills and techniques which the
students will use to develop and communicate their design ideas. The aim is to familiarise students with a notion of a building as an object
and a process.

Studio projects engage with real clients and scenarios, encouraging an awareness of the social and environmental issues which affect the
built environment. The focus of the year is on domestic-scale space, building on the cohorts diverse cultural experience prior to coming
to University. A strong studio culture, developed through group working and peer review, encourages an atmosphere of collaboration
and critical reflection.

Year Director Teodora Ganeva Chin Ching Siu Wai Ken Tsang
Dr Krzysztof Nawratek Aoife Jean Gilchrist Jay Singh-Gelling Alec George Hamel Wells
Barbara Godel Jacob Alexander Smith Benjamin Westphal-Reed
Year Co-Director Marcus Goff James Andrew Smith Matthew James
Dr Ranald Lawrence Rianna Grant Luke Smith Geoff Woolhouse
Holly Mae Harbour Ryan Smith Seren Anisha Thomas
Studio Tutors Joseph David Hicks Charlotte Kate Staton Henry Richard McBrien
Pouyan Akbari Madeleine Isabelle Rose Hill Maria Stavridou
Taghi Amirhosseini Jenna Madison Hobbs Fanzhe Sun School Staff
Matthew Bradshaw Matthew John Holmes Hoi Yun Emily Tam Prof Irena Bauman
Isabel Britch Ching Hong Lawrence Kong-Lam Tang Dr Nadia Bertolino
Jen Langfield Rubi Araceli Hussey Baiji Tao Simon Chadwick
Carole Latham Sandu Thisaranee Farith Rithauddeen Tengku Ian R Hicklin
Matthew Pearson Mudiyanselage Jayasinghe Putri Enisa Tengku Aidan Hoggard
Wei Shan Francesca Ruth Jebb Thea Darina Tomos Daniel Jary
Maiyoor Joshi Andreea Florina Triscaru Dr Magda Sibley
Department of Landscape Joanna Kalinska Jacqueline Tsang Catherine A Skelcher
Tutors Frank MVita Kalume Theodosia Tsikkou Prof Fionn Stevenson
Andrew J Clayden Rania Kapitani Raluca Turcu Dr Stephen J Walker
Howard Evans Jameille Cyra Aguilar Labis Ayushya Uppal
Thomas White Alice Latham Ivan Velev MArch Students
Lynus Hui Ning Lau Christopher Edward Ventom Bana Darwich
BA Architecture Aaliyah Lawal Pengnanxi Wang Abigail L Humphreys
Rebecca Acheampong Shan Li Eleanor Wells Jennika Parmar
Joshua Francois Adjodha Natalie Liow Dongqiao Wen
Fatimah Ulfah Binti Adnan Ethan Anwyl Loo Alice Marie Wildgoose Visiting Structural Engineers
Miryan Andonov Stephanie Dorothy Ma Ching Hang Julian Wong Dan Kerr
Elina Andreou George Daniel Maidment Chiu Ho Anthony Wong
Alice Rosalind Appleby Crystal Mason Eleni Xenophontos
Azrah Asifjussab Thelma Bilika Mbewe Edward Yan
Holly Amabel Atkinson Jiarong Miao Lewan Yazici
Henry George Baker Kwan Ching Mo Abigail Yeboah
Manraj Bhogal Rosdi Nurul Nabilah Binti Mohd Shuning Zhu
James Matthew Black Kyriacos Mouzouris
Luke Brennan-Scott Michael Alexander William Neal BA Architecture and Landscape
Cameron Carrington Stephanie Jayne OBrien Liam Gallagher
William Chew Wei Loong Moya Ann ORourke Emma Rose Gray
Kiran Chhatwal Jack Thomas Osmond Jessica Jones
Ralitsa Chobanova Eloise Honor Piper Natasha Rose Jackson
Oana-Cristina Cioploiu Thomas Pool Thomas Edger Ruff
Chloe-Anne Clacy Yui Chit Poon Yiting Zhu
Hadley Clarke Harry Prema Xie Zifei
Angelina Constanti Perdita Sophie Anna
Shipra Dawar Mary Ratsma MEng Engineering and
John Edward Davis Yizhen Ren Architecture
Vassantrai Dipali Dharmendra Lugain Rfidah Pilakoutas Leonora Bela
Oliver John Dorrington Claire Naomi Sanderson Lewis Grant Birkbeck
Ran Duan Gulim Satekova Edward Alexander Daniels
Rebecca Earnshaw Nina Catherine Scholey Bethany Fenna
Oluwarantimi Ehinmola Georgina Mary Scott Carlo Gagliani
Francesca Rose Frangiamore Jaimir Vinay Shah Tegen Jenefer George
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Semester One
Project 1 01
Home Truths Ching Ching Siu
This project enables students to get to know each other, the P2 - Section
studio as a work environment, and Sheffield as a place. Working
in groups, the students begin by exploring an area of the city in
order to identify a potential site. Using rough physical models, the 02
students are then asked to design a place where the group can live Lynus Hui Ning Lau
and work, exploring notions of privacy and communality. At the P2 - Mental Map
end of the project the students come together to discuss all the
things they would need to know in order to further their design,
developing a curriculum for a school of architecture.
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Sun Fanzhe
Project 2 P2 - Facade Model
Room in the City
This project explores a range of methods by which the architect 01
can begin to understand and represent space in all its complexities. 04
The project has two stages stage 1 aims to help students to see a Shuning Zhu
mundane space (their room) from several different perspectives P2 - Movement Exploration
and to unpack its hidden meanings and connections. Stage 2 aims
to define potential connections / similarities between individual
perspectives. At this stage of the project students will analyse 05
relationships between particular places and a wider context. Shuning Zhu
P2 - Use of Table Exploration

Project 3
Community Kitchen 06
Through the design of a small building in an urban context, this Lawrence Tang
project allows students to develop an understanding of the P3 - Community Kitchen
relationship between internal spatial layout, external form and
the ways in which the particular characteristics of a site affect
the design of an architectural space. This project helps students
to understand architectural space and an object (a community 07
kitchen) in a wider (urban, social, cultural) context. Sun Fanzhe
P2 - Allen Court Analysis

Research Project R1
This introduces the students to the importance of precedent and 08
the value of research, whilst allowing them to develop skills in Sun Fanzhe
verbal and visual presentation. Working in their studio groups the P2 - Model
students are asked to research a particular building, placing their
study in the context of place, materiality, and a wider architectural
discourse including design philosophy with relevant examples 09
taken from the world of contemporary practice. Shuning Zhu
P2 - Concept Collage

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P2 - Concept Model

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Semester Two
Research Project R2 11
Exploring the nature of architecture as a professional discipline, Stephanie Ma
this project examines its relationship to the wider construction P4 - Day in Life
industry. How is the intuitive (and often solitary) process of design
informed by the expert knowledge of others and the constraints
imposed by clients, planners, other building professionals and the 12
wider public? Students visit an architectural practice for a briefing Sandu Jayasinghe
about an ongoing project. They are asked to investigate the P4 - Axonometric
relationship between design and practice, with an understanding
that the production of drawings to communicate a construction
or space cannot be separated from its realisation in a particular
material or the experience of those who will use it. How can 13
the creative possibilities of studio practice be reconciled with the Tom Pool
conditions required of making? P4 - Concept Perspective

Project 4 14
House Beyond a House Lawrence Tang
This project gives students the opportunity to bring together P4 - Sections
many of the themes addressed and skills acquired during the year
into one integrated project. A house is a building which is typically
seen as an extremely private and intimate space. My house is my 15
castle is a phrase popularly describing a British approach to this Lawrence Tang
type of building. This project is intended to challenge (at least P4 - Concept Drawing
partly) this perspective students design a house which equally
creates private space for its inhabitants and serves other purposes
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Lawrence Tang
Between the Roots and the Stones: Life and Death by the Porter P4 - Perspectives
Brook
This project addresses the crises in the roots and the stones by
creating a home whose residents will include a horticulturalist and
a stonemason. This home is integrated with facilities to conserve 17
and propagate endangered species of plants, and is a place for Group work
the exchange of knowledge about the plant-life of the cemetery P5 - Architecture as Activism
and the region.

Racing House 18
This project is about living along side a pigeon loft in Sheffield, Chin Ching Siu
creating a unique and comfortable home for a specific family of P4 - Exploded Axonometric
3 people and a functioning, beautiful pigeon loft for 100 racing
pigeons. It is about making architecture that engages with its
surroundings and explores the conflicts or potential opportunities 19
of living close to these birds. Group work
P5 - Site, Materials and Idea
Climate House
This project proposes a new house functioning as a weather
research station exploring the relationship between architecture
and climate. It houses weather instruments to record different
elements of the weather, as well as a small classroom/laboratory
for educational and research purposes. The house is a home to a
live-in researcher and his or her family.

Socially Inclusive House

A house is a building which is typically seen as an extremely private
and intimate space. This project is intended to challenge (at least
partly) this perspective it is a house that equally creates private
space for its inhabitants and serves local community.

Project 5: Architecture as Activism

This project investigates the consequences of physical and spatial
interventions in an urban context. Through a process of playful
exploration the students are asked to work in groups to design
and construct an urban intervention to improve a given place on
the University campus. On the final day the finished structures are
constructed in the public realm, giving the students an opportunity
to see how the public react to and interact with their design work.

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Year Two
Year Two is a fast paced programme of three projects structured to engender fluidity and confidence in the design process. The course
delivery relies heavily on the strength of the studio culture. Academic enquiry and reflection is sustained through investment in the large
group review, designed to expand critique and discourse within a supportive social environment.

Each of the three projects incorporates specific drawing or model making tasks intended to extend experimentation and exploration of
design ideas through a rigorous methodology. Students are encouraged to become more prolific in the testing of their ideas within the
world.

Year Director Finn Dulcie Foster BA Architecture and Landscape Visiting Reviewers
Catherine A Skelcher Ruth Friswell Japhet Goodburn Armand Agraviador, BDP
Jacob George Hannah Holden Pouyan Akbari
Year Co-Director Zoe George Mcqueen Kamile Kesylyte Mark Anstey, Ellis Williams
Abi Van Hoorebeek Louise Gillett Mohammed Khizr Architects
Sophie Guneratne Oscar Lewis Zoe Berman, Studio Berman
Studio Tutors Katrina Hemingway Samuel Morley Dennis Burr, Burr Lenton
Elizabeth Baldwin Gray Daniel House Chloe Nicol Architecture
Yussur Al-Chokhdar Thomas Jones Andrew Reynolds Matthew Goulcher, Levitt
Ian Hicklin Chao Kan Xijie Tao Bernstein
Abi Van Hoorebeek Sora Kang Louise Harpman, Louise
Mark Parsons Lu Ke MEng Engineering and Harpman Projects
Maggie Pickles Shawn Kejriwal Architecture Daniel L Kerr
Cith Skelcher Amy Kinsella Mary Ala Nicky Kirk, Nicholas Kirk
John Paul Walker Petranka Kirilova Matthew Allen Architects
Anthoula Kyriakidi Lauren Barnes Martin Lydon, Haworth
Kristanv Lacy Lily Bell Tompkins
Department of Landscape Yip Lau William Bellefontaine Carl Meddings
Tutors Mathilda Lewis Thomas Donoghue Jacquie Milham, Architectonic
Mel Burton Ran Li Michael Durkin James Norton, Robin Ashley
Andy Clayden Holly Madeley Harry Eddolls Architects LLP
Sally OHalloran Alexandra Martin Alexander Finch Adam Park
Laurence Pattacini Samuel Mcmillan Natalia Gracheva Matt Pearson, OS31
Jacob Mills Laura Jamieson Xiang Ren
BA Architecture Megan Mundy Elizabeth Lewis Pierre Shaw, Haworth
Grace Alderson Victoria Noakes Margaret Longman Tompkins
Abby Aldridge Calum Norman Christopher Pate Lucy Thomas, Tim Ronalds
Adam Ayub Mia Owen James Paul Architects
Junyi Bai Kathryn Parker-Price Selina Rai Gail White, Maccreanor
Douglas Baldwin Alastair Porter Glen Richmond Lavington
Nur Binti Roszali Maksim Povstugar James Thormod Dominic Wilkinson
Katherine Bluff Saule Pribusauskaite
Alice Brammer Tobias Putnam Erasmus and Study Abroad
Sarah Bunting Janani Rajeswaran Axel Grubba
Luke Cameron Joseph Redwood Aarandeep Sian
Abbie Caton Diana Rosca Joanna Zwierzchowska
James Cave Joseph Satchell
James Chapman Edmund Savory School Staff
Yen-Ting Chen Fiona Sawers Nadia Bertolino
Edward Cherry Amber Seipel Simon Chadwick
Alexi Chomyszyn Ryan Sinnott Howard Evans
Emily Chooi Jamie Smith Aidan Hoggard
Felix Cousins Harriet Stride Russell D Light
Emily Cowell Tsz Ying Tong Josephine C Lintonbon
Hannan Currah Laura Turner Krzysztof Nawratek
Hope Dabernig Ana-Maria Vasilache Tatjana Schneider
Christopher Darby Oliver Verrell Fionn Stevenson
Jana Dardouk Norarjuna Wan Paul Testa
Amirhossein Daryoushnezhad Asyraf Daniel Wan
Andreea Ditu Bo Wang
Emma Donnellan Montgomery Williams
Samuel Dowell Nicole Williams
Florence (Grace) Drennan Jia Wong
Muhammad Emritte Zi Jin Wong
Robert Evans Yuxin Wu
Timothy Evans Zhikun Wu
Xingjian Fan Xuejun Xu
Caroline Fielding Mengqiao Zhang
Yijun Zhao
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Semester One
Project One 01
Mengqiao Zhang
P1.1 - Measure P2

The students worked in groups to investigate their given subject

(bee keeping/kayaking/astronomy/walking) and collect all data
necessary in preparation for their design project. A series of 02
measured studies were made, including a 1 to 1 drawing of a key Andreea Ditu
component or process contextualised using the human form. P1

P1.2 - Territory
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Each subject typically corresponds to a given type of landscape Maksim Povstugar
found in and around Sheffield (woodland/river valley/moorland/ P2
peak). Through the creation of a large figure ground drawing
and use of other mapping techniques, the students explored the 01
physical and ephemeral characteristics of their site. 04
Yuxin Wu
P1.3 Apiary/Kayak Centre/Observatory/Walkers Refuge/Cycle P2
Centre/Bakery and Hatchery

Having become experts in their given subject, the students 05

were then required to design a small building in a landscape. Amirhossein Daryoushnezhad
Their proposal must support all of the practical requirements P1
of the subject whilst responding sensitively and creatively to the
landscape in which it sits. Exploring the relationship between
architecture and landscape, the students must develop their own 06
conceptual and theoretical design approach in response to brief James Thormod
and site P2

Project Two
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P2.1 - Neighbourhood Study Mengqiao Zhang
P1
The students worked in groups to investigate three urban
neighbourhoods on the periphery of Sheffield city centre
Darnall, Attercliffe and Sharrow. The students explored the social 08
and physical fabric of each area, collecting a range of data, both Maksim Povstugar
factual and anecdotal, in order to form an authentic understanding P2
of the constraints and opportunities of each neighbourhood.

P2.2 - Library / Theatre

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The students were tasked with designing a small community library Jamie Smith
or theatre to serve their given neighbourhood. A precedent study P2
field trip to Liverpool supported the development of a proposal
for a specific type of library or theatre, and the design of a public 10
building tailored to both audience and place. The project provides Andreea Ditu
the students with their first opportunity to design an urban faade P1
within a streetscape.
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Semester Two
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Project Three Edmund Savory
P3
P3.1 - Precedent Study

As a prelude to the semester two housing project, the students 14

work in groups to study a range of seminal housing precedents, Zoe George McQueen
producing a library of housing typologies. Using drawing, modelling P3
and film making as tools to investigate and critically appraise their
precedent, the students undertook a detailed critique of the
projects spatial, material and environmental qualities and the
extent to which it meets the living needs of its inhabitants. 15
Megan Mundy
P3.2 - Manifesto P3

We opened the project with a debate, inviting a range of

academics and practitioners to share their views and experiences 16
and encouraging the students to engage with the live issues Holly Madeley
social, political and economic, that provide the context for their P3
housing project. The students then developed their own housing
manifesto, which would be the programmatic driver for their own
design project. 17
Andrea Ditu
P3.3 - Neighbourhood Study P3

The students were tasked with producing a contextual analysis

of their project site, located within the Sheffield neighbourhood 18
of Heeley. Exploring master planning techniques, the students Laura Turner
worked in groups to produce speculative proposals considering P3
alternative futures for Heeley. This provided a means to
understanding the character and identity of the area its needs
and aspirations.
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P3.4 - Housing Alistair Porter
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Each student was required to design dwellings to house 6-10
families, with an element of additional accommodation to be
individually determined and informed by the students housing 20
manifesto. Douglas Baldwin
P3
The design of housing, unlike the single house, offers an
opportunity to investigate the realm of the shared, the street.
Each site provoked a response to the notion of the street and 21
students were encouraged to attempt an analysis of a front to James Thormod
back condition through the use of a sectional perspective drawing. P3

The housing project is supported by the study trip to Amsterdam

and Rotterdam during the Easter Break, which is a fantastic 22
opportunity to further explore a range of radical public and Chris Darby
housing projects. P3

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Zoe George McQueen
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Amirhossein Daryoushnez
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Year Three
Third Year students undertake two design projects during the academic year, punctuated by a short group project which values enquiry
and research through a collaborative group output, this sets the intellectual framework for the final project.

Studios comprise of a range of parallel project briefs, the first of which are developed in tutor pairs. This fosters critical reflection and
discourse between tutor groups at the start of the year. Throughout their studies, students are actively challenged to consider the social,
political, and typological characteristics of place, in order to develop their own position within the thematic framework of the project brief.

The design process itself is rooted in a deep understanding of scope and place, structured by rigorous site, theme and precedent analysis.
Enquiry and experimentation within the studio framework are supported through a wide range of representational techniques as well as
the creative integration of technology in the studio sequence.

Throughout the year, students are supported by a dedicated faculty and visiting critics, ranging from world renowned architects, structural
engineers, and various design professionals. The resulting project outcomes are a testament to the rigour, enthusiasm, and critical
reflection of the undergraduate student group and their commitment to their intellectual process and design work.

Year Director Zi He BA Architecture and Landscape James Norton, Robin Ashley

Simon Chadwick Eleanor Hill Antonia Alexandru Architects
Marcus Hirst Olivia Hellman Con Murray, Arup
Year Co-Director Marnie Hodgson Elizabeth Humphreys Sarah Shaw-Taylor, Arup
Vasilena Vassilev Katherine Hubbard Emma Koch Lucy Plumridge, HLM
Thomas Hudson-Davies Kate OBrien Architects
Studio Tutors Ifigenia Ioannou Matthew Reece
Robert Blundell Sanjukta Jitendhar Lucas Williams Visiting Reviewers
David Britch Melissa Kirkpatrick Jonathan Boyle, State Studio
Tony Broomhead Chon Fu Lau MEng Engineering and Oli Cunningham, dRMM
Simon Chadwick Silvia Leone Architecture Sue Emms, BDP
Russell Light Sixuan Li Florence Browning Robert Evans, Evans Vettori
Nick Tyson / Ming Chung Rebecca Liebermann Natasha Cleaver Architects
Vasilena Vassilev Ya Liu Adam Fidler Neil Gillespie, Reiach and
Zoe Lloyd Sukhdev Lota Hall Architects
Department of Landscape Sheung Luke Hannah Smith Mel Goode, Goode London
Tutors Kun Ma Stephen Twentyman Karim Hadjri, University of
Howard Evans Peter Markos Hoi Leng Ung Central Lancashire
Laurence Pattacini Patrick McElroy Katherine Wade Colin Harris, Sutherland
Kyle Mccracken Ki Ming Terrence Yip Hussey Harris
BA Architecture Elizabeth Mcleod Rebecca Hinkley, Hawkins\
Jordan Barrett Amelia Mega Erasmus and Study Abroad Brown Architects
Holly Beechener Travis Mills Zang Christian Simon Hudspith, Panter
William Beesley Samuel Milward Graziany Beatrice Hudspith Architects
Jade Blanchard-McKinley Elizabeth Osborne Dourado Brunna Paul King, Hallam University
Vlad Bodogan Lucy Parker Andrew Matthews, Proctor
Lebat Bujang Nyurguyana Pavlova School Staff and Matthews Architects
Alicea Chia Tuomas Peippo Carolyn Butterworth Neil Michels, Carmody
Samuel Collins Stephani Porfyriou Leo Care Groarke
Jessica Corns Toby Preston Mark Emms Greg Peynore, Peynore &
Amy Crellin Thomas Register Richard Harpin Prasad Architects
Elizabeth Crook James Rest Prof Jian Kang Simon Robinson, MSMR
Anthony Currie Migena Salihu Dr Krzysztof Nawratek Tony Skipper, Ellis Williams
Katherine Dauncey Mariam Shirley Catherine Skeltcher Architects
Katharine De Silva Francesca Sim Pete Watson, Mackintosh
Jack Duberley Alexandra Sims Visiting Tutors School of Architecture
Felicity Earp Victoria Spencer Adrian Bull, Arup Ronan Watts, 5th Studio
Sarah Edwards Adam Spreckley David Cash, BDP
Hannah Faulkner Aleksandra Szwedo Elizabeth Cooper, Arup
George Fisher Adam Tarasewicz Pol Gallagher, Zap Architecture
Stephen Fisher Louise Taylor Thomas Hudson, Hawkins\
Rachael Gardner Robert Taylor Brown Architects
Hannah Gaughan Abigail Verlaan Andy James, OMI Architects
Rachel Glenn Mark Waters Zoe Keates, Arup
Emilia Gobiewska Nikola Yanev Michele Mak, Arup
Michaela Gomes Lingge Yang Alexander Mingozzi, Race
Edmund Green Han Zhao Cottam Associates
Anna Gregoriou Xutong Zhao Emily Nolan, Arup
Christina Guerrero Alastair Norton, Norton
Alexander Haines Mayfield Architects
Thomas Hattan
The University of Sheffield School of Architecture

Semester One
Taking the Waters, Scarborough 01
Simon Chadwick, Vasilena Vassilev, Ming Chung + Nick Tyson Lucas Williams
Taking the Waters
The bath house, a place historically pervasive in many cultures,
has traditionally been a complex space laden with nuanced social
customs. The project provided students with an opportunity to 02
contextualise the notion of a contemporary pool/spa/bath house Eleanor Hill
in Scarborough, a city historically known as one of the first seaside Taking the Waters
spa resorts in England. Students were encouraged to develop
their own interpretation of taking the waters while emphasising
the social, spiritual, therapeutic, and leisurely aspects of engaging
with water. 03
Sam Collins
Retreat

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The Poet and the Pragmatist, Scarborough Vlad Bodogan
Paul Testa, David Britch Taking the Waters

The theme of the project is poise typified by Edith Sitwell 1887- 05

1964, a female aristocratic poet who was penniless for much Sanjukta Jitendhar
of her life, whose work was concerned with sound as much as The Poet and the Pragmatist
words. . The brief was to design a building to house her collection
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Preliminary Studies

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Urban School
Simon Chadwick

In this project, students engaged in an extensive precedent study into School buildings from three distinct
periods in British history through a rigorous building analysis and the construction of large scale models.

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Fast/Slow
Paul Testa

This project explored the relationship between places, people and ideas of health and well-being,
relaxation and leisure. Through mapping and urban analysis, students focused on studying the idea of
well-being in the context of South Yorkshire, and Barnsley in particular.

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The Airedale Corridor
Robert Blundell

The work of this studio group focused on the analysis of the geographic area covered by the Airedale
Masterplan, and in particular Saltaire, a nineteenth century model industrial town and UNESCO inscribed
World Heritage Site.

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Market Ecologies
Vasilena Vassilev

The study explored the ecology, production, and consumption of goods at the local and global scale.
Students investigated the market hall typology while documenting the urban impact and evolution of
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An Imprint of Two Cities
David Britch

Taking the prompt of a city as a piece of text, students examined two sites in Salford and Manchester and
mapped their relationship through the process of traditional printmaking. The students used workshops
in Salford to experiment with screen printing and other mark making techniques, using the cities as test
beds for ideas.

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The Illustrated Book of Libraries
Russell Light

The project involved the study of historic and contemporary precedents that have shaped our
understanding of what a library can be. Students were asked to design their own catalogue of libraries
through an interactive exhibition.

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Scene
Ming Chung + Nick Tyson / Tony Broomhead

SCENE called for the design of a temporary construct that manipulates and modifies selected sites located
in the Northern Quarter, Manchester. Students investigated how temporary conditions for architecture
can be used to reinvigorate or re-programme vacant lots within the city fabric.

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into educational requirements and the National Curriculum. Market Ecologies
Students were asked to anticipate the broader social scope of the
accommodation and facilities of a school building and identify the
potential benefit to the city centre of Sheffield.
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of local and/or fair trade products was looked at as a vehicle for
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part of these investigations, students identified the aspirations for
this area as set-out by the public-private Airedale partnership,
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development of a new public building within the Airedale corridor, The Airedale Corridor
students were asked to consider how their projects could
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The Imprint of Two Cities
The premise for the project is the creation of a new library of
illustrated books in Sheffield. The emphasis of the collection is on
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be easily replaced by digital versions. In addition to developing Adam Tarasewicz
a design for a building, students were asked to consider how a Workshop Theatre
library can change and enhance the spaces and urban realm around
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Theatre within the urban context of Manchester. Potential sites The Imprint of Two Cities
included several empty lots, gaps in the city grain, bounded by
hoarding, in-filled with hardcore or used as temporary parking
whilst awaiting re-development or a change in economy. The brief
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Undergraduate Special Study

The Special Study is an individual piece is an individual piece of work that allows students to explore a particular aspect of architecture in
some depth. Topics cover a wide subject range, including architectural theory, architectural history, science and technology, structures,
management, CAD and the digital realm, landscape architecture, architectural teaching and practice, and urban design. The Special Study
offers students the opportunity to research, organize and produce an extended piece of mostly written work over the course of a year.

Studies this year have ranged from the philosophical exploration of Architecture and Collective Memory: An Investigation into the
Concept of Place as a Hinge between the Retrospective and Propositional by Rebecca Liebermann, to Eleanor Hills material interrogation
of the Synthetic House: Architecture and Adhesives, and from Stephanie Porfyrious study of Contradictions of Socio-Spatial Elements
which Shape Urban Division in Nicosia, to Tom Hudson-Daviess comparative graphical study of activity in two public spaces in two local
cities, presented in A Tale of Two Squares.

These works offer a flavour of the richness, rigour and variety of the Special Study, and the wide range of research methodologies,
analytical and presentation techniques that are deployed.

Co-ordinator
Mark Emms

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Rebecca Liebermann

What is perhaps most interesting about architecture as a mnemonic device, is the way that it does not remain a static record like texts
or photographs, but rather it forms the basis of a continuum - memory is not only embedded in but constantly projected upon the
built environment.1 Whilst our surroundings perpetually provoke memories, our inhabitation and modification of them means that our
own memories are simultaneously embodied within a place. As Marc Treib states in his book Spatial Recall, this process is a give and
take between the environment, the individual and society as a group.2 Unlike most other forms of record, architecture is an interactive
device that remains fluid and susceptible to change. As a result of this continuous addition and subtraction of memory, the meaning and
significance of a building changes and evolves over time, so creating a dialogue between past, present and future. It is this notion of place
as a hinge between the retrospective and the propositional that I hope to investigate through my study.

In a similar way to the calculated destruction of monuments of cultural importance, one might suggest that Urban Splash are attempting
to erase the memory relating to what they deem as unattractive and unsuccessful about Park Hill in an attempt to redefine it in a way
that best suits the image they wish to promote. Whilst these modifications might arguably be said to represent an inevitable loss of
information and a necessary transformation that marks the natural progression of time, they also call into question who and what should
dictate which elements of memory are preserved and which are forgotten. At the same time, one isalso led to question whether memory
and association, once manifested, can ever be truly overcome, or rather, do they just become buried within the fabric, still informing the
existential space?

Whilst change is not only inevitable but also necessary, the preservation of social memory arguably does not rely on physical conservation
but on the understanding of space in terms of human life and experience. As Malcolm Reading, emphasised recently in The Times: These
fragile buildings and sites need more than architectural skills to effect a transformation ...Restoring crumbling facades, which is the emotive
reaction, is not enough...3 Inhabitation transcends geometric form
Above all, the conclusions that I draw from this study are centred on the understanding that, whether in a physical or emotional sense, Gaston Bachelard
place undoubtedly acts as a fundamental source from which groups of people draw their identity and understanding of the world around
them. Through the built environment, the collective is able to both interpret knowledge of the past in relation to the present whilst
projecting information regarding the present into the future. As such, place becomes a method of communication, or language as it were,
between past, present and future that hinges, above all, on collective memory.

The significance of place in regards to the collective is far more difficult to define in terms of intangible value, and yet, through my
investigation and the study of examples such as the Chinese Hutongs and Fountains Abbey, I am led to believe that it is more often through
the accidental and the unintentional that memory is most effectively embedded in form and through the subconscious that it ismost 02
powerfully communicated. As such, it is my belief that what we are able to discern from the evidential or historic value of place often has
far less to offer in regards to forming a deeper understanding of the beliefs and values that are manifested within it and the way in which
it defines and makes distinct a society or collective.

The ability of place to reflect mental and temporal realities as well as spatial and material ones is what distinguishes it as perhaps the
most important externalisation of human memory.4 As illustrated by Park Hills I love you will U marry me sign, it acts as a continuum
that constantly changes and evolves over time, allowing meaning and association to remain fluid and susceptible to change. Unlike any other
mnemonic device, architecture allows memories to be constantly added and subtracted so that, just we experience and interpret it, we
simultaneously alter and transform it to reflect our inner selves. One might say that it is, above all, this unique exchange which takes place
between the individual, the collective and the environment which defines the essential relationship that exists between people and place.

The understanding of this relationship between the collective and place has the potential to play an important role, both within
architectural discourse and as an integral part of the heritage debate. The recognition of the political implications surrounding spatial
agency and collective identity highlights the importance of empowering individuals to act with spatial freewill and provides the architect
with the potential to act as an agent of social change.5 In a similar sense, I am led to believe that the value of place should not be something
defined by professionals, based on historic or aesthetic values, but should reside, above all, in the opinions and feelings of the community.6

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TREIB, M. (2009) Spatial Recall: memory in architecture and landscape. New
be applied. In the same way that the understanding of place, whether applied to a larger or smaller con- text, requires the recognition York, NY: Routledge pp. 14
of both the tangible and intangible values that it represents, so the transformation of Park Hill demands a deeper understanding of more
than just formal qualities relating to its physical value. This presents a challenge for both the developers and the people of Sheffield in 2
TREIB, M. (2009) Spatial Recall: memory in architecture and landscape. New
determining what is remembered and what is forgotten whilst ensuring that the estate remains relevant and meaningful within the context York, NY: Routledge pp. 14
of the community. In this sense, Park Hill must tackle the bigger challenge faced by the built environment as a whole; that of maintaining
the somewhat precarious balance between past, present and future. (...) 3
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Whilst this study offers just one interpretation of the relationship between architecture and collective memory, the many ideas that
surround this extensive and fast evolving subject offer an infinite amount of insights that may serve to change the way we understand both 4
PALLASMAA, J. Space, Place, Memory and Imagination in Spatial Recall.
ourselves and our environment. Like anything fluid in nature, the place of memory within the built environment is as difficult to predict as New York, NY: Routledge pp. 17
it is to define. Whilst this brief investigation into the world of construction, both material and mental, has provided me with perhaps more
questions than answers, it offers an insight into the just some of the complexities surrounding the concepts of people and place, and so 5
FINDLEY, L. Building Change: architecture, politics and cultural agency.
provides a starting point for the further development of these ideas and their application to future architectural discourse. London: Routledge pp. 33

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MArch in Architecture
The MArch (RIBA Part 2) course at SSoA is one of the most innovative and influential in the country. It prepares students to be
enterprising, employable and to use their skills to the benefit of peoples lives. At the heart of the course is a range of specialist design
studios and our innovative live projects programme, offering between them excellent opportunities for students to develop graduate-
level research by design. Students also have the opportunity to specialise further by taking a dual accredited MArch course with Town
and Regional Planning (MArch/TRP) or with Landscape (MALA). The newly established Collaborative Practice route offers students the
opportunity to integrate their MArch studies with continued experience in architectural practice.

Modules in humanities, management and technology offer students the opportunity to enhance their design projects and wider learning
through focused research, academic writing and critical reflection. Further opportunities to explore specialist lines of enquiry are offered
by the fifth year option modules that focus on aspects of urban design, digital design, sustainability and conservation.
The SSoA MArch is shaped by its emphasis on collaboration, social engagement and liveness. This begins each year with live projects
and continues in design studios that collaborate with community partners including local councils, grass roots organisations and arts
programmes. Projects evolve that are ambitious, innovative and respond to the complexity of real-life conditions. This year, through This
Changes Everything, a cross-studio programme of seminars, lectures and student presentations, projects have evolved with a particular
emphasis upon the architects role in tackling climate change on a local, regional and global scale.

Fifth and sixth year students work together in design studios, to explore current challenges and opportunities in architecture. Students are
encouraged to develop a critical approach to the production of architecture in contemporary society. The design studios offer students
the freedom to experiment and develop their own lines of enquiry while being supported by tutors who offer excellent specialist research
and practice experience.

The fifth year offers students the chance to develop rigorous research by design skills. The iterative process of design is valued, as well
as the outcomes, and students are encouraged to develop their individual interests, ways of working and attitude towards architecture
and the role of the architect. Sixth year students then develop individual or joint thesis projects, exploring research questions through
the design of complex buildings. Students are encouraged to be canny, ambitious, and enterprising so that they can not only negotiate and
respond to the challenges of our time, but also lead on what Future Practice might be: a practice that can listen, negotiate and advocate
clients and users needs in order to produce architecture of excellence.

MArch Director Studio Temporal Places Visiting Professors

Leo Care Mark Emms David Cash
Roger Hawkins
MArch/TRP Director Susanne Hofmann
Dr Jo Lintonbon Greg Penoyre
Stephen Proctor
MALA Director Tony Skipper
Howard Evans
Visiting Reviewers/Tutors
Studio Collaborative Production Lukas Barry
Daniel Jary Prue Chiles
Bryan Davies
Studio Future Works Robert Evans
Dr Renata Tyszczuk Philip Graham
Carole Latham
Studio Histories of Place Jacquie Milham
Jo Lintonbon Simon Robinson
John Sampson
Studio: In Residence Hannah Smart
Carolyn Butterworth Chris Wilderspin

Studio Intergenerational Architecture Within the school

Satwinder Samra Irena Bauman
Simon Chadwick
Studio Landscape and Urbanism Aidan Hoggard
Howard Evans Ranald Lawrence
Russell Light
Studio Learning Culture Dr Krzysztof Nawratek
Leo Care Dr Adam Park
Cith Skelcher
Studio (Re)-Activist Architecture Prof Fionn Stevenson
Simon Baker Sarah Wigglesworth
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Studio Collaborative Production

The studio explores a future where a sharing economy has become mainstream, promoting non-market production, interdependency
and social enterprise. Students have been encouraged to develop an architecture which supports the collaborative production of objects,
processes and infrastructures; an architecture which utilises local resources and expertise and is responsive to local needs.

The projects are all situated in Goldthorpe a former mining town in South Yorkshire. The work sets out to offer a model for the
sustainable regeneration of marginalised communities, achieved through a greater level of engagement with local governance, education,
social provision, manufacturing and technology. Creative use has been made of the physical remnants of the towns industrial past, in order
to recognise, redefine and reinvigorate Goldthorpes identity.

The notion of collaborative production has extended to the working methodology of the studio, with students working collectively,
sharing resources, ideas and approaches. Students have also worked closely with the residents of Goldthorpe to develop ideas and test
propositions. The work will be exhibited in Goldthorpe at the end of the year to continue this dialogue.

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Daniel Jary Ryan Bramley Mark Cranfield - Post Traumatic Landscapes
Lee Crookes The project is an intervention into the contamination surrounding
5th Year Students April Fisher Goldthorpe, aiming to decontaminate Goldthorpes past in order
Alexandros Achniotis Dan Jones to decontaminate its future through a process of Phytoremediation;
Ashley Mountain Andy Macfee the decontamination of land using trees and plants. The project
Georgina Rathbone Alister Shaw contains a research facility for phytoremediation as well as a
Hugh Armstrong Coalfields Regeneration Trust community biomass combined heat and power system; Timber
Joe Paget Dearne Advanced Learning workshops and; a timber processing facility providing the town
Martha Baulcombe Centre with much needed productive agency. The building conforms to
Rowan Riley Dearne Valley Landscape the research landscape grid, creating a much needed public space
Partnership in the centre of Goldthorpe. The building contains a patchwork
6th Year Students Goldthorpe and Bolton Big of laboratories all set within a Greenhouse envelope, allowing the
Alexander Farr Local public to connect to the processes taking place.
Ben Hooper Goldthorpe Development
Mark Cranfield Group 04
Zongjie Kou Goldthorpe Salvation Army Martha Baulcombe - (Well)Being with Water
and the people of Goldthorpe Goldthorpe bares the scars of the mining industry both mentally in
the residents and physically in the disused railway cutting through
the town. I am proposing to fill the disused railway cutting with
water and to use the environmental, experiential and psychological
effects of water and its wildlife to rejuvenate and re-connect the
people and landscape of the town. The building promotes a way of
working and playing which has strong links to this new landscape.
The charred timber tower pays homage to Goldthorpes history
whilst being an emblem to the 5 ways to well-being and a more
resilient future for Goldthorpe.

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There has been a continuous dialogue with local residents
throughout the year. Starting by decorating Christmas trees and
culminating with an exhibition and book of ideas for the town.
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Ben Hooper - The Showhouse of Everyday Life
The Showhouse is a loose mix between a performance space,
a market hall and peoples homes. Its designed to respond to
an established community groups call for the construction of
a cinema yet is situated in a context where the conventions of
capitalism fail to provide services for its current population. The
Showhouse becomes an active place for escapism into the lives
and passions of others through shared experience where the
architects role becomes that of set designer in realising these
passions and advocating for them through a formalised structure
in the centre of the town.
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Zongjie Kou - New Bank of Intelligence
The New Bank of Intelligence is a experimental project on how
architecture can facilitate a change in the measure of value from
financial capital, to the development of skills and social capital. In
this way, architecture can contribute to form, as David Harvey says:
the permanent and ongoing revolutions in human capacities and
powers. The building introduces high-end science, technology
and research to Goldthorpe, aiming to make it accessible to local
people, who may not have previously had the skills, education or
interest to engage with cutting edge technology. Grounding the
research in real-world problems will raise the aspirations, skill-
levels and experience of people in Goldthorpe.
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Rowan Riley - Re-imagining the Terrace
A radical approach to existing housing stock in the UK. Terraced
houses at the centre of the town are transformed to facilitate the
regrowth of the social cohesion that was lost when the mines were
closed. A series of shared interventions in underused alleyways
provides opportunities for mutual cooperation and support. The
aim is to foster self-sustaining neighbourhoods and equip them
to withstand the alienating forces of consumerist capitalism.
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Alexandros Achniotis - Phoenix Park Gateway Community
The purpose of this project is to establish local resilience to the
community of Goldthorpe. It aims to provide the town with a
heart, a new community hub where people of all ages and social
groups can come together to share ideas and experiences, allowing
new opportunities to sprout, grow and flourish. The community
is geared towards the production of new activities and jobs that
will benefit the local economy and environment. The projects
location and configuration aids its symbiotic relationship with the
surrounding man-made post-mining landscape, establishing new
connections with the local schools, housing and infrastructure.
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Ashley Mountain - The Brew Kettle
The Brew Kettle Goldthorpe seeks to reform Goldthorpes
identity, simultaneously creating a heart to a town which can be
considered to have lost its purpose. The mixed use scheme looks
to bring together local government, education and the production
of goods. Developing on ideas from the Farrell review, The Brew
Kettle looks to break down the boundaries between authority and
education whilst at the same time acknowledging Goldthorpes
past and future, to create a place for people to come together,
share and learn.
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Hugh Armstrong - Chemical Architecture
Protocells are inorganic, self organising, chemical systems that
metabolise and exhibit lifelike behaviours. Genomics is the study of
the human genome and the digital coding of DNA. The Gootopia
Institute is founded in 2046 to explore and combine these fields
of science, pioneering experimental research into programmable
life. What possibilities does the ability to programme cellular
activity afford us, and how can this be manifest both physically and
poetically in the built environment? This project does not attempt
to answer these questions, but offers possibilities as to what a
Gootopian future might hold.
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Alexander Farr - The Goldthorpe Technologies Campus
The Goldthorpe Technologies Campus explores how an
architecture facilitates and enables alternative economies to
rebuild social bonds within the post-monopoly and politically
disenfranchised ex-coal mining village of Goldthorpe. A sustainable
fly ash brick production scheme will reinvent Goldthorpe, using a
social firm model. It will invest profits into the Goldthorpe pound
local currency to engage latent community identity and to promote
tangible investment in the struggling village. Architecturally, the
project embraces bricks versatility, while exploring additive
technologies in formwork production. A wider masterplan creates
a public corridor of new technologies and a makers marketplace.
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community and education to instigate local economy through
the currently empty buildings within Goldthorpe. By converting
disused buildings in the area into a network of resources, the
community would have facilities to learn new skills and start
entrepreneurial endeavours. These proposed buildings would tie
into the current strong community initiatives within the town.
This scheme also proposes the requirement for a central hub to
facilitate local business ventures, it shall act as an administrative
point, advice centre and place of learning that assists individuals
and groups in starting their own businesses.
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Sistema South Yorkshire seeks to recreate the community
empowerment and resilience that the coal mine once gave
Goldthorpe and Bolton-on-Dearne, using the medium of music.
The project sits on the site of the former welfare gardens and
comprises a music school and auditorium, outdoor stage and
extension to the existing Dearne Playhouse, which retains its
importance at the top of the gardens. The proposals frame a newly
landscaped and reinvigorated park that lies half way between the
two villages and returns the site to its former status as a centre
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Studio Future Works

The FUTURE WORKS studio is about energy, industry and making. It is linked to the Stories of Change research project funded by the
AHRC under the Connected Communities programme (April 2014- March 2017). Our starting point is the 2008 Climate Change Act
and its UK cross-party commitments to the reduction of carbon emissions by 2050 that promise to have huge impacts on industry and
the built environment. The studio has been exploring changing relations with energy in the workplace and the role of architecture and
design in these transformations.

The studio is based in and around factory sites between Sheffield and Derby. This region has a good claim to being the birthplace of both the
industrial revolution and the modern factory system, but also carries a history of proto-industries tied to the areas geology, topography and
climate. Through mapping, storytelling, scenarios and design research the studio has collectively explored the concerns of the manufacturing
industry with, global networks of trade, distributed workplaces, reconfigurable production lines, increased automation and responsibility
to employees and apprentices all in the context of constrained energy futures. Factories we have worked with include John Smedley Ltd, a
knitwear manufacturer at Lea Mills in continuous production on the same site since 1784, a present factory, the employee-owned Gripple
Ltd in Sheffield; and the future factory, the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) near Rotherham. The work in the studio
has documented past and present ingenuity around energy use and making, and has provoked further ideas about future making, future
factories, urban infrastructures and alternative energy futures.

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Dr Renata Tyszczuk collaborators with the Stories of The project examines a transforming energy distribution system
Julia Udall Change project / Future Works for Sheffield and the region, a scenario called Towards Voltopia.
The Silk Milll Derby The city is relying on various forms of vernacular energy,
generated across its unique landscape to help prevent relying on
5th Year Students Derby Musuems major off shore renewables. Brightside, in the Upper Don Valley
Sam Austen John Smedley Ltd and also the city region of Sheffield has become an innovative
Jack Baker Cromford Mills test bed for new ways of distributing future energy. The site at
Niki Sole The Arkwright Society Brightside hosts many elements, ranging in scale that plug into the
Robyn Kent Masson Mills site to explore the areas future energy. At the heart of this, is an
innovation facility, that tests substation equipment and the most
Gary Cheung Gripple Ltd efficient ways of dealing with Sheffields energy.
Kah Kiat Sham Portland Works
Alexander Craig-Thompson Bloc Projects
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Maria Henshall Kelham Island This project is a transformation of a former cement works in the
Sian Maycock Advanced Manufacturing Hope Valley. It aims to create a new industrial typology based on
Daniel Stern Research Centre (AMRC) intertwining production with landscape. The proposal sees a new
Yu Qian industrial research centre established on the site. This will explore
and thanks to: the potential of the Landscape Machine concept as a sustainable
Jane Middleton-Smith & John industrial paradigm. That means, looking at both the Landscape
Mumby, John Smedley Ltd and the Machine as systems, and subsystems, which rather than
Gordon Macrae & Automation one abusing the other, have the potential to work together
Team, Gripple Ltd symbiotically. In light of early research into pollution within the
Charlotte Morgan, Bloc Projects studios remit, it investigates advances in the science of carbon
Michael Ledger, Cromford Mills sequestration. What role can passive systems play, and what is
Lucy Ward, Singer & Songwriter the potential offered by sequestered carbon to form new useful
Bexie Bush, Filmmaker material?
Nicola Whyte, University of
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Open University Towards 2050, there is increased importance in the worldwide
Robert Evans, Evans Vettori target to de-carbon vehicular transport. One of the ways is
Architects the adoption of smart innovative technologies such as electro-
Kerry Featherstone & Shirley induction street charging as well as the use of hybrid car
Harrison, AMRC technology. My project is located on Rockingham Street, Sheffield
near the University of Sheffield Engineering Departments and
also in close proximity to local automotive businesses. Creating
architecture as a spectacle, as the noise, and challenging the
traditional typology of high-tech research laboratories, as
highlighted by the advanced techniques used in construction.

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Studio Field Trip - Cromford, The Derwent Valley
The Studio Field Trip saw Future Works visit Cromford in
the heart of the Derwent Valley. Surrounded by a history
of manufacturing, trade, energy production and industrial
infrastructure, this location was the perfect backdrop for studio
reviews, storytelling, mapping and design research. During our
stay in the Malthouse we were accompanied by various guests
linked with the Stories of Change project.
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Daniel Stern - Composite Revivals
This project aims to revive & redevelop the area of Parkwood
springs by designing a low energy composite system of city
infrastructure, public engagement, industry & activity. With
construction starting in 2018, three distinct elements will provide
the necessary foundations to ensure a scheme that is self-
sustaining, accessible & a service to the city. These elements are:
A Cable Gondola Public Transport System, that connects the city
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Kah Kiat Sham - The Advanced Remanufacturing Centre
The project takes place at the site of Advanced Manufacturing
Research Centre (AMRC) of Sheffield. With the new masterplan,
it aims to reconnect the isolated AMRC, AMRC 2, Sheffield
Business Park into an Advanced Manufacturing Cluster that
specialised in renewable energy and aerospace technology. The
new Advanced Re-manufacturing Centre which consist of Factory
of the Future, research centre, science museum, integrated train
and monorail station and landscape bridge will transform the
region into a destination where visitors can visit and witness the
manufacturing process of aerospace components. The landscape
bridge will reconnect the region which is separated by motorway
and railway, linking the AMRC, wind farm park and High Hazel
park at the north with the recreational park and residential area
at the south.
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Yu Qian - Advanced Fab-Lab with Energy Centre (AFEC)
What will the power generation network look like in 2050?
Is it possible to visualise the whole process of power from
generation to consumption? What will a factory be like in the near
future? What will be the new factorys relationship to the local
community? The AFEC generates power for itself and the local
community which is set inside a garden area providing communal
spaces for the local community and makers. AFEC has a small to
medium scale CHP power plant operating as a demonstration and
bioenergy research facility. The design creates an unconventional
factory with a green breathable environment, showcasing
Sheffields industrial achievement and future potential.
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Niki Sole - The Evolution of John Smedleys: A factory of the past,
present and future
The project investigates how a partnership between John Smedley
knitwear factory and the Centre for Sustainable Fashion could
conceive, develop and apply radical sustainability principles and
practices in the textile industry. An archive combining an Advanced
Textile Research Centre and a museum of knitting is interwoven
into the existing factory enabling knowledge from the past and
present to be used for innovation in the future. By combining
history, energy and innovation, John Smedley is a factory of the
past, present and future and a voice for change.
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Maria Henshall - The House Factory
The House Factory proposes a factory for prefabricated
homes, combined with an apprenticeship college for advanced
manufacturing technology, located in Kelham Island in Sheffield.
This thesis project has taken on the AMRCs Factories of the
Future report by exploring their agenda for increased innovation
in manufacturing. The design has questioned what reconfiguration
and adaptability might mean in the future factory and what
building elements could be fabricated on site. The aim of the site
is to give its occupants the tools for adaptation and sets up a
flexible framework in which to do this, whilst bringing together
stakeholders from industry, education, creative making and
construction.
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Sam Austen - Sheffield Trading Point
Sheffield Trading Point creates a series of spaces and connections in
which making is showcased, learnt and bought to revive Sheffields
manufacturing trade as a firm economic alternative to modern
retail incentives. The project is based in 2025 but is influenced
from both the past and the present, reviving the Little Mesters
of Sheffield through a pre fabricated workshop space that can be
customized, adapted and distributed to the users requirements.
The proposal works around the makers toolboxs, reconfiguring
the building from a makers factory to a exhibition & market place.
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Sian Maycock - The Rope Factory
The Rope Factory explores how manufacturing can be
reintegrated within the city of Sheffield in a way which engages
with the local community. In line with the Studio themes, the
design is driven by themes surrounding energy and manufacturing,
with a particular focus on human energy and the creation of
energetic working environments.Inspired by the citys rich
population of outdoor enthusiasts, the project combines a
rope factory, a mountaineering training and research centre,
and hostel accommodation. The site also acts as a platform for
outdoor adventure film screenings, fairs and various other public
gatherings.
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Robyn Kent - The Grantham Institute Centre for Artificial
Photosynthesis
The Grantham Institute Centre for Artificial Photosynthesis looks
to aid the fight against climate change by creating specialist facilities
for the research and production of clean fuel through Artificial
Photosynthesis. The building contains specialist, controlled
laboratories whilst the envelope itself assists with the collection
of the natural resources of sunlight and H20. This ground breaking 06
facility is designed to raise awareness of the power of natural
resources and provide fuel to the locality by 2050. The integration
of the building with the landscape throughout the building
demonstrates the power of the landscape. The building is seen to
evolve from the landscape and flow through the topography whilst
educating both researchers and visitors.
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Studio Landscape + Urbanism / Landscapes of Remediation

The studio looks at the idea of remediation as a driver for wellbeing. The studio looks at understanding what naturalised landscapes REMEDIATION STRATEGY - River Don
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might be and in particular the nature of the post-industrial cities. The landscape is understood as an agent of change, constructed from To remove pollutants from the river water, floating reed beds are set to bob along the river edge.
As the plants slowly absorb the pollutants away, the river is reintroduced as a floating green space for Kelham residents. 2.
cumulative change rather than a rigid reality1. Explorations then seek to develop synergies between landscapes and how we live and work
within the modern city. The studio considers the changes within the demographics of the city and the impact that this has on the social 1.
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Howard Evans Adam Turnell Bart Smith - Sheffield Growing Exchange
Ben Craven The building acts as a central hub for the wider remediation of 3.
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Harry Wright seeks to act as the first link in a new network of temporary and
5th Year Students Patrich Mc Evoy permanent growing areas along the river. Here, seeds, skills and
Abdulbari Kutbi Tom Stanton equipment can be exchanged in a place of growing, learning and phase 1 - water remediation
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1. Construct floating and vertical reed bed system.

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2. Plant common reed plants ( Phragmites Australis) at 4 plants per m2
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Viola Hnsel Hannah Smart whilst responding to the urban context. 4. Water drawn from river into horizontal reed bed system
5. Water passes through filtration layers to remove large suspended solids.
6. Water enters vertical reed bed system where cleaning process takes place.

Yee Hua Chee Theo Bishop 7. Clean water is piped into timber water storage tanks nearby.
8. Water is piped into larger water storage at the centre of the site.

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Aiming to deal with the inevitable, pertinent question of how 01 01
we live in later life, the focus of the project evolves around
the interstitial demographic known as the young-old. Taking
advantage of localised opportunities, the community network of
dwellers, producers and partakers, is focused on the notion of
exchange which is bound together through the particular activity
of producing herbal teas. This process within the landscape
provides a driver to remediate the urban scale through community
custodianship of the landscape and the neighbourhood in which
they live.

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Viola Hnsel - Urban Valley Cycle
This project looks at remediating the Sheaf Valley through the
implementation of a cycle network which is linked to the river and
therefore creates new access to unused urban space. It is designed
as exciting and quick connection link between the city centre,
the south of Sheffield and the Peak District. Small scale flexible
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Yee Hua Chee - The Pop-Up Horticulture Centre
This project focuses on areas near the River Don that was
once a vital element in the citys industrialisation that has now
disintegrated into a site for waste accumulation and inactivity.
In response to, the project proposes a remediative sequence
that uses plants to revert the river and derelict sites around
the area to their original importance and value. To ensure its
sustenance, the building grows the plants that are part of the
phytoremediation strategy with a clean water source drawn from
the nearby river. This process is repeated until the soils are
free from contamination, and in so doing, becomes a symbolic
manifestation of remediation and compensation for the ravages
of modern industry.
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Abdulbari Kutbi - The Cerulean Hall
The post-industrial spaces of the Sheaf Valley have spawned a
social and cultural divide between populations of different income,
ethnicity, origin & education. The project repurposes a gradient
corridor from Abbeydale Road to Broadfield Road, replacing
redundants spaces with a new connective urban landscape. By
capitalising on the largest population minority in the area, the
programme takes the cultural basis of a mosque and prayer space
and attaches it to a much more inclusive series of community
spaces, exhibition areas and open access foyer. Ultimately, the
work aims to suggest possible combinatorial approaches to a
classic religious programme within the rich context of Sheffield.

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Adam Turnell - Remediation of Mind & Place
The project looks to provide a user centric approach to the access
of support and treatment for people suffering from mental health
illnesses. It creates a site which integrates services form the
council, NHS and charitable groups within existing and proposed
buildings based around a series of interconnected courtyards and
squares. The project aims to destigmatize mental health illnesses
and provide a lifelong support network for Sheffields residents
throughout all stages of their life within an integrated urban
environment.

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Ben Craven - Food Locality
On average, people spend 20% of their income on food and the
global food market is the domain of a few large companies, gaining
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This project sets out to highlight the potential value in Sheffields
Sheaf Valley. The proposal is for a hub that becomes a pivotal point
within the community, for the sharing of knowledge and resources,
creating a community that is less dependent on imported produce.

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David Gibson - The Narratives Institute
The Narratives Institute sets a polemic stance to re-imagine the
way we access knowledge and social support, as well as how
we create it. Situated on London Road in Sheffield, the project
is formulated around a multifaceted public service institution for
the capture and broadcast of peoples stories. The intention is
to facilitate social justice amongst a highly diverse collection of
communities. Through a series of integrated spaces the institution
can document Sheffields social economy with an overriding
objective to reinvigorate both the physical realm a and the
multicultural networks of the city.
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Harry Wright - Printworks Retreat
The Printworks Retreat examines changing attitudes towards
mental health and creates opportunities to acknowledge an
understanding of depression. Located in New Mills the project
provides an escape from negativity into natural landscapes.
Depression will be confronted with accommodation, support
services and opportunities to express anxiety through artistic
mediums celebrating New Mills historic Calico Printing industry.
The printing profile is raised further through brand identity
development and artistic production displayed in community
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Tom Stanton - Abbeydale Dementia Village
Most people dont think our communities are appropriate places
for people with dementia to inhabit. By placing people with
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that the public want to use, we can encourage interaction and
discussion with the aim that it will normalise the condition. This
project explored modern care facilities and used research to drive
forward a the design of a new dementia care village in the Sheaf
Valley, Sheffield, with the aim of creating a scheme that will benefit
everyone in the area.

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Patrick Mc Evoy - The Sheaf Valley Forum
The Sheaf Valley is characterised by a diverse array of communities.
The project programme was informed by research into the
make-up of local communities and based on activities that could
encourage local people from different backgrounds to interact.
The Sheaf Valley Forum is made up of a leisure and a community
centre and represents a collection of ideas that could be
implemented with the goal of improving social integration within
the Sheaf Valley.
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Studio: In Residence
Working in residence, this studio builds upon the work of previous projects and engagement with Castlegate, the historic city centre of
Sheffield. The studio has taken residence at Live Works, the first permanent university-based urban room in the UK, located at the heart
of Sheffield city centre.
Castlegate, located to the north east of Sheffield city centre, is home to centuries of market trading, archaeological remains of a castle and
numerous civic and cultural institutions. The area is now officially in decline, deprived of investment and strangled by diverted bus routes.
During the course of this years studio, the Castle Markets, which were a major draw to Castlegate, have been demolished, leaving a void
in what was once an active and vibrant place.
This year the studio collaborated with various artist groups to experiment with different participatory methods of engaging and learning
about place, as well as exploring the interdisciplinary overlap between art and architecture. These collaborations which brought new
temporary artworks to Castlegate and Sheffield city centre were presented at the We are Here symposium at the Arts Tower which
included panel discussions led by curators, practitioners and academics.
The studio also took inspiration from China Mivilles novel The City & the City. The story explores two cities that co-exist in the
same place but which do not acknowledgement each other; if you happen to see the other city you must unsee them. This became a
starting point for how the studio could reveal the hidden narratives behind Castlegate which have informed a variety of different projects.

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Carolyn Butterworth Steve Pool and Kate Geneva, Sophie Ellis - (Castle)Gateway: A Social Experiment of Vocational
Poly-Technic Entrepreneurship
5th Year Students Yorkshire Artspace Can the integration of refugees into an area of decline provide
Harriet Francis Jane Anderson, Models for grass roots opportunities for regeneration, trade and work?
Jennifer Horne Practice Based in the heart of Sheffields historic city centre, the proposal
William King Leo Fitzmaurice of a vocational enterprise and support facility, aims to change
Nam Kha Tran Sans faon preconceptions of the effects that increasing refugee populations
Hannah Winwood Office for Subversive is having on our economies. The proposal seeks out to portray
Wanqing Wong Architecture the potential that can be learnt and gained from migrant
Louis Tuckman communities, whilst addressing on the ground issues in Castlegate
6th Year Students STEALTH.unlimited of unemployment, a lack of vocational training, and a vast number
Jennifer Clemence Chris Wilderspin, van of under-used buildings. The re-appropriation of an at risk
Jonathan Day Heyningen and Haward grade II listed building provides the base for a hive of creative and
Sophie Ellis Carole Latham, Journeyman cultural activity with construction and vocational trade training at
Sirdeep Nandera Design the core of the projects programme.
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Erasmus William King - HS2: Engine for Art
Emanuel Falappa This project speculates what if a HS2 station was built on the site
of the former Sheffield Victoria Railway Station, approximately a
10 minute walk from the city centre. Opened in 1851, Sheffield
Victoria Station was a prototype for long distance luxury
commuter journeys linking Sheffield with London Marylebone.
The project considers the urban regenerational implications
of HS2 on Castlegate and argues that as well as being a new
gateway to Sheffield and an engine for growth, HS2 could also
be an engine for art. Here local art is celebrated as part of the
passenger experience, distinguishing Sheffield Victoria from other
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Jonathan Day - The Citadel of Exchange
The project is rooted in Sheffield, speculating at the construction
of a city within a city on the former Castle Market site. It
will facilitate social, cultural, skills and knowledge exchange,
disallowing the use of standardised money to promote alternative
forms of economy, which will range from bartering to service and
time exchange. The site will be owned by Castle Market Exchange,
a charity set up by the users of Castlegate and will attract a wide
range of stakeholders, who will rent a section of the Citadel Wall
to inhabit, and use the customisable pods to fulfil their needs. The
Citadel will grow organically inside the wall, with The Centre of
Exchange its beacon, which will be present throughout its life span
through its adaptable use.
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Nam Kha Tran - Castlegate: In Loving Memory
Build. Inhabit. Demolish. Rebuild. The cyclical nature of our cities
can be seen as a mirror to our own personal paths. Whilst death
is inevitable, societys greatest character trait is our resilience
in times of tragedy. Our personal connection with death can
inspire contemplation and reflection, transcending the day-to-day.
But when buildings die, do we mourn? How? Do buildings even
die? You cant be comparing a building to human life, can you?!
Castlegate: In Loving Memory is a personal exploration which
has produced more questions than answers. Personal tragedies
teach us the power of openess and communication in the face
of death. We question what is truly important and what is truly
appropriate. In an age of polished buildings and shiny drawings we
seek immediate answers regardless of their longevity. Architecture
and the architecture of death often elevates the subject(s) beyond
human understanding under the guise of apotheosis but we have
proven time and time again that our true strength lies in our
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Jennifer Clemence - The Self-Publishing House
What is the Relationship Between Architecture and the Written
Word? The Self-Publishing House a scheme that embodies
story, text and punctuation, both literally and figuratively and
which offers individuals and the community a place in which to
explore and express their own stories, utilises the written word
as both design generator and programmatic driver. Sited on the
now derelict site of Castle Market, the scheme provides space
for publishing, therapy, education, reading and writing amidst a
narrative forest, providing spaces for the spoken word and literary
festival.
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Jennifer Horne - Urban Waterscapes: Revealing The Sheaf
This project proposes the use of water to facilitate the urban
regeneration of Castlegate and the wider city centre. Water has
played an important part in Sheffields origin and cultural heritage,
but over time these once significant waterways have become
redundant and forgotten. In recent years Sheffield has learnt
what an asset water in the city can be, and in turn realised that
water has the ability to transform a space. Focussing on the urban
section of the River Sheaf, this scheme aims to utilize the river, an
existing amenity, alongside interventions that enhance and reveal,
whilst creating landmarks out of the functional elements necessary
for water management and cleansing, allowing the water to be
further experienced and celebrated.
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Sirdeep Nandera - The Fabric Construct
A visionless Castlegate has slipped into a state of depression, can
making as a performance mend its loss of the past? The ever-
changing nature of making and the shift towards mass production
has altered the original nature of craft. In the creation of a small
cyclic economy, The Fabric Construct challenges the current
framework of textile making by,providing a platform for makers to
share the knowledge that they have, with the future advocates of
the craft. The project provides the basis for an alternative building
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Hannah Winwood - [Re]making Castlegate Market
My masterplan for the Castlemarket site proposes to explore the
social benefits of the self grown and the self crafted by bringing
these experiences together on one site. It will draw on the
knowledge and skills of both the active allotment groups on the
fringes of Sheffield and the skilled makers and artists in Exchange
Place studios and throughout the rest of the city, to provide a
platform for traditional and multidisciplinary skill sharing for all
abilities. Artists are already very well catered for in Sheffield,
however, what doesnt seem to be present is something for the
local hobbiest or for people who are just curious to have a go at
something new. In addition, this is also a platform for people that
are new to the craft industry and wish to explore their creative
production in a secure and unpressured environment, where
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Wanqing Wong - Envisioning Destination Castlegate
Castlegate is imagined as a destination in a constantly shifting
cultural landscape. Simultaneously functioning as a flood basin, the
proposed landscape and more permanent structures are designed
to enable cultural festival activities. The proposed cable car station
and the observatory tower enables the constant stream of visitors
to arrive at the festival on site despite the occurrences of flood.
Improvisational and interactive architecture built of the scaffolds
will adapt to varying programmes of each festival- introducing
an architecture of constant activity within the landscape of
Castlegate - the continuous process of construction, dismantling,
and reassembly; sustaining the speculative element of what the site
could be in the future.
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This project plays out the scenario where the local stakeholders
reclaim the former Castle Market site and through both bottom-
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typology where tacit knowledge can be unlocked through a fusion creating a platform to rebuild and strengthen the fractured and
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production and sustainable community development, the project
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Joshua Stokes - The Crime, The Victim and The Voyeur and a humble adaptability to nature. The project works across the FISH HERE

This project has been looking at societies relationship with River Don, retrofitting the derelict Hancock & Lant Building as
crime through three perspectives: The Crime, as an institutional a hydroponic centre and establishing community allotments and
or civic process, The Victim, as one actor in a broader array self-build hub on the adjacent Castle Market site.
of relationships, and The Voyeur, as an observer embroiled in FREE POWER

spectacle image and story. These three perspectives have helped

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that combines together a new publicly orientated Magistrates
Court and a Crime themed visitor attraction through a joint
venture between The Ministry of Justice and Crime Experience
Ltd. The proposal opens up a dialogue asking when does 06 06
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between crime and a voyeuristic public affects the administering
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Studio Histories of Place

Histories of place: a very local World Heritage
The studio has been investigating the relationship between cultural heritage and community. What does it mean to live somewhere with
strong ties to a material past and how, in imagining the future, should we engage with this cultural inheritance as architects?

The site for the year has been Saltaire, a nineteenth century model industrial town. Students were asked to explore its duality as a
UNESCO-inscribed World Heritage Site and local urban neighbourhood, examining the relevance of the cradle-to-grave ethos embodied
in its original spatial configuration and documenting how it is perceived as a place through the eyes of the local community.

We used methods derived from conservation practice to develop a critical understanding of both past and present contexts, to evaluate
the significance of its heritage, to record its social and architectural legacy and to identify opportunities for new architectural interventions
in and around Saltaire Village.

The studio has responded to the conflicts and synergies that exist between Saltaires heritage status as a site of outstanding universal value
and the quality of life and wellbeing of its local residents. Provoking a creative exchange between old and new, proposals examine the
development of new or revitalised buildings to sustain the 21st century community, looking at new models for housing, leisure, community
arts, education and healthy living that contribute to the daily life and civic identity of Saltaire and embrace the transient visitor or tourist.

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Dr Jo Lintonbon Helen Thornton, Yun Tong Mu - Ageing Society in An Ageing Place
World Heritage Site Officer, The project is inspired and shaped by Saltaires existing legacy and
5th Year Students Bradford Metropolitan District issues. It generates a new model for retirement living and a new
Chee Kun Chong Council identity of Saltaire through identify and cherish the growing value
Hang Zhou Robert Blundell, 3xa Design comes with ageing. Acting as a community scale nanny house,
Helene Offer-Ohlsen (Erasmus) the proposed senior co-housing community for silver citizens
Joren Heise (MALA) encourages people to grow old in Saltaire not only by providing
Maleeka Metteden (MALA) home-like care design and various support for different needs,
Richard Grenfell but also help silver citizens to achieve self-actualisation and brings
SimeonShtebunaev (TRP) people together through shared living and residence-run facilities
Ming Pong Yuen and activities.

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Fran Kirk Chee Kun Chong - Revitalization of Saltaire, Reinstallation of
Robert Ormrod (TRP) Roberts Park Entrance.
Yuntong Mu (TRP) Visitor activity has been a key part of the revitalization of
Saltaire in the late 20th century. It has helped maintain retail
activity, brought major buildings on the site into sustainable re-
used and provided employment opportunities. In addition, the
World Heritage Convention requires signatories to promote
world heritage and continued presence of visitors remain in and
around Salts Mill although some do move out across the site
particularly along Victoria Road and to a lesser extent Roberts
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Studio Histories of Place achievement brought by the visitors, feasibilities of reinstalling the
Berlin Field Trip with Studio Learning Cultures Roberts Park Entrance together with demolished Victoria Road
Saltaire Exhibition Bridge is proposed here.

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Fran Kirk - A Model for Healthy Living: Does fostering a sense of
community help to encourage a healthy way of life?
This thesis project explores regeneration in the context of a
World Heritage Site, understanding what is significant about the
heritage of the site and applying it to sustainable development.
This includes: exploring the positive effects architecture can have
on the relationship between physical and mental health; how
design can facilitate the creation of a support network within
the community; how a mixed-use development can encourage
a more self-directed and preventative approach to healthcare;
how shared spaces can encourage community integration and
shared knowledge; and ultimately how the community can take
ownership over their sustainable future. The proposal aims
to work with Lockwood and Mawsons existing urban plan,
strengthening the network of community buildings and providing
a centre that combines healthcare, education and community
support services, embodying the principles of healthy living
through to the architecture itself.
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This project focuses on gathering multicultural people and
celebrating the dynamics of different civilizations. The project aims
to weave present into past, the international into the local, and
the building into the site. The project is designed as a platform for 02
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developed from the main exhibition ramp which exhibits collected
ensembles from different cultures. Together with exhibitions,
there are creative textile workshops, galleries, collection point,
documentation rooms and a cafe.
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Helene Offer-Ohlsen - Weaving the Mill
The project works to rationalise the access to the Weaving Sheds
and lower levels of the Mill by introducing a stepped terrace. A
concrete structure is the inserted within the historic building to
create a continuous ramp, working as an exhibition space for
textile traditions utilised within Salts Mill in the past. The project
looks at the history of the Mill and aims to educate the visitor,
to promote a fuller understanding of the buildings historic
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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 Shipleys 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.
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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.
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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, caf
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/non-
scheduled outdoor activities within the site are welcome for
transforming into a social space with a stunning backdrop of Salts
Mill and Saltaire Village.

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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 08
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 caf 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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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
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This year we have been exploring the notion of learning; how people, communities, places and buildings learn. From initial investigations,
a series of key questions emerged including: Where does learning take place and how do we learn? How do we value learning and how
is knowledge collected and shared?

The studio has focused on the Dearne Valley. Bridging the metropolitan areas of Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham, the Dearne is unique
in terms of historic and natural landscapes, close-knit communities and bio-diversity. The area also has some of the highest recorded levels
of social deprivation nationally. Throughout the year, we have been working with local partners, including the Dearne Valley Landscape
Partnership. Through their networks we have engaged individuals, groups and organisations on the ground, seeking to use local knowledge
and know-how to help shape the work of the studio.

Projects span a range of scales; some have developed strategies for the transformation of the valleys eco systems, whereas others have
focused on engaging local communities in the arts. Whatever the scale of the architectural responses, each explores the potential for
creating new formal and informal learning spaces and structures. Many of the projects propose new ways of enabling local people to help
re-define themselves and their surroundings. As a group, the studio has created a body of knowledge that captures the vibrancy of an area,
but also a series of proposals that can inform and support the ongoing physical and social development of the region.

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This thesis recognises a cultural transition from the industrial
6th Year Students society to the risk society of today: a condition whereby active
Sam Diston risk-taking in the exploration of space is strongly discouraged,
Sita Jobanputra stunting the cognitive and behavioural development of the human
Olivia Smith race. The Edge Assembly is a destination for those interested in
developing their understanding of risk. The Edge Assembly is an
education and conference facility where the activity of exploring
the hundreds of meters of mining tunnels beneath Barnsley is the
backdrop and test bed for the demonstration of the ways society
should approach risk.

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Sam Diston - The Brass Institute
This project investigates how a music school and performance
venue could be integrated within the town of Mexborough in
the Dearne Valley, utilising the incredible value of music and
the heritage of brass bands to help tackle some the significant
social and economic issues found in the region today. The project
takes inspiration from history, music and acoustics to create
an architectural language of geometry, rhythm and subdivision.
By improving access to the arts the thesis aims to challenge
government thinking around arts education, support new skills
development for local people and celebrate local heritage.
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Olivia Smith - Rewilding The Dearne Valley
This project is a polemic investigation into the facilitation of
experimental Rewilding, and its associated opportunities for the
landscape and communities that exist in the Dearne Valley. The
scenario begins in the present day, where the growth of human
society has had devastating effects on global ecosystems. Local
people will take an active role in land remediation strategies,
leading to the reintroduction of keystone species to the landscape,
to catalyse an increase in biodiversity. By 2035, the scheme
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Helen Berg - Constructing Communities: Conisbrough
Constructing Communities is a capacity-building strategy,
identifying failures within the Dearne Valley. The initiative
promotes sustainable self-build and social housing in Conisbrough,
with future implementation in the wider Dearne Valley region.
The project tackles high unemployment rates following Dearnes
industrial decline, and recent mass construction of poor quality
developer housing. The program begins with construction of
Conisbrough Island neighbourhood, opposite the failed Earth
Centre for Sustainable Technology, whilst the architectural focus
is the Self-Build Education Centre and Community Hub, and the
transfer of environmental and social principles from this building
to the Island scheme in general.

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Josh Molnar - The Dearne Valley Follies
The Dearne Valley Follies address a number of key issues around
learning opportunities, health and cultural activities. The proposed
strategy reconnects the Dearne Valley by reinstating the disused
railway lines into cycle paths. A rotating collective of makers
and an architect in residence based in a live and work building
in Wombwell, design and co-build a number of follies with local
groups to provide dynamic learning opportunities that are easily
accessible, engaging and creative.

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Rangika Fernandopulle - The Festival of Pottery
Glassblowing and the pottery industry were central to Dearnes
history for centuries, yet have been forgotten with time. The once
celebrated Waterloo kiln stands in isolation as a result of the lack
of awareness of the industry that once formed an active part of the
community. Currently Yorkshire artist Adele Howitt and musician
Graham Oliver - together with the Dearne Valley Landscape
Partnership (DVLP) - are trying to bring back the culture and
tradition of the forgotten potteries. This project provides three
facilities to support their efforts - The Potters Centre: which acts
as the base for work funded by the Don pottery site; The Kiln
Market: A market which celebrates the pottery industry at the
Kiln site; The Pottery Route: a trail of interventions connecting
the two sites.
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Lucy Parkinson - The Den
This project provides the young people of Wath Upon Dearne
with an opportunity to participate in creative skill development
activities. The principle of the design is to give the Towns younger
generation a sense of ownership, achievement, and collaboration 06
through implicit self build learning, outside of the school
environment. Alongside the youth centre there is a collection
point for household waste cardboard and a factory to recycle the
cardboard into a water and fire resistant construction material.
The external architecture is designed for assemble, however
the flexible internal space allows youth groups to construct,
deconstruct and reconstruct their own environment using the
constant supply of free material.

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Marika Karouzou - Barnsley Main Colliery Memorial
Situated in the heart of Dearne Valley, next to the existing Barnsley
Main Colliery, the Memorial is dedicated to the lived experience
of coal miners. Geometrically the Memorial is an addition to the
existing ground, thereby adding a dimension to the experience
of the colliery. The building provides the opportunity not only
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axis. Besides the obvious horizontal route, the vertical route is of
great interest: as one moves from upper to lower levels of the
building (literally and metaphorically), there is a symbolic gesture
for visitors to experience, that even in the darkest moments
where you feel like you will never escape, a small trace of light
restores hope.

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Daniel Klaiber - Hiding in the Dearne Valley
This project proposes a redefined education strategy for RSPB
Dearne Valley which aims to tackle the issue that children are
becoming increasingly disconnected with the environment and the
role that it plays in sustaining human life. The proposal presents
three bird hides and a main education centre which have been
inspired by the activities of local wildlife species and the physical
and environmental qualities of their particular habitats. The series
of built structures within the wetland reserve aims to create a
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Jennifer Lee - Arts in the Landscape
Arts in the Landscape is a strategy promoting the arts,
community, and its role in mental and physical well-being on the
TransPennine Trail in the Dearne Valley. The project manifests
itself in a wide range of scales, from a wider regional scale to
the smaller town scale, where an exploration of the strategys
Phase 1 was carried out, linking up various mental health and
community groups within the area and creating structures to
respond to current and projected future demands. At a detail
level, investigation into how construction techniques can be
employed to create structures that have a unified architectural
language, yet respond intimately to the landscape.

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The studio investigated how we can design and evolve appropriate architectural responses for our current and future intergenerational
demographic. This included exploring environments for play, learning, living, social interaction, healthcare and civic amenity.

There was a focus on provision at human, domestic and urban scales; varying from the texture of electric blankets and the acoustics
of learning environments, to the DIY adaptation of space, reuse and reinvention of existing structures to the far reaching reliability and
impact of bus timetables.

Projects explored the inevitable environments that exist for young and the old and investigated how these can be improved, re-imagined
and transformed.

The majority of our work was focussed in Hull building upon studies from last year. In doing so we aim to highlight and celebrate our
endeavours with those for the Hull City of Culture 2017.

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Satwinder Samra Jennika Parmar - The Memory Respite Trust
This thesis objective is to create a Memory Respite Trust for
5th Year Students people dealing with Alzheimers disease as well as giving support
John Bacon for family, friends and carers. This will aid key health and research
Kevin Lo services within the NHS and charities like the Alzheimers Society
Zak Nicoll with research space, medical and wellness facilities. The Hull City
Kasia Oskroba Council 2020 Wellness Proposal aims to give better health care
Lucy Uren facilities for older people, from which this thesis will support. This
will give older people a friendly approachable environment to
6th Year Students use within a close proximity to the centre of Hull. Independent
Charlotte Eley living accommodation for older people is also designed within the
Matt Baker site area. This project aims to tackle Alzheimers disease through
Chris Hill creating opportunity for happiness, surprise and beauty.
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Suki Sehmbi The project, based in the Hull Fruit Market, explores themes of
changing physical ability, the role of elderly in modern society,
Thanks to and kitchen as a community focus point and a central element of
Emma England, RIBA Yorkshire a building. It results in a mixed use scheme featuring a cooking
Ben Gibson, Gibson Thornley community centre that acts as an intergenerational shared site
Tom Goodall, Argent where children, youth and older adults participate in growing,
Mark Hodson, Hodson Architects preparation and consumption of food. The scheme also aims
William Matthews, William Matthews Associates to bring together and strengthen the local food and community
King Kong Hostel, Rotterdam support networks.

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John Bacon - Cultural Pavilions for the City (of Culture)
This project was based around the issues of Hulls history, heritage
and culture. Set in the context of the 2017 UK City of Culture
it looks at how, through a series of small scale, temporary and
permanent built pavilions, a framework can be created to provide
support for the years programme of events along with forming
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Charlotte Eley - Hull Language Exchange
In an increasingly multicultural society the requirement for
different communities to coexist is essential and language learning
and cultural education play a fundamental role in this. This
project explores how architecture can promote intercultural
relationships, proposing a new language school, cultural centre
and language services centre for the city of Hull. The project
will be set within a wider site strategy which also includes the
redevelopment of an existing department store building into retail
units, a nursery and residential flats, and will explore how shared
space can be redefined to support coexistence in a single urban
block.
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Matt Baker - Fish District Hull
The project proposes an aquacultural strategy increasing low
impact fish production to feed future populations. The strategy
takes fish farming activity offshore converting decommissioned
oil-rigs in the North Sea whilst engaging Humberside communities
through the development of shell fish farms on managed
realignment sites. A built scheme meanwhile develops the
idea of a fish dock reconnecting the terrestrial city and marine
environment. The scheme celebrates its location on the Trans
Pennine Trail and as the site of a new cruise ship port of call,
positioning Riverside Quay, a decaying and forgotten post-
industrial site, as an entry point to the city and a major part of
Hulls infrastructure for both trade and tourism.

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Kevin Lo - Farmpark
Farmpark is set in the future of 2050 inside the city of Hull. The
project aims to address the citys increasing flood problems
and its future ageing population through vertical indoor farming
and volunteering. At the moment, the project is exploring the
various relationships between food growth, farming education and
communal dining within an existing car park.

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Lucy Uren - Creative Adaption: Giroscope Urban Community
Centre
Through the initial investigation tasks this project developed an
interest in the Creativity of Adaptive Processes. An impairment
can prompt a new means of making. When applied to an urban
context how can communities creatively adapt to the economic
and environmental challenges of the future? The project
considered the context of Kingston upon Hull and the role of local
social enterprise, Giroscope Ltd. Giroscope has created a culture
of community resilience through their programme of renovating
empty homes and providing skills training to the unemployed. The
architecture of the project has focussed on expanding Giroscopes
centre in the St Andrews Ward Community, (west of the City
Centre), moving it to a larger site on Coltman street. This
expanded self-build centre will continue to promote sustainable
construction skills whilst developing a culture of a Flood Aware
Lifestyle. In this way it becomes the site of communal Creative
Adaption.

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Jonny Wilson - Living Framework: Hulls Urban Living Cooperative
This project proposes a pilot co-housing scheme set within Hull
city centre, responding to their need for intergenerational housing
by 2020. It combines themes of relational/personal support
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adaptability within urban housing. Housing is combined with a
learning centre, studios and bakery. The key architectural language
is created by the concrete frame, into which timber modules are
inserted to allow dwellings to increase or decrease in size. Within
each dwelling spaces can be changed and re-defined to suit the
changing needs of residents Communal spaces connect levels and
open the frame up.

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Zak Nicoll - Forgotten Hull
We look towards a future with 9 billion people populating the
planet in less than thirty years, however, the key to our future
may be hidden in our past. A large number of buildings lay
abandoned and risk demolition in Kingston upon Hull. Instead of
demolishing and starting a new, can we not use this building stock?
The project looks at how we can use abandoned buildings and
forgotten spaces in Hull to knit the city fabric back together to
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This project explores an institution which envisages higher
education done in a different way. Challenging the commodification
of knowledge, increasingly business minded way universities are
run and extortionate tuition fees, The Free University of Sheffield
works with an existing group of student-activists striving for
egalitarian, decentralised, and collectively run learning spaces.
Working in tandem with the UoS campus masterplan, this project
proposes a new civic heart for the campus, through a new hall,
hostel and cafe as well as utilising a disused church - forming
a library and exhibition space which share this compact site
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Mark Emms Rob Burns, Nicholas Birchall - The Village Hall Urban Cohousing
Head of Heritage and Urban The projects engage particularly with the theme of displacement,
5th Year Students Design, Liverpool City Council focusing on the Gerard Gardens community who were formerly
Nicholas Birchall displaced from the site. A preliminary project proposes a Village
Matthew Bloomfield Steve Threlfall, Hall on the reimagined flyovers, acting as a civic hub and a resource
Amanda Holden We Make Places, Liverpool around which communities can form. The hall becomes a meeting
Abigail Humpheys place for the former residents, resulting in the establishment of
Hannah Pether Jacquie Milham, a cohousing group, and a second project emerges in the form of
Architectonic, Hebden Bridge urban cohousing alongside the flyovers. The first project creates
6th Year Students the Village Hall and the second forms the village around it.
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Charlotte Keime In 1946, the Home Office forced a secret deportation of
Will Monaghan thousands of Liverpool Chinese seamen, leaving hundreds of
Harrison Symonds families behind. The proposal aims to facilitate the development 02
Alex Trainor of the Chinese community in Liverpool by creating an engaging
and inclusive cultural centre. It also aims to create an effective
cultural exchange between the Chinese and Liverpools diverse
communities, providing acknowledgement of the Chinese
communitys past in Liverpool, a celebration of Chinese identity
while embracing present diversity in the city and a model for
future integration of cultures. The Chinese / Liverpool exchange
is achieved at different levels: human interactions, architectural
exchange, and the repair of social and material fabric relating to
WWII deportation and destruction.

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This thesis is about the evolution of place. Its about a process of
how and who makes our cities, and also about the enduring urban
fabric. It challenges the process of 21st century development, and
draws upon the idea that places should evolve gradually, taking
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The studios timeline depicts Liverpools past, present and Inhabiting a rich but contested urban block within the city, the
projected future programme envisages a new approach to planning, engaging
regulatory bodies, industry professionals and the general public,
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Rebecca Goodson - Inside Out Prison a culture of collaboration and belonging.
Carlo Scarpa believed that a single joint, could represent the
whole philosophy of the building in a condensed part. This thesis
explores how the psychology of space can address wider political,
social and design philosophies. Materiality is used as a design tool
to challenge preconceptions, signify worth and to communicate
the coming together of the individual and collective. Inside Out
Prison, embedded in the heart of Liverpools historic quarter,
combines a typical prison programme with the theatre to create
a new rehabilitative model, which meets the specific needs of
women offenders with babies and young children.

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Matthew Bloomfield - The Park Keepers Palace
The Peoples Guild of Roboticists
Both the Park Keepers Palace and the Peoples Guild of projection of value and emotional qualities onto inanimate items,
Roboticists are projects concerned with a large arc of time.
They adopt practices, aesthetics and phenomenological cues
from the past, utilising them to take polemical positions against
both present and future trends towards the commodification of
Architecture. This is an Architecture of solidity and permanence,
which exalts the buildings purpose while elevating the standing
of the user. Both projects consider the passage of the individual
through the building, their experiences of each zone they pass
through, and the act of crossing thresholds as they do so.
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Alex Trainor - Salvaging the Waterfront
This project scrutinises the potential impact that redeveloping the
Port of Liverpool will have on its cultural and material heritage.
Exploring the possibility of actively maintaining a graving dock
for shipbreaking, alongside public exhibition and an archive of
ships, the proposal attempts to challenge the current widespread
attitude of simply infilling redundant docklands with housing
and retail. This project also contends with unethical disposal of
European ships in developing countries, providing a model for
shipbreaking within the UK.
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Hannah Pether - A Point of Convergence
The proposal comprises a multifunctional node located on the
flyovers denoting the fringes of Liverpools city centre which
explores the convergence of people, program and level; re-
establishing social activity on the threshold between architecture
and the city. This singular building mediates the three key levels
and paces of the site, with the upper flyover level responding to
future aspirations of the city, tying into cycling networks through
a bicycle repair workshop and teahouse bridging the two elevated
urban parks. The ground level is deeply rooted in the history of
the site, re-interpreting its traditional brewery and mechanical arts
uses and re-establishing a sense of place. The elevated pedestrian
walkway between these two levels acts as a point of programmatic
convergence, providing a pause in everyday commuting routes.
Ultimately, the scheme acts as a metronome for the city, reflecting
the different paces and timescales of each strata and proposing an
intervention allowing them to converge, remedying the divisive
construction of the flyovers.
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Amanda Holden - Film and Festival Hub
As a destination for filmmakers, the scheme brings spectacle back
to a part of Liverpool which has seen better days. It cements Lime
Street and Renshaw Street as the festival heart of Liverpool. The
building forms part of a flowing urban landscape, which opens and
closes, depending on the event that is unfolding.
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The existence of people and objects is inseparable, with the
and the reciprocal relationships that the two form. Based on a
collection of inherited family documents, the Zeitgeist Archive
seeks to collect such objects and house them in a ceremonial
manner. The artefacts are available for a short time only in the
building, where they can be considered and celebrated. After
this they are transferred by boat to archival locations along the
Mersey. The building and the archival process not only preserves
memories, but allows for new ones to be formed.
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Dale Street in the centre of the city. A recordings library and
studio spaces were central to the design, alongside other aspects
of musical production. The project explored connections between
events and artefacts, the relationship of the performance and its
memory, and how theses specific functions are placed in the wider
context of the city.
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The thesis explores the design of a youth centre on Liverpools
Docks for local and international visitors and users. The name
of the project, Crossing Boundaries, is a metaphor for three
key themes that have driven the project from research to design:
Physical Boundary: exploring the relationship between differences
in urban fabric and relationship to the water; Personal Boundary:
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Studio (Re)-Activist Architecture

The studio is focussed on reinvigorating places through the stimulation of local cultures and distinction derived through temporary
propositions and events leading to long term legacy proposals and lasting change cementing local diversity and difference. We use
Situationist techniques of Derive, constructed situation and detournment to explore and identify project opportunities. The studio studies
cities of culture, visiting European cities of Culture to understand their strategies of cultural relevnce, reinvigoration and participation. We
compare these cities with capitals where cultural diversity, vibrancy and independence thrive. This year we visited Arhus ECC 2016 and
Copenhagen whist working with and in Hull City of Culture 2017, our site was The River Hull corridor and the East bank.

The studio views the profession as an ongoing role of curation, with active participatory involvement rather than the, removed master-
planner. We explore the nature of an ongoing participatory role which is neither top down or bottom up but a synthesis of such bringing
together long term aspirations of city stakeholders, private investors and the immediate concerns of local residents and communities
to establish vibrant, distinct, social and fun places to live and work to enhance the image of the city in the eyes of their inhabitants.
Our intention is to define new forms of architecture through the amalgamation of unconventional partners to propose new symbiotic
relationships of mutually beneficial situations. Built forms are placed into Adaptive Urban Environments, which respond to urban and
environmental issues defining new contexts in which to site architectural intervention and amplify place distinction.

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Simon Baker Paul Bailey Toby Buckmaster - The Hybrid City
Toby Buckmaster The Hybrid City aims to reinvigorate Kingston Upon Hulls
Visiting Tutors Lilly Ingleby underutilised Old Town area through methods of compaction and
Carole Latham Jennifer Macro intensification. The project focuses on the dimensions of the city
Sarah Wiggleswoth Muyiwa Oki block as it forms the most basic unit of the citys urban fabric.
Robyn Poulson Developing a hybrid model to increase density, diversity and
5th Year Students intensity, stimulating and revitalising buildings and environment.
Joe Ingham The building brings together a mix of program and people to
Adam Justice Studio Collaborators form an intensified living experience that forms a self supporting
Kate Nicholson Hull City Council critical mass made up of studio space, shops, pub, hotel, offices,
Jamie Reid Hull 2017 - City of Culture residential, public rooms, gym, kindergarten, delivery depot and
Thomas Saunders Jan Gehl Architects bike shop.
Juliette Sung Studio Weave
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Studio Masterplan plinth, with a timber leisure cycling curve. Its an establishment
designed as a radical new form to protect the bicycle from theft.
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Reimagining Hull - Celebrating A Creative Approach to Flooding facility, while the curve is for fledgling competitive cyclists and
spectators. The project is situated within the landscape of Hull, as
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Hello Hull - Kamra E Faoree celebrations 2017. The project is a bold statement for bicycle
architecture, that leads to the creation of new form of cycling
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Juliette Sung - The Buskers Club
Busking, is the most down-to-earth and instant act within the
public realm. It puts a welcoming face on a city, gets people out of
their cars strolling, congregating with strangers.
This project, the Buskers Club will be established for sustaining
the fragility of the culture of busking in Hull, yet preserving and
enriching the value of the old town, in which participating in the
collective success of the studio proposed master plan for Hull. It
transcended the boundary between the ethics, the hierarchy, and
the past with the present.
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Kate Nicholson - Hull Independent Cinema
There is real demand for independent film in this city that just
isnt being met. This proposal considers the reappropriation of
a redundant piece of infrastructure and associated void in the
urban fabric into a unique venue for independent film screenings
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this project presents a cinematic experience embedded in the
local context. The proposal seeks to celebrate a neglected listed
structure and activate the riverfront on the east and west banks
of the River Hull.

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Jamie Reid - The Cube
The project is based on a problem discovered during our first
visit to Hull, which was graffiti in the city. Hull spends 250,000
a year to remove graffiti and this was highly correlated to school
dropouts and troubled youths, with a high percentage involved
in drug abuse. Therefore, the project provides an alternative
platform and safe place for these graffiti artists to express their
art but also become part of a hidden community. The Cube is a
monolithic sculptural mass that gives its users their own domain
to shape as they wish.
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Joe Ingham - The Library & Museum of Collaborative Consumption
The Library & Museum Of Collaborative Consumption is an
exploration of the needs of the expanded community in Hulls Old
Town, whereby the intensified urban context creates a densified
population that challenges the need for individual ownership of
goods. The project provides a lending library of everyday items
that creates a communal nucleus that activates the potential for
a new way of living. The museum acts as an agent for change
encouraging visitors to reflect on their roles in society in relation
to consumerism. The combination of museum and library provides
opportunity for visitors to turn empathy into action.
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Jennifer Macro - The Shipwright House
The Shipwright House is located in Kingston upon Hull. The
scheme is comprised of three main functions; a school connected
to Hull college for tall ship restoration and repair, a home for
transient user groups and a public realm. The three elements
occupy the site in a manner that encourages different user groups
to interact with one another, form connections and learn from
each other. It questions how can architecture create a community
for transient individuals?. It is a project positioned between
the necessity for urban integration and optimizing comfort in a
communal environment.
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Lilly Ingleby - Claiming The Commons
Opposing the creeping privatisation and hyper-regulation of public
space, Claiming The Commons explores the city as a common
asset, and looks to form strategies for regaining a sense of the
collective, and increasing the productivity of public space. It
proposes a centre for governing and engaging with public space
as a common asset, set within new flood mitigation infrastructure
forming part of a collaborative studio masterplan of Hulls
river corridor. The building is informed by historic places of
governance, with an observation tower providing views over the
wetlands, and a moot hall set into the slope of the hillside.
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Paul Bailey - Counterculture Centre
Hull is suffering from an identity crisis with it ranked the second
worst place to live in the UK last year. A new future is imagined
for Hull, celebrating its history of rebellion through defining
a counterculture manifesto, founded on the philosophy that
for positive change we must challenge the way we live now to
become truly sustainable. Doing things differently is the catalyst
for innovation. The architecture focuses on the creation of a
civic icon, comprised of three clear structural languages. The
Counterculture Centre will promote alternative forms of learning,
thinking, creating, entertaining and debating to engage in a critical
dialogue with both British and International Culture. It looks to
a none-end state architecture that can initiate events eventually
being adapted and appended by its empowered citizenry.
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Adam Justice - Hull Leisure Pier
The Western bank of the River Hull remains underutilised,
undervalued and approached withhostility. Through the
introduction of health making activity to a reinvigorated and
engaging waterfront context, the Hull Leisure Pier aims to
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notion of pleasure and leisure in a contemporary manner. Honing
in primarily on a singular pier within the regenerative scheme,
this project will focus on the health-based activity of mud bathing.
Accommodating an encompassing public space that directly
connects and engages users with the river in order to foster an
interactive and positive relationship between the people of Hull
and the waterfront environment.

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Robyn Poulson - The Exchange
The Exchange is situated in a speculative scenario in the
year 2030. Hull, is located is at the epicentre of an economic
overhaul founded upon Degrowth, the antithesis of Capitalism.
The Exchange will form the heart of the citys new economy
where needs not profits are key and goods are exchanged and
swapped. The program includes a public centre for the sharing
and bartering economy in the form of market halls, The stock
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Thomas Saunders - The River Hull Wildlife Centre
Following the studio masterplan proposal for the construction of
a 9 hectare expanse of marshland, a Wildlife Centre will emerge.
The creation of this will provide Hull with the means to better
understand its fractured relationship with local climate, wildlife and
habitats. The Centre will look to provide spaces for observation
and conversation within a convenient location within the Humber
Estuary, hosting a rich variety of wildlife. Different areas within
will support vegetation and wildlife at differing points the buildings
lifespan, looking to Re-Envelopment and Co-Inhabitation as an
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Live Projects
Since 1999, 1500 Sheffield School of Architecture students have delivered over 170 Live Projects across 14 different countries. This year
150 students worked on 13 projects, all sited across the North of England - the Northern Powerhouse! Projects were sited in rural and
urban locations and addressed issues of sustainability, food, culture and heritage, urban design, education, making and play. The beauty of
the Live Projects is that these issues are not generated in academia, but are brought to us by the communities we work with.
Running for the first 6 weeks of the academic year, Live Projects bring together Masters students from the MArch and MAAD courses.
Students work in groups to produce built and strategic design solutions for real clients with a particular emphasis on community
participation and collaborative working. The Live Project programme is widely recognised as an innovative form of teaching within UK
architectural education, offering students at SSoA the opportunity to test design ideas in a real-world context not offered on such a
sustained level by any other architecture school.

Live Projects celebrate the value of meaningful engagement with diverse groups of people, to broaden the potential of architecture as
a driver for positive change. The Live Projects programme this year has been enhanced by the use of Live Works, SSoAs permanent
Urban Room in Sheffield city centre and we were also very pleased to welcome our Visiting Professor, Susanne Hofmann of Berlin-based
participatory practice, Baupiloten to support the Live Projects.

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Explore Mansion House
Mentor: Satwinder Samra
Client: Friends of the Mansion House & Doncaster Civic Trust
The project team worked to engage with our client, locals and
schools in order to re-enliven the Grade 1 Listed Mansion
House in Doncaster as an educational gateway into Doncasters
architectural history. The initial brief aimed to promote the use of
the Mansion House as an educational resource for all sections of
the community, especially children, within a wider aim to engage
locals with the building, following the Councils departure in 2012.
Doncaster Mansion House is one of only three in the UK. This
live project focused on providing an educational pack for primary
school children, which explored the Mansion House, within
a wider context. It provided both downloadable and physical
resources, to enable children to learn about the building.
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Around the Toilet
Mentor: Dr Jo Lintonbon
Client: Around the Toilet Research Project
Around the Toilet, is a cross-disciplinary, arts-based research
group that has been exploring the toilet as a place of exclusion
and belonging. Researchers on the project are based across three
Universities. The research has explored the challenges and politics
of access to public toilets for groups such as trans, genderqueer,
non-binary people and disabled members of the public through
participatory workshops. The team worked with Around the
Toilet to spatialise and formalise their research findings into
tools that can be used for engaging the public, as well as decision
makers, in the future. This process has involved the production
of an architects toolkit, an installation and a game. These outputs
provide Around the Toilet with an engagement tool that has a
legacy beyond the timescale of the Live Project.
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Wealthy City Walks
Mentor: Simon Baker
Client: Ruskin in Sheffield
The project delivered a series of 9 guided walks to over 120
people around Sheffield city centre. Based on a contemporary
reinterpretation of John Ruskins ideas of wealth, over 6 weeks the
live project group encouraged members of the public attending
the walks to think about where they see wealth in Sheffield. The
Wealthy City Walks map of Sheffield presented six themed routes
through the city; the independent trade line, the street art line,
the social activity line, the art and culture line, the nature line and
the history line. Following the walks we invited participants to
get involved in postcard writing workshops, gathering a rich and
varied set of over 130 messages. These postcards were shown at
the Ruskin Reviewed exhibition in the Millennium Galleries.
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Oriel House
Mentor: Leo Care
Client: BBEST & BLAG (Broomhill Community Library steering
group and BBEST Neighbourhood Planning Forum)
Broomhill Community Library occupies Oriel House, an 1870s
house with an Arts and Crafts style garden designed by the British
landscape architect Percy Cane. The intention is to transform
the library into Oriel House, a self-sustaining, independent
Community Hub for Broomhill and its neighbouring wards.
The vision also aims to extend the existing property into the
unused basement and attic allowing Oriel House to become a
more vibrant community space whilst still celebrating the library
function at its core. Alongside this, an integrated cafe, rentable
space, play area for children, growing initiatives and many more
accessible facilities would cater for all and become a real asset
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Maurice Dobson Museum
Mentor: John-Paul Walker
Client: Darfield Area Amenity Society
The Maurice Dobson Museum and Heritage Centre is a volunteer
run museum that also acts as a community hub with a caf,
shop and activity space. The project involved working alongside
the main stakeholders associated with the museum in order to
provide a series of outcomes that will help to ensure the museums
longevity and future success. We were initially asked to focus on
developing a design for an extension of the museum. The current
property suffers from having no space in which larger groups
can gather and a lack of adequate storage and kitchen space.
However, we quickly understood that simply providing plans
and visualisations would not be enough to ensure the museums
longevity. We identified a series of deliverables that would be of
use in the immediate, the medium and the long term.
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Parkive
Mentor: Mark Emms
Client: S1 Artspace
The Duke Street building is one portion of the Park Hill estate
and has been highlighted by new developers Urban Splash as a
potential site for the development of a new cultural centre.
This proposal is being developed by local arts organisation S1
Artspace and would provide space for creative working studios
as well as an art gallery. This project investigated how a heritage
offer could be integrated within this proposal. The live project
is seen as a catalyst to secure heritage lottery funding and to
maximise the potential effect and usability of the development for
the community, for S1 and for other stakeholders. The project
culminated in an event Parkive, an opportunity for the various
stakeholders to interact in discussion with the live project team.
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Wentorth Castle Walled Garden
Mentor: Howard Evans
Client: Wentworth Castle and Stainborough Park Heritage Trust
Wentworth Castle Gardens are located in a rural area near the
city of Barnsley. There is a total of 26 English Heritage listed
buildings on the Wentworth Castle Estate and Wentworth
Castle Park and Gardens is also a Grade I listed landscape. The
walled garden is one of the only remaining parts of the site left in
disrepair. The clients principal concern with the existing site was
the lack of access for visitors with physical disabilities. The walled
garden presents an opportunity to resolve this issue. There was
also broader vision for the redevelopment of the walled garden.
The client wanted continued consultation discussions with the
visitors and volunteers. A consultation toolkit was therefore
produced that collected all of the previously used consultation
materials and included new participation methods.
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Archive and the Machine
Mentor: Dr Renata Tyszczuk, Julia Udall
Client: Derby Silk Mill
The Live Project team and Derby Silk Mill investigated innovative
ideas for self-build display and storage units of the Museums vast
collection of objects. The scope of the Live Project extends to
the wider aim of creating Derby Silk Mill Museum of Making
and the entire redevelopment of the worlds first factory. By
undertaking the same journey as a would-be visitor, this Live
Project has recorded curiosities, experiments and processes from
the first visit to the final prototype in a workshop diary. Being a
maker extends beyond mere assembly. As this project has shown,
an understanding of fabrication techniques and knowledge of
workshop workflows is essential.
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Foodhall
Mentor: Simon Chadwick
Client: The Foodhall Project
Our team worked with Foodhall, a non-profit organisation, to
develop their aspirations for their recently acquired venue on
Eyre Street, Sheffield. The Foodhall initiative aims to improve
community engagement through the acts of cooking and eating
together, whilst promoting a knowledge of food waste. They
endeavour to provide a space that can host events and serve food,
that would otherwise be wasted, on a Pay As You Feel basis.
The team examined how the ethos of the organisation could be
represented in their new venue. This took the form of a feasibility
document. It is anticipated that this will help secure funding
and community involvement in the future. We also designed
and constructed a series of flexible, transportable modules,
predominantly constructed using reclaimed materials.
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Incredible Northern Greenhouse
Mentor: Irena Bauman
Client: Incredible Edible Network
The Incredible Northern Greenhouse is the next step for the
Incredible Edible Network. It is a food partnership that engages
the local community to participate in sustainable food growing
initiatives. Using the three plates: Community, Learning and
Business, Incredible Edible outlines how communities could run
themselves in order to be more resilient and promote well-
being. The culmination of the project was a strategy document
for Incredible Edible. Along with this, we produced an animation
to gain interest presented at the Incredible Edible Network
conference, Growing Incredible Futures Together in November
2015. Regionally, the ambition is to link up northern cities
and smaller towns across England from Liverpool to Hull. We
researched potential collaborators, structures and funding
streams and suggested site-specific interventions on each location.
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Blackburn Creative Capital
Mentor: Carolyn Butterworth
Client: Blackburn is Open
Our brief set out aspirations to assert new connectivity between
social and creative infrastructure, to help define Blackburn as
the Creative Capital of the UK. Blackburn has a proud history
of making with more than 25 percent of jobs in Blackburn in
manufacturing. As a celebration, it will host the first National
Festival of Making in October 2016. Following several trips
to Blackburn, we mapped and analysed the town within the
context of its already existing creative communities, meeting
with stakeholders and community groups. We took advantage of
having a base in one of Blackburn town centres vacant shops by
arranging public consultations including the Making Session. From
this research and information we produced a series of books to be
given to the client and stakeholders.
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Pitsmoor Adventure Playground
Mentor: Daniel Jary
Client: Pitsmoor Adventure Playground
The Pitsmoor Adventure Playground CIO is the Lord Mayors
Charity for 2015, established by the community who rallied
together to save the playground after coming under threat of
closure in 2013. A team of volunteers dedicate their time to
create a safe and inclusive environment for local children enabling
physical activity, good citizenship and life skills. The Live Project
Team, offered a fresh perspective of ideas and observations
that could improve the overall experience of the Adventure
Playground. From the start, our goal was to work with the
playground to produce a physical outcome of great value. An
overall design approach and several built interventions were used
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enhance the role of the playground as a vital community asset.
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Mentor: Carolyn Butterworth
Client: The Sheffield Modernist Society
Spatial Resonances was a collaboration between SSoA students
and students from the MA in Composition and Sonic Arts
from the Department of Music. Celebrating the rich history of
Sheffield Modernism, the project produced a series of short films
working within five iconic buildings. Together, the films weave a
tapestry of the history. A final documentary film was made for
the launch party for Sheffield Modernist Society which included
an overview of Sheffield Modernist heritage. Through the films,
the architecture students and musicians tell stories of life: lost
and found (Park Hill), of music as architectural intervention (the
Arts Tower), of repurposing space for performance (the Husband
Building), of abandonment and the beauty of decay (Hallam
Tower), and of celebrating architectural space through dance
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MArch Dissertation
The MArch postgrauate dissertation is a critical written study on an architectural subject chosen by the student and undertaken with
expert advice from the staff. It is seen as an opportunity to investigate an aspect of architecture in which the student is interested and
would like to explore in more depth. The dissertation may involve original research and contribute to the subject area through reasoning
and critical analysis.

Topics usually fall within the following subject range: architectural theory, architectural history, science and technology, structures,
management, CAD and the digital realm, landscape architecture or urban design. It offers students the opportunity to research, organise
and produce an extended piece of mostly written work over the course of the year.

Sheffield is one of the few schools of architecture that still offers students the chance to undertake dissertations in both undergarduate
and postrgraduate degrees. The quality and range of work is remarkable, producing richness, rigour and variety, and demonstrating a wide
ranfge of research methodologies, analytical and presentation techniques.

This years studies included topics such as: leadership in architecture, city reconstruction after a disaster, participation of architecture
schools in designing campus buildings and quantification of architecture. The questions of homeless engagement, death of craft in the digital
age and the impact of critical spatial practices were also explored.

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Archispeak bingo cards to be used during students presentations

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A collection of Archispeak words compiled during research of the
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Archispeak : Its origins, manifestation and role in a changing society

Charlotte Eley

My interest in Archispeak has developed from my experience of architectural education. Having regularly sat in lectures, student reviews
and with my head buried in architectural books, I found the language used often so coded and obfuscating that the benefit I gained
was negligible and led to a sense of frustration and defeat. Perhaps more importantly, with increased exposure to the phenomenon of
Archispeak, I became conscious of the social bearing of Archispeak, which ultimately has consequences for both those who use it and
those who receive it.

My disdain has grown since beginning my Masters in Architecture at the University of Sheffield. The schools strong social conscious has
had an impact on my approach to architecture and has ultimately led me to believe Archispeak is largely unnecessary and damaging to the
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but, like any ingrained bad habit, still collectively relapse into its use and concede to its social implications.
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Brittain-Catlin, T. (2012). Bleak houses: disappointment and

failure in architecture. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press
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Archibabble (Richards, 2014), does not possess a formal definition. The aim of this dissertation is to deconstruct and disarm Archispeak, Ijeh, I. (2014). Talking the talk : about architecture. In: Preiser,
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Campbell, 2001; Lewis, 1991; Ijeh, 2013 and 2014). Obscure verbiage, pretentious twaddle, impenetrable jargon, grammatically challenged
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2007; Ijeh, 2014, p.271). sion. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
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recognised and accepted within the profession, particularly within the schools of architecture where it flourishes and ingrains itself into Nicol, D. and Pilling, S. (eds.), (2000). Changing Architectural
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(Lewis, 2013, p.74). From first year undergraduates to final year masters students, a minimum of 6 years apart, students experience Weiss, B. and Hellman, L. (1999). Do it with an Architect: How
the gradual indoctrination of this coded language, evolving into fluent speakers of this professional tongue. The most important part of to Survive Refurbishing Your Home. London: Mitchell Beazley
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(1987) describes studio projects as a practicum - a setting designed for the task of learning which is set in a virtual world, relatively Articles:
free of the pressures, distractions and risks of the real world (Schon, 1987, cited in Nicol and Pilling, 2000, pp.6-7). This creates a closed 03
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communicate ideas, values and skills to the general public, but also it exacerbates the image problem, as described by Ike Ijeh (2014) Campbell, R. (2001). Having trouble understanding what the
whereby they are seen as overly proud and hopelessly egotistical, more concerned with impressing their peers and imposing their architectural cognoscenti are saying? Youre not alone. Architec-
superiority than with serving the public (Ijeh, 2014, p.276). These consequences lead to the breakdown of the relationship between the tural Record, 189(10), p.79.
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structures that underpin the perpetuation of certain behaviours and practices within the field of architecture. It will define what Archispeak Ting, E. (2011). Jargon and the fear of normalcy. Fulcrum, (3), p.2.
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profession and society itself and hypothesise on the opportunities and possibilities for the profession to transform Archispeak to their Wainwright, O. (2013). Towering folly: why architectural
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The University of Sheffield School of Architecture
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The Third Principle: The Post War City must create the new from
the damaged old Radical Reconstruction - Lebbeus Woods
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The Phoenix Discourse: Through a prolonged period of waiting
and contemplation, the hope is that the phoenix discourse will
be avoided or at least treated with great scrutiny.Such a discourse
becomes tied up in reconstructing as before, soaring back to the
skyline in the case of 9/11 and was even expressed initially as a call
to rebuild the Twin Towers exactly as they were.
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Offering a Different Program: RoTo Architects define our
collective survival instinct as a great social equaliser for a short
period after disaster. Their proposal, The World Citizen Centre
suggests a way to retain this positive legacy, uniting all scales
of society as they discuss the most fundamental aspect of our
existence: the line that separates humanity from inhumanity
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Maintaining the Void: Michael Sorkins most influential suggestion
was the proposed temporary enclosure of the site: an earthen
berm to secure it during the recovery and clearing period.
Through a rapid appropriation device, attention could then be
focused on a strategy of disaggregation, locating replacement
construction elsewhere in the city.
The Phoenix Discourse - Symbolism, Memory & Recovery
Paul Bailey
This dissertation looks at how the notion of remembering the past affects the evolution of an urban masterplan post-disaster and the
desire for a symbolic architecture. As stated by Lebbeus Woods, there exists a small amount of literature surrounding the rebuilding
of cities after attack and even less about the actual concepts that guide their urban recovery. Woods deduced that a new principle of
reconstruction was necessary:
The post [disaster] city must create the new from the damaged old.
(Woods 2011)
Yet, how to effectively translate and apply this philosophy to real world problems of disaster recovery remain relatively unexplored
(Ibid.). This study, hopes to reveal ways that an architectural response post-disaster can appropriate the ruin to facilitate the creation of
a revitalised built environment from the damaged old.
Woods has previously offered dramatic architectural demonstrations of what the ideas governing his principle meant. These received 01
criticism for aestheticising violence (Woods 2010) [see Fig 1.], exploiting a tragic human condition.
To step back from these shocking visualisations and return to the governing principles, this study will undertake a theoretical exploration,
focusing on the aftermath of terrorist attack. Following the narrative of 9/11 and New York City, this research aims to extract concepts
to aid a better reconstruction following disaster; a reconstruction that doesnt strive for a return to normality, but for the creation of a
new entity, borne from the transformed old.
The dissertation strives to understand the role of memory in shaping the eventual masterplan and its relationship to a symbolic
architecture. The study follows the narrative of 9/11 from disaster to reconstruction; understanding disaster and its aftermath, analysing
the different stages of design competitions to evaluate the final design before returning to speculative projects to offer alternative ways
of remembering. Thus, the hoped outcome is to suggest concepts to consider in the process of recovering and rebuilding post-attack
without forgetting the past.
With terrorist attack becoming an ever present feature of our global news, it is an important time to not only look at how to resolve these
current conflicts, but look at what the future holds for these damaged urban fabrics. In years to come, how can cities successfully recover
from the destruction caused and what should architectures role be in facilitating this healing process?
Buildings become symbols, and these symbols become targets of attack. Understanding why architecture has the power to become so 02
significant and what affect the subsequent destruction of this symbolism has on the community is key to this area of study.
In the case of 9/11, the World Trade Centre was not simply a skyscraper; it was targeted as a symbol. Hence what would be done with
the site was equally an act of symbolic politics. (Hajer 2006) If significant symbols are annihilated through attack then an areas sense of
place is challenged and if the reconstruction is not successful it will remain forever changed. Instead of the disaster being recognized as a
point on a much wider timeline, it becomes a totality; an event which has given rise to a new urban condition much bleaker than before.
Thus, a places identity is inextricably linked to its urban symbolism. Attacks on cities destroy places. Destroyed places mean defiled
symbolism. Thus, the recovery process inevitably requires some reconstruction or replacement of this defiled symbolism. A strive to
renegotiate an urban identity.
On 1st September 2015, it was confirmed Palmyras Temple of Bel in Syria had been destroyed by terrorists. The UNESCO Director-
General commented, The systematic destruction of cultural symbols embodying Syrian cultural diversity reveals the true intent of such
attacks, which is to deprive the Syrian people of its knowledge, its identity and history. (UNESCO 2015) The act of destroying such
important national and global heritage was deemed a war-crime(Ibid). The event above illustrates a pressing, contemporary scenario why
research into this area of work is so important. With the rise of terrorism, these loci of attack will continue to appear and we must begin
to understand how to better respond within such a context.
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After visiting New York and Ground Zero in October 2014, the importance that had been placed on architecture and the reimagining
of the disaster zone immediately became apparent. The site was captivating, possessing a unique, intangible quality and sense of loss that
one can only relate to its shocking history. At the same time, the peculiar touristic spectacle and voyeurism of the whole experience
unnerved me. I returned intrigued, with a desire to better understand how the built response had been defined and what concepts guided
the reconstruction. The book, The Resilient City How Modern Cities Recover From Disaster (Vale & Campanella 2005), was a key
starting point; a collection of essays that examine the post-disaster condition revealing how the pragmatic process of urban recovery
is always fuelled by highly symbolic actions (Ibid.). This was an initial resource that left me with many questions as I began my research.
I felt a dichotomy existed between retaining important historical significance, dealing with issues of memory and symbolism and
appropriating the damage of the disaster to facilitate a successful recovery. Hence, the focus of this research became on the architectural
response post disaster; examining specifically: the role of the architect, the role of architecture, quality of space, the appropriation of an
architectural identity and the complexity of reconstruction.
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How should we learn?

An investigation into the future of evidence-based research methodologies within architectural education, and what impact this could have
on future architectural practice.

Sam Diston

People learn a lot from their mistakes, however architects rarely learn much about their own finished buildings. This dissertation aimed
to highlight the possibilities for the integration of evidence-based research into architectural education in order to promote a culture of
critical quantitative and qualitative evaluation within the architectural profession.

The timeliness of this issue is highlighte d by the 2015 SCHOSA (Standing Conference of Heads of Schools of Architecture) conference,
which made a commitment to the teaching of evidence-based research methodologies within architectural education. This debate
continued further with the AAE (Association of Architectural Educators) conference which discussed Research-based Education. in April
2016. These debates sit alongside the recent AJ (Architects Journal) housing survey, which found that just 6% of architects are involved
in post-occupancy evaluation of their own built work.

Whilst the British architectural profession was founded on the principle of advancing knowledge, the majority of architects fail to
quantifiably justify their own ideas or develop their understanding of how their designs actually work after construction is complete.
One indicator of this can be seen in the performance gap between the predicted and actual energy use of many contemporary buildings,
which often consume twice as much energy as intended. Whilst numerical data alone cannot tell the whole story, the magnitude of the
performance gap highlights the need for a cultural shift within the profession.

The lack of uptake in evidence-based architectural research is the result of a number of factors: financial, legal and institutional. However,
whilst these issues are significant, without an ingrained culture of systematic investigation the profession will always lack the political and
creative momentum to overcome these obstacles. The audience for this type of evidence-based research however is growing, with the
CABE (Commission for Architecture and Built Environment) document The Value Handbook using evidence to explain the value of
good design to the public sector.

The UK architectural education system is currently going through a period of significant change, and the length and scope of the curriculum
is being debated. With these changes comes a great opportunity to embrace new ways of learning and working.

This dissertation puts forward an argument for the integration of evidence-based research methodologies within education. In doing so it
would be possible to create a platform for the creative development of such methodologies around all areas of buildings. This would help
to form a culture of analytical review of the value of architecture before, during and after its creation. 01

Findings from a survey undertaken during the investigation showed a keen interest from current MArch students across the UK, with 91%
agreeing that they would be more likely to be involved in evidence-based research in practice if introduced to it during their studies. This
enthusiasm for the growth of evidence-based research was also found among the academic and professional practitioners interviewed
during the course of the investigation, who all agreed that evidence-based research should be integral to the work of architects as a system
through which to refine architectural ideas and to learn from mistakes. Some practitioners, however, were sceptical about the scale to
which evidence-based research could be developed, given the current political and financial factors that hinder further evidence-based
research in practice.

All of this fits within the wider context of shifting architectural pedagogies, both in education and practice. The proposed module design
set out within this investigation aimed to highlight the ease with which evidence-based research methodologies could be integrated into
both current and future models of architectural education and, in so doing, how they could be applicable to both current and future modes
of architectural practice.

The appetite for integrating evidence-based research is clear amongst students, academics and practitioners alike, and whilst economic and
political challenges limiting evidence-based research remain, it will only be through a shift in culture that these challenges will be overcome.
With the potential for evidence-based research to have a hugely valuable impact on the culture of architectural pedagogies, it cannot be
emphasised enough how important this avenue of education may become in shaping the future success of the architectural profession. 02

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Tanfield House, Edinburgh:
The first building studied within the PROBE programme, an early
step in evidence-based research in architecture, 1995.

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Chart 1 - Results from the dissertation survey of current MArch
students across the UK.

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Chart 2 - Results from the dissertation survey of current MArch
students across the UK.

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The University of Sheffield School of Architecture

MArch Architecture: Collaborative Practice

The University of Sheffields School of Architecture (SSoA) has placed itself at the forefront of architectural education with the start of the
new Collaborative Practice Part 2 Architecture course this year. We have full backing from both professional bodies having achieved both
RIBA validation and ARB prescription.

Collaborative Practice is a full times course, which blends a reflective practice based experience with academic research and learning. The
route is a 2 year program where year 1 (Year 5 of the architecture route) is based in Practice with the student employed 4 days /week.
Year 2 (Year 6 of the Architecture route) is based back in Sheffield. The work produced is a testament to the enthusiasm, commitment and
tenacity displayed by both our pioneering cohort and our collaborative practices.

Director of Collaborative Practice

Satwinder Samra

Thanks to the following for their

enthusiasm, support and collaboration:

From Practice From the School and University

Paul Monaghan, AHMM Karen Henderson, MacreanorLavington Carolyn Butterworth
Jo Bacon, Allies Morrison Guy Barlow, Manser Practice Leo Care
Simon Fraser, Allies Morrison Annalie Riches, Mikhail Riches Sam Dobrinski
John Assael, Assael Artchitecture David Mikhail, Mikhail Riches Sam Guest
Richard Coutts, BACA Simon Robinson, MSMR Becky Gray
David Cash, BDP Greg Penoyre, Penoyre and Prasad Ian Hicklin
Chris Harding, BDP Stephen Proctor, Proctor and Matthews Aidan Hoggard
Graham McClements, BDP Andrew Matthews, Proctor and Matthews Teresa Hoskyns
Bruce Raw, Bond Bryan Mike Stiff, Stiff Trevillion Dan Jary
Jonathan Herbert, Bond Bryan Dan Campbell, Stiff Trevillion Sara Lancashire
Joe Witchell, Broadway Malyan Andrew Mortimer, RMA Russell Light
Andy Groarke, Carmody Groarke Jane Collier Waugh, Thistleton Jo Lintonbon
Kevin Carmody, Carmody Groarke Chris Williamson, Weston Williamson Allanah Millsom
Lukas Barry, Carmody Groarke David Gloster, RIBA Education Fionn Stevenson
Neil Michels, Carmody Groarke Alex Maxwell, RIBA Rob Sykes
Roger Hawkins, Hawkins\Brown Grant Dyble, ARB Miranda Wall
Edmund Harrison Gray, Hawkins\Brown Emma Matthews, ARB
Rebecca Hinkley, Hawkins\Brown Peter Donague, Peter and Paul 01
Richard Lavington, MacreanorLavington Jhade Villa Dean, Peter and Paul

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Emma Taylor - Assael
Westmoreland House and Carriageworks,
Bristol.
The existing site comprises the derelict
Grade II* listed Carriageworks; Grade
II listed No.4 Ashley Road and 1960s
Westmoreland House office block,
which has been derelict for 35 years. The
proposals are to redevelop the site into a
residential-led mixed development, including
commercial and community uses
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Tutorial day in London host practices office
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Tutorial day in London host practices office
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Llinos Glyn - Assael
Quebec Way, Rotherhithe.
The existing site on an industrial estate in
Rotherhithe was outlined for redeveloped
by Southwark council. The client required
a mixed use residential and commercial
development which maximised the total
sales value of private residential units. The
proposal investigated the socio-economic
design elements not required by the client.
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Chris Jones - BDP
The Fusion Building, Bournemouth
University, Bournemouth.
The Fusion Building is a new academic
building and social hub at the centre of
Bournemouth Universitys Talbot campus.
The building has recently opened in
June 2016.
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Jonny Roberts - Stiff + Trevillion
Crowthorne Road, London.
Disused MOT warehouses converted to
a mixed use commercial and residential
development. The proposal has 5 office
units at ground floor and 8 flats on the
first and new second floor. The design is
sensitive with a variety of complex site
constraints.
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Partik Krnchnak - BDP
AstraZeneca Headquarters, Cambridge.
Study exploring historical and typological
development of edictional and lab
buildings.
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Dean Bartlett - Manser Practice
Ashgate Hospice, Chesterfiled.
Master plan and extensive renovation of
grade II listed building for Ashgate hospice
in Chesterfield, UK.
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John Lee - RMA Architects
Redclyffe Road, Upton Park.
A new community hub integrated
with the Redclyffe Road development,
featuring high quality public realm, acts as
a driver for social interaction withing the
community of Upton Park.
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Jorunn Karadottir - BDP
AstraZeneca Headquarters, Cambridge.
The project consists of a research and
development building which will be the
new headquarters for AstraZeneca.
Herzog & de Meuron won the design
competition and later BDP were
appointed to deliver the project. The aim
was to create a permeable R&D building
for 2000 employees, split up to office and 02
laboratories.
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Max Crichton - Hawkins\Brown
Bishops Stortford College.
A new boarding house facility within the
Bishops Stortford college master plan.
The proposal reinstates and extends
Robert Pearce house, a 1920s Arts &
Crafts boarding house that was destroyed
during a fire. Featuring high quality
accommodation and key social spaces
for the students, the project explores
thresholds, multiple use dwellings and the
connection between new and old.

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Postgraduate Taught Masters
The Sheffield School of Architecture offers four Postgraduate Taught Masters (PGT) programmes. These are built on the core strengths
of academic staff and embody the Schools commitment to social and environmental responsibility in the design and production of the
built environment.

MA in Architectural Design (MAAD)

MA in Urban Design (MAUD)
MSc in Sustainable Architecture Studies (MSc SAS)
MSc in Digital Design and Interactive Built Environments (MSc DDIBE)

Each PGT programme prepares students with the academic and professional skills to further their career and the programmes are tailored
to meet the specific needs and interests of their students with flexible modular teaching. These range from research and practice in areas
of experimental architectural design, participatory urban design, regeneration, sustainability and digital design.

The PGT programmes aim to expose students to meaningful conversations and collaborations with researchers and professionals engaged
in all aspects of design and the built environment. We emphasise the importance of allowing students to engage with cutting-edge research
and innovation from across the full spectrum of architectural humanities, social sciences, building science, technology and design research.
With this, we have an embedded studio culture within our taught and professional programmes making the school a thriving and creative
place to be.

Director of Postgraduate Taught Masters 01

Dr Florian Kossak MAUD field trip - Berlin

Programme Leader MA in Architectural Design 02

Dr Nadia Bertolino SAS field trip - Switzerland

Programme Leader MA in Urban Design 03

Dr Beatrice De Carli MAAD field trip - Milan

Programme Leader MSc in Sustainable Architecture Studies

Aidan Hoggard and Sofie Pelsmeker

Programme Leader MSc in Digital Design and Interactive Built

Environments
Dr Chengzhi Peng

Postgraduate Support Officer

Allanah Millsom
The University of Sheffield School of Architecture

MA in Architectural Design
The MA in Architectural Design is a design-based Masters course focusing on knowledge of design approaches, processes and architectural
research methodologies. It encourages students to develop a distinctive design practice, underpinned by a deep interest in social dynamics
and architectural culture. The programme builds on the School of Architectures acclaimed research and teaching expertise in the area
of architectural design, complementing the work done in ARB/RIBA accredited programmes of the school. These consider architectural
design within a broad social, environmental and economic context.

Students on the MA in Architectural Design programme are encouraged to explore, challenge, and inform contemporary architectural
design practice through seminars, research, studio project work, field trips, and participation in design-led practice, teaching and learning
innovations for example the pioneering `Live Projects. Students registered for the MA in Architectural Design will attend specific core
modules. Then, according to their major interest, they can either choose Route A (Theory-based) or Route B (Practice-based).

The studio work is an essential part of the MA in Architectural Design. Our thematic studios investigate architectural themes in depth,
according to the studio tutors research interests. The aim is to consider design within the context of rigorous and innovative research.
The core module Reflections on Architectural Design supports students in understanding the value of architectural research within the
contemporary design framework and it relates directly to their studio work.

Director Visiting Professors 01

Dr Nadia Bertolino Prof Carlos Garcia Vazquez Sheffield. MAAD symposium What can
(Seville School of Architecture) (not) be done? with STEALTH.unlimited.
Studio Tutors and Coordinators Alfonso Guajardo Cruz
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Carolyn Butterworth Marc Neelen and Ana Dzokic Milan. AfterBelonging design studio visit
Dr Mark Meagher (STEALTH.unlimted) in Molise/Calvairate district guided by
Dr Teresa Hoskyns Dr Hassan Radoine M^C^O activitst Ferdinando Mazzitelli.
Dr Krzysztof Nawratek (Ecole Nationale DArchitecturein Rabat)
Dr Magda Sibley Prof Marc Schnabel 03
(Victoria University of Wellington) Sheffield. Module of Reflections on
Students Abdelghani Tayyibi Architectural Design. Workshop on
Darwich Bana (School of Architecture of Marrakech) design methodologies.
Du Hongbo
Eid Zainab A Ali External Reviewersand Contributors 04
Fang Lin Al Mehdi Khaldoun Marrakech. Urban Catalysts design studio 01
Gao Yihan (Marrakech Eco-Hammams) field work
Geng Gangli Ferdinando Mazzitelli and Diego Weisz
Guo Xiaochen (M^C^O art collective) 05
Haddadian Shirin Mohammed Nouhi and Khadija Kadiri Lausanne. MAKE design studio visiting the
Huang Xiaoyan (Tadamoun Association in Rabat) Rolex Center, designed by SANAA.
Jin Mingke Mr Steve Wilkinson
Lei Yigeng (Spa 1877 Sheffield)
Liu Pinxi Susan Williamson
Liu Ruiting (Temple.Works.Leeds)
Liu Yi
Lu Huiwen Guest Reviewers and Contributors
Lu Xuerui Dr Nishat Awan
Modawi Salma Omer Dr Crisitina Cerulli
Namboori M Ziana Sajid Dr Florian Kossak
Ouyang Zelong Dr Jo Lintonbon
Quan Zhen Dr Chengzhi Peng
Shao Danjun Cith Skelcher
Tajima Yoko Dr Tsung-Hsien Wang
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Xie Chencheng Daniel Kerr
Yan Heng Aya Musmar
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After Belonging - Stories of transitional spaces

The research-based design studio AfterBelonging focuses on those urban spaces abandoned or underused, standing empty because
not-belonging to anyone anymore. In particular, the studio investigates the role that these spaces played in the process of formation on
the local community identity, as core of the social, productive and cultural life. This leads to a broader reflection on their current state of
abandon and the possible ways to occupy, transform and make them alive again. It implies a critical reflection on the notion of legal/illegal
in this process of spatial reactivation. As a particular strand of this research-by-design process, AfterBelonging focuses on the possibility
to reactivate the space through the creative industry proposing a model of creative placemaking. In some cases, the involvement of groups
of artists culminates in the formation of unique structures aiming to research, enquire, record, and recycle neglected urban spaces. How
could the community take advantage of the abandoned urban space through the artistic practices? What is the search and decision-making
process as regards urban contexts like for these arts groups? What is the architecture of this art the alternative spatial form beyond
conventional cultural confinements? Taking Temple.Works in Leeds and M^C^O in Milan as the main case studies, the studio investigated
the effects that the collective production of culture can generate at the community level, including non-arts stakeholders and stating the
relevance of locally-based practices as forms of human scale resilience.

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Dr Nadia Bertolino Ruiting Liu- Walking living machine
Macao group is a self-organized community
Students which has devoted their effort into delivering
Darwich Bana art as a common good through an innovative
Geng Gangli and illegal way. In this project, I considered
Haddadian Shirin Macao community as my client. The aim of
Lei Yigeng this project is changing Macao building into
Liu Ruiting a better social inclusion. To be specific, the
Modawi Salma Omer approaches to reactivate Macao are redefining
Namboori Ziana Sajid the unused area in Macao and creating multi-
Tajima Yoko functional living machines to meet the demand
Uchgaonkar Rasika M of variety kinds of events. These support
Yan Heng multiple public events in and around Macao.
Yang Zhang After Macao has been reactivated in the
future,same design strategies can be used in
Reviewers other abandoned areas in Milan.
Dr Nishat Awan
Dr Crisitina Cerulli
Ana Dzokic (STEALTH.unlimted) 02
Dr Florian Kossak Shirin Haddadian- Reactivating nomadic
Aya Musmar Macao
Dr Krzysztof Nawratek Reclaiming the use of a large number of
Marc Neelen (STEALTH.unlimted) empty spaces in the city of Milan, in 2012,
Cagri Sanliturk a group of artists and activists established a
Cith Skelcher self-organised movement called Macao.
Since its start, Macao has occupied several
With thanks to abandoned buildings in the city, using them
Susan Williamson (Temple.Works.Leeds) for raising socio-political awareness mainly
Ferdinando Mazzitelli and Diego Weisz through the medium of art. However, since
(M^C^O Milan art collective) these occupations are not legal, in most
cases they end up with eviction of the space
after a period of time. This has lead Macao
to become nomadic in its nature, changing
place from time to time. Through my work
I have tried to explore how it would be
possible for Macao to reactivate the space
that it currently occupies in a way that could
easily be resumed in future occupations in
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Rasika Uchgaonkar- Artistic counter space
This project, focuses on regeneration
of Holbeck, Leeds area through artistic
practices. During the research, I identified five
buildings in the Holbeck Conservation Area,
which were former industries. These buildings
along with the famous Franley viaduct are
completely abandoned at present. The viaduct
has a strong history and is a specimen of fine
Victorian masonry. My proposal is to create a
sky-walk on this viaduct. This viaduct is right
in the centre of the conservation area, and
all the identified buildings can be viewed from
here. Also the arches of the viaduct could
be rented to different artists, and create a
network for them to regenerate the area.
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Ziana Sajid- Social Mediators
Mediators play an integral role in the society.
They are key dialogue initiators, vital links
and network creators in any social context.
They are essential elements to address social
issues.
In this project, social conditions of the two
given areas are studied. The two main case
studies - Temple Works and M^C^O are
identified as mediators in the given social
context. A detailed study of the place enables
to understand the existing situation there.
Taking one such situation into consideration,
an attempt is made to address these issues
by defining the role played by the mediator.

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Heng Yan- Using Macao to invade the city
The studio project makes me think about how
to use different ideas to think about buildings.
For example, Macao is not only a building, it
is a place which has its own story. Moreover,
what interests me is that how people use
these spaces and how it works.
As a designer, I want to use Macao to invade
the city, by designing different shelters in
different places and give them different
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Bana Darwich - Workers of the Common
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A challenging brief which was created in
the beginning for a privately owned building
(Temple Works) and focused more about
breaking the barriers and opening up the
building to the public to engage and add
social artistic values to the building. The
brief was modified to adapt to the other
building which was a slaughter house
occupied illegally by M^C^O, and focused
more on the creation of job opportunities
for the neighborhood and the area around
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Yang Zhang- Smart platform
Inspired by psychogeography and the
feedback from interviewing different artists
from Temple Works Leeds and MACAO,
I found that artists might be undervalued
during the urban regeneration progress of
art practice. Reflecting back on Who is
involved in the process of regeneration?
According to my experience and my
understanding of the unique open door
policy of MACAO, I started my research
from artists. I proposed MACAO to be a
smart, adaptive platform for artists to put
their expertise into good use, so as to
rebuild the connection between MACAO
and its neighbours in the long run.
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Yoko Tajima- No clients Architect
A project for design studio 1 is to reactivate
Temple Works by a power of nature. It can
be said a reactivating way of nature. This
project considers a far future like 50 years
later and 100 years later. Temple Works
will be a ruin of Holbeck which conserves
and shows history of Temple Works it
self, Holbeck and memories of people lived
there. The other project for design studio 2
is to design park-wise architecture in order
to connect MACAO and the neighbors.
This project tries to fill both physical and
mental gaps between MACAO and the
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Yigeng Lei - Urban Umbrella
The building, Temple Works Leeds which
is private owned used to be a factory.
My strategy is to make a multi-functional
street furniture to improve the interaction
of building and try to tell what people do
inside. Because the current condition is
that TWL looks unfriendly and far from
an art centre. The occupation led me to
think about the latent problems(demand
for space) in Milano/Italy. Different from
Temple Works, M^C^O has a more radical
position in political spectrum. In response
to studio brief, I hoped to enlarge the scale
of movement by building an experimental
model to improve the usage of abandoned
building as well as satisfy the demand for
space in Milano.
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MACAO
When I travelled to Barcelona, I realized
public space is an important area for
people to relax. They have different kinds
of Landscape blocks to organize space. So
I wanted to design something at Macao
to link public spaces. Macao is a point to
support space and organization activities. I
researched some interesting points around
Macao and tried to link all of those point
with the cycle path created by Macao. I was
inspired from the water sleeves, which is a
kind of traditional art in China.
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Salma Modawi - Reclaiming the common
Focusing on the largest abandoned area in
Europe the Ex-Abbattoir in Milan suburbs.
The market is located in a very complex
neighborhood low income families,
immigrants from developing countries lack
of affordable housing. This market witnessed
the phenomena of MACAO, which is a
successful radical squatting movement that
squatted part of the abandoned market.
In the project MACAO acts as a mediator
to reactivate the abandoned market, and
utilize the skills of the local community by
creating an autonomous model to propose
a model of post capitalism society. Different
zones in the project are integrating to
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Urban Catalysts
The Victorian Turkish Bath, a Catalyst for Urban Well Being

This project focuses on the Glossop Road baths in Sheffield as the last Victorian Turkish bath still in operation in Sheffield. It addresses
issues of wellbeing and the provision of shared public facilities for the public good. It retraces the history of public bathing in the UK and
beyond. Learning from the past to innovate the future is the position taken in this project as it aims to address the role of philanthropy in
the production of spaces for the public good.

The project is based on the co-production of students of research and analytical material and the reconstruction of part of Sheffield history
linked to Glossop Road Victorian Turkish baths.

Students work in a large group to co-produce in a short time a comprehensive, urban history and urban and architectural analyses and
reconstruct the baths in a laser cut model as they were in 1909.

Learning from the Past to innovate the future: Designing a 21st Century Low Income Housing Neighbourhood in Marrakech
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Following the first semester explorations of the concept of urban catalyst for wellbeing, students were invited to individually design a
sustainable low income housing neighbourhood in Marrakech, Morocco. An overseas field study trip took place in the world heritage
city of Marrakech between the 8th and 12h of February 2016 organised and led by Dr Magda Sibley. A five day academic programme
was organised in collaboration with the Schools of Architecture of Marrakech and Rabat. Urban Catalyst students were assisted by local
architecture students for the conduct of field work inside the historic core of Marrakech. They lived together in a traditional courtyard
house located inside the world heritage city of Marrakech and within walking distance from the world heritage site for intangible heritage
Jemaa El Fna square. They carried out observations and analyses of the intra muros residential neighbourhood of Mouassin with its
courtyard houses and cluster of neighbourhood facilities consisting of a public bathhouse, public fountain, a mosque and medrassa (a
theology college) and a small public square.

Students were also engaged in mapping and filming the various activities taking place in the iconic Jemaa el Fna square, previously
introduced to the students during the theory forum on public spaces. Students were also introduced to a site on the outskirt of Marrakech,
a real client and a real brief for the development of a low-income, low-energy high-density sustainable housing neighbourhood. Students
are challenged to reinterpret the lessons learnt through their analyses of a residential neighbourhood in the medina of Marrakech in order
to design an innovative high-density, low-energy housing neighbourhood for low income Moroccan families, displaced from the medina of 01
Marrakech through gentrification. The client is a private developer who is interested in the design innovative new low-income housing
neighbourhood that will be presented at the COP 22 in Marrakech in November 2016 as an innovative example of housing provision that
minimises environmental impact and presents resilience to climate change.

Studio Coordinator 01
Dr Magda Sibley Xiaochen Guo - Housing project

Studio Tutors 02
Dr Chengzhi Peng Field trip to Marrakech
Tsung-Hsien Wang
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Mr Steve Wilkinson, Manager of the Glossop Road Victorian
Mr Abdelghani Tayyibi, Head of Department-Ecole dArchitecture 04
de Marrakech-Morocco Zhen Quan - Housing project
Dr Hassan Radoine, Head of Departement- Ecole Nationale
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Mr Al Mehdi Khaldoun, Private developer for low cost housing Xueriu Lu- Housing project
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Zainab Eid
Yihan Gao
Xiaochen Guo
Mingke Jin
Yi Liu
Huiwen Lu
Xuerui Lu
Zelong Ouyang
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Studio MAKE
In Studio MAKE (MAAD) we conduct design research related to future implementations of adaptive, kinetic environments. We work at
multiple urban scales, from the object to the building and the neighbourhood. We consider adaptation across multiple time scales, from
a single day to alteration over decades. Advances in embedded computing and material technology have enabled new opportunities for
adaptive buildings and components, and we have explored the potential of these technologies to enable a poetic, expressive and humane
architecture. All buildings adapt and respond to changes in their environment, but these changeable aspects of buildings have not always
been considered with care and design rigour. In this studio we investigate the architectural potential of adaptive systems, considering the
building as a changing body whose form and affordances actively and intelligently adapt to the environment and the needs of inhabitants.
By considering utopian and dystopian visions for the future of adaptive environments, we propose design fictions that critically assess the
ethical as well as the aesthetic aspects of technology.

Studio Tutor 01
Dr Mark Meagher Tianlun Yang - Transportation hub
The project is designed for the response of the transportation
Students research over the site, mainly aimed to created a well-connected
Du Hongbo railway system for the link between Sheffield and the world. The
Fang Lin concept of the project is renovating the tram line and posing the
Huang Xiaoyan impact to form a business district in the surrounding area. The
Liu Pinxi project is using the interaction between different elements in 01
Tan Jing Yu the site to address the issues relating to history, humanity and
Xie Chencheng economy. Functions are designed to satisfy the demand of the
Yang Tianlun area and also, structure are considered to meet the demand of
Zhang Cheng the aesthetic based on my design philosophy in which structures
Zhang Wanqi and forms are inseparable.

Collaborators
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Wanqi Zhang- Collective Building Complex
Visiting Reviewers In this project, I explore alternative mixed-use patterns that
Dr Nadia Bertolino further advance sustainability of Auto businesses in Attercliffe
Dr Teresa Hoskyns on a social and economic level in the future. The design brief
Daniel Kerr is developed through site analysis and background research
Aya Musmar of Attercliffe. The primary design method at the initial stage is
Dr Chengzhi Peng considering the spatial implications of OpenData. It illustrates that
Dr Magda Sibley small-scale Auto businesses have been there for a long time for
people making their lives in Attercliffe. However, according to the
interviews, these local auto businesses are threatened by other
increasing specialized car-related services located at the edge of
Attercliffe.

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Chencheng Xie - Community Centre for the elderly
The community center is located in Attercliffe, Sheffield, which
has the highest percentage of the aging community in the city.
Field research proved that the most suitable facilities for the
community centre should include a caf, pharmacy and a library,
amongst others.

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This design is a multifunctional community centre.The pavilion
served as an stage for weddings and parties, or just a public
square for people to rest. The exhibition area can be divided into
different kinds of space: it is a flexible area, and the partition wall
can be straight or curved. This moveable facade can be folded up,
forming a open space between the main building and the outdoor
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The building is located along the canal, which can be regarded as
the connection between the residential area and the sports centre.
The museum can also serve as a special route for pedestrians to
cross the canal through the nearest bridge.

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Hongbo Du - Mosque and Community Centre
The project investigates the role of a Muslim community centre
in Attercliffe in terms of programme, site and architectural
expression. The design focus of the project is the use of circulation
space as a multi-functional zone that encourages communication
between the various communities served by this facility.

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This project investigates the buildings capacity to respond to and
communicate emotion, in part through its adaptive and kinetic
components. The research has included a site selection based on
the analysis of a range of site data. The programme is a Museum of
Industry, located in a renovated industrial building.

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This project is part of the urban regeneration of Meadowhall
and Attercliffe through pedestrian route planning influenced by
tourism as an economic engine based on thorough research and
analysis. There are three main parts to this design, Sky walk - the
pedestrian route proposed, Old Railway Square and Market Place
as part of the tourist attraction that consist of enclosed retail.

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MSc in Digital Design & Interactive Built Environments

The MSc in Digital Design & Interactive Built Environments (MSc DDIBE) is a digital design based programme grounded in the theoretical
and practical study of digital media, techniques and technologies and their role in challenging the way built environments are designed,
constructed, inhabited and evaluated. Students were introduced to a wide range of digital design methods and techniques including
parametric modelling linked to 3D printing, advanced environmental simulations for site-specific climate change adaptation design,
computation design with Processing & Rhino-Grasshopper, BIM-based analyses and digital-physical prototyping. Studio MAKE (Modelling
Adaptive Kinetic Environments) is where MSc DDIBE students actively engage with creative applications of digital design thinking and
techniques in prototyping design of innovative interactive built environments.

The theme of Studio MAKE 2015-2016 is Interactive Campus (iCampus) - students investigated their campus sites with reference to the
University of Sheffield Campus Masterplan 2014 and developed site-specific programmes of interactivity taking into account present and
future spatial, environmental, user and technological changes. The climax of the studio endeavour is the digital-physical prototyping of how
the proposed programmes of interactivity may be tested and implemented. The MSc DDIBE is an innovative and intensive MSc programme
through which students acquire the theoretical knowledge and applied digital methods needed to develop cutting-edge digital blueprints
of future built environments fit for the challenges and possibilities of a digital world.

Director 01
Dr Chengzhi Peng DDIBE Students field trip

Studio Tutors 02
Dr Tsung-Hsien Wang Yao and Dou - model

Students 03
Wenjiang Dou Michalis Philippou - model
Tinashe Madamombe
Michalis Philippou 04
Ava Sehat Niaki Marilena Sorrou - model
Philip Shilton
Marilena Sorrou 05
Xiaoyi Yao Marilena Sorrou - model

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Professor Marc Aurel Schnabel Marilena Sorrou - model

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Dr Chengzhi Peng Euston Tower - street perspective
Dr Tsung-Hsien Wang 01
Dr Mark Meagher 08
Danni Kerr Euston Tower - window perspective, looking out
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Studio MAKE
Studio MAKE (Modelling Adaptive Kinetic Environments) investigates how innovative syntheses of digital (virtual) and physical environments
can lead to production of interactive built environments (IBE). For IBE to fulfil the role of mediating everyday life interactions in a digital
world, the design process needs to address multiple requirements including spatial, temporal, user, environmental, social and technological.
Increasingly, designers are expected to produce built spaces and places affording properties and experiences now only just emerging such
as location-specific adaptation to climate change, real-time responsiveness to pervasiveness of digital interactions, smart homes for ageing-
in-place, personalised information-rich navigation of cultural heritage sites, among others.

The theme of Studio MAKE 2015-16 is An Architecture of Adaptive Interaction students started with prototyping a Form of Adaptive
Interaction (AI) in the Autumn Semester, and at the same time they were introduced the methodology and workflow of 3D Interactive
Prototyping (3DIP). The reason for adopting 3DIP is twofold: (1) that it enables creative syntheses of parametric shape modelling,
computational design including physical computing, and digital fabrication; (2) that it provides a clear structure for project development
progression over the course of Autumn Semester. At Studio MAKE, 3DIP consists of a number of elements for initiating and testing
students AI ideas. We employ multiple technological platforms and tool sets including Arduino, Rhino-Grasshopper-Firefly, and 3D
digital fabrication.
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Following the field trip led by Dr Mark Meagher visiting the ETH and EPFL campuses and research labs in Switzerland, the DDIBE students
started off the Spring Semester of Studio MAKE by defining the project contexts to which their AI concepts developed previously would
be applied. The students were encouraged to develop their own project briefs specifying the aims and objectives. Weekly studio tutorials
and periodic reviews were provided to support the students digital design development. The emphasis was on creative syntheses of digital
design strategies, methods and techniques into coherent schemes addressing the challenges and opportunities presented by the campus
sites. We were fortunate to have Ben Tew to work with us as the external reviewer throughout the year who has brought us in close
contact with the state of the art in the professional making of digital architecture.

As presented here, the DDIBE students have produced studio design outcomes from six final projects, demonstrating what they foresee
the possibilities of digital architecture to the social, environmental and educational challenges : Sound and Space in Architecture, an
essay film made by Nash exploring impaired hearing in the built environment through personal storytelling; Interchangeable Surface, an
interactive soft surface by Ava to transform the University Bridge Concourse space; Adaptive Solar Shield, by Philip to retrofit the Euston
Tower in London; Changing Topology, a childs robot companion by Marilena to engage with a childs play with movement and changing
shapes; Solar Shading Shell, a kinetic shading system by Michael for his Contemporary Arts Gallery for Nicosia in Cyprus; City Lung, a
solar-powered algae air purification framework by Wenjiang and Elaine for turning the former large Capitol Steel Corporation site into a
massive city air cleaning infrastructure for Beijing.

Studio Coordinator 01
Chengzhi Peng Wenjiang Dou and Xiaoyi (Elaine) Yao - City Lung

Studio Tutors 02
Chengzhi Peng Philip Shilton - Euston Tower - model
Tsung-Hsien Wang
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Marc Schnabel
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Wenjiang Dou axonometric and model photos
Tinashe (Nash) Madamombe
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MA in Urban Design
MAUD is a design-based programme specialising in community-centred approaches to the design and development of urban areas.The aim
is to address the challenges of uneven urban development, both locally and internationally. With this in mind, the course seeks to establish
innovative modes of design practice based on civic engagement and participation, and to investigate which approaches might allow for
rethinking the role of both designers and citizens in the processes of city-making.

The overall approach of the programme is underpinned by a desire to critically examine the key urban development challenges that cities
are facing today. Who is addressing them? In which ways? To whose inclusion, and exclusion? Local urban areas in Sheffield are taken as a
reference for comparison with other UK and international contexts in Europe as well as in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
Central to the programme is a design studio, supported by core modules exploring urban design theory, participatory methodologies
and reflections on urban design practice. These are complemented by a range of optional modules, field trips, thematic workshops, and
lecture series.

Director School Staff 01

Dr Beatrice De Carli Nishat Awan MAUD students at Kottbusser Tor during the course fieldtrip to
Irena Bauman Berlin
Peter Blundell Jones
Studio Tutors Carolyn Butterworth
Jhono Bennett Leo Care 02
Dr Cristina Cerulli Teresa Hoskyns Group photo from the Berlin field trip
Dr Beatrice De Carli Doina Petrescu
Dr Florian Kossak Tatjana Schneider
Renata Tyszczuk 03
Julia Udall MAUD students working in the studio
Students
Muhammad Al Huda
Liwei Fang Teaching Assistants 04
Ruixuan Feng Lorenza Casini MAUD students making a film as part of the module ARC6985
Alexandre Gaiser Fernandes Goran Vodicka Reflection on Urban Design Practice
Mincan Huang 01
Koko Itamura
Yanming Jiang Visiting Contributors 05
Maureen Kinyua Markus Bader (Raumlabor MAUD students engaging with the public in Doncaster, as part
Rebecca Knighton Berlin) of the module ARC6983 Participation in Architecture and Urban
Pan Li Camillo Boano (The Bartlett Design
Xiao Li Development Planning Unit,
Yanbin Li UCL)
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Yixin Ma Jesko Fezer (IFAU Berlin) ARC6985 Reflection on Urban Design Practice
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Hussain Shaik Ateeb Brookes University) 2015 at Kelham Island Arts Collective as part of the module
Qing Shan Matthias Hayden (TU Berlin) ARC6979 Urban Design Tools and Methods. The event was
Siwei Shi Matt Hayman (Sheffield City organised in collaboration with SKINN.
Yuechen Wang Council)
Haotian Yang Rowan Mackay (Live Works)
Xu Yang Leandro Minuchin
Songnan Zhang (Manchester Architecture
Shengjie Zhu Research Centre)
Yukai Zhu Omar Nagati (CLUSTER
Cairo)
Mark Parsons (Studio Polpo)
Morag Rose (Department of
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changing quality public function of public space Walking SPACE in the public space single activiy

MAUD Studio - Strategies and tactics of re-appropriation

Reduce vehicular Clear pedestrian Create good quality Improve original Core role of As green as park Diversity public space Walk around Creative varied Varied activities Inviting participation Creating effective
traffic dominance network street and identity funtion temporary use for all and activities during the day and for all of the groups facilities with public
stop over meet all needs all the year

Highly accessible district Meet different users' needs, Inviting built environment 24 hours/4 seasons Practical implement
perception and expection vibrant activities and governance

PROPOSED

MAUD Studio 15/16 addressed Strategies and Tactics of Re- 01 STRATEGY 1 FLEXIBLE MOBILITY

appropriation. The focus of our research was on the many actors Group 1: Pedestrian Friendly Juta Street 1 BALANCE VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN FUNCTIONS
TRANSPORTATION PLAN

who, in their capacity as engaged citizens, transform the meaning The strategy aims to improve the walkability of Juta Street, FLEXIBLE ROAD 0 25 50 100M

and form of the places they inhabit. Examples of these initiatives making the neighbourhood more dynamic while at the same time
include the transformation of vacant lots, the informal construction strengthening its diverse identity. By making Juta Street pedestrian, Public entrance Semi-public space Flexible road Roof parking Slowly driving areas

of community resources, self-build and self-management practices. the proposal hopes to reinforce a shared sense of place for the ANALYSIS OF TIME USING OF FLEXIBLE ROAD

[ WORK DAY ] More usage

SECTION OF JUTA STREET

SEMI-PUBLIC
FLEXIBLE
ROAD PUBLIC SEMI-PUBLIC SEMI-PUBLIC
FLEXIBLE
ROAD PUBLIC SEMI-PUBLIC

We considered these initiatives as an open set of urban tactics, neighbourhoods many user groups.
Medium usage
Less usage

6:00-9:00 9:00-16:00 16:00-19:00 19:00-22:00 22:00-6:00

suggesting alternative ways of making the city. Design explorations [ WEEKEND DAY ] More usage

of the topic developed through three 6-week projects, set in

+ Medium usage
[ HOLIDAY ] Less usage

6:00-9:00 9:00-16:00 16:00-19:00 19:00-22:00 22:00-6:00 2.5m 3.0m 3.0m 11.0m 2.5m 2.5m 3.0m 3.0m 11.0m 2.5m

Johannesburg, Berlin, and Sheffield. 02 Car People

Section 1 Car slowly driving with pedestrian Section 2 Pedestrian only (car prohibited)

2 CLEAR PEDESTRIAN NETWORK

Group 2: Flexibility / Urban catalysts 3.CREATE GOOD QUALITY STREET AND IMPROVE IDENTITY
[ PEDESTRIAN COULD BE PARKS, PLAZAS, SQUARES, OPEN SPACES, ACCESS CORRIDORS ]

Project 1: Re-appropriating (ideas of) public space The proposal focuses on flexibility as a way of improving the DIVERSIFIED, LIVELY MIX USE CONCEPT
5.Corridor

The first project observed and produced ideas of public space in areas accessibility for multiple types of users. The emphasis is on
1.Plaza 2.1 Path with elevated 1.Plaza 4.Entrance
4.Entrance 1.Plaza 2.1 Path with elevated 2.2 Pedestri- paving tree beds 2.2 Pedestri- paving feature 1.Plaza 3.Activity
feature paving tree beds an zone an zone paving zones

post-apartheid Johannesburg, South Africa, and was undertaken designing public spaces that can be easily adaptable to different
1/2 1/2 3 1/2 1/2 3 1/2 1/2 3 1/2
4 5 5
5 5
3/4
5.Corridor 3.Activity 3.Activity 3.Activity
zones zones zones

in collaboration with local design non-profit 1-to-1 Agency of situations, users, times, and places.
3

SINKING PARK

Engagement, and urban design practice Local Studio. Embracing the

Pedestrian interrtupted Pedestrian continiuity
Public entrance Semi-public space Flexible road

Roof parking Green/public space Slowly driving areas

idea of designing from afar as a contextual condition, we adopted STRATEGY 2 DYNAMIC FUNCTION

digital media as a means to communicate with local partners, and 03 IMPROVE EXISTING FUNTION AND INCREASING TEMPORARY FUNCTION

to explore spaces of diversity and coexistence in the design of Goup 3: Conquering (ideas of) the street
public space in inner city Johannesburg. The spatial proposition touches on both tangible and intangible
aspects of design, and is articulated in four long-term strategies SCENERIO 1
SCENERIO 2
SCENERIO 3

Tutors and numerous tactical interventions. The focus is on phased

Jhono Bennett transformations that consider time as an integral element of the
Beatrice De Carli project. SCENERIO 1 STUDENTS LEAD EXHIBITION AND MARKETING MEETING
RELAX
TRADING
PUBLIC ART
SCENERIO 3 MANIFOLD WELCOMING ENRANCE

SPORT
STREET ART
ADVERTISING
SMALL BUSINESS STUDY
RELAX
INVESTIGATE
VISITING BUSINESS

LOCAL ART EVENT

INNOVATIVE

Partners
EXHIBITION

1to1 Agency of Engagement 04

Local Studio Group 04: Public space accessibility for informal workers
SCENERIO 2 DYNAMIC STREET LIFE
OBJECTIVE OBJECTIVE
To revitalize the property and increase its value through varied uses. OBJECTIVE Cultural reactivation and strengthening of social
Undertake the education function of connecting area and create proper To enable alternative informal and cultural offerings network, the new destination can bring the

The focus of the proposal is on informal street traders, who form functions for students to inspire their leisure life and attracting other people

PROTAGONIST
through dynamic use of available open sapces

PROTAGONIST
people out of buildings, walk into the public realm

PROTAGONIST

Group 1 an important part of the local economy but are often excluded or
College students, young small business owners, artists Street vendors, artists, small business owners School, different groups, city manager

PLACE PLACE PLACE

Vacant buildings Street space and available street front Open space, street corner

Muhammad Alhuda neglected when forming urban strategies. The strategy addresses STRATEGY 3 CHARACTERISTIC SPATIAL DESIGN
Liwei Fang questions of participation, policy, flows, street furniture, and open 1.WALK AROUND AND STOPOVER

Shan Qing spaces.

[ GUILDE THE GATHERING SPACES TO THE PARK ] [ NOT ONLY IN THE STREET CORNER]
PEOPLE ACTIVITIES FOOTPRINT

TO UNIVERSITY

Songnan Zhang COMMERCIAL INDUSTRY COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL

RETAIL
COMMERCIAL
RETAIL
COMMERCIAL RESTAURANT RESTAURANT
SCHOOL
RESTAURANT
SCHOOL RESTAURANT

Yanming Jiang COMMERCIAL

COMMERCIAL
RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL COMMERCIAL
COMMERCIAL
RESTAURANT
COMMERCIAL
RESTAURANT
COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL
RESTAURANT

05
RESIDENTIAL

DESIGN GUILDES
Group 2 Group 5: Safety and accessibility
2. AS GREEN AS THE PARKS
- NOT ONLY A PLACE TO PASS THROUGH, 3.DIVERCITY KINDS OF PUBLIC SPACES MEET VARIOUS DEENS
BUT ALSO A SPACE TO STAY [ COMMERCIAL ][ FESITEVEL ] [ LEISURE ] [ GREEN ][ SPORT ]

Ruixuan Feng The scheme articulates proposals for safety and accessibility in
- AS GREEN AS THE PARKS;
[ COMMERCIAL ] [ ARTS ]
- ENTRANCE ATR MEETING POINTS; STREET WOKER
- PRIVATE-PUBLIC BALANCE ; KEY FACTORS INFLUENCE THE TYPES OF PUBLIC SPACES:
- BUILDINGS INTEGRATED WITH LANDSCAPE; The local and surrounding potential users of Juta street;

Ateeb Hussain Shaik Juta Street. These include physical and visual accessibility as well as
The buliding ffunctions besides Juta street.
- DIVERCITY KINDS OF PUBLIC SPACES;
- MEET TEMPORARY USAGE.

Yanbin Li, mobility interventions. The analysis of safety in the area supports DIVERCITY KINDS OF PUBLIC SPACES
Green
Outdoor Activities
HOMELESS
RESIDENTS

Xuemin Lin the design of small-scale projects and policy changes. SINKING PARK SCHOOL RESTAURANT

Stephen Ludlow COMMERCIAL INDUSTRY COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL

RETAIL
COMMERCIAL
RETAIL
COMMERCIAL RESTAURANT RESTAURANT
SCHOOL
RESTAURANT

COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL

COMMERCIAL RESTAURANT
RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL SCHOOL COMMERCIAL RESTAURANT RESTAURANT
RESIDENTIAL

Group 3 06 [ ENTRANCE ] [ LEISURE ]

[ ART/RECREATION ]
[ LEISURE ] [ FESITEVEL ] [ TEMPORORY MARKET ] [ LEISURE ] [ GREEN ]

Alexandre Geiser Fernandes Group 6: Redistribution, revitalisation, reappropriation

[ SPORT ] [ COMMERCIAL ] [ COMMERCIAL ] [ GREEN ] [ COMMERCIAL ] [ LEISURE ] [ GATE SQUARE ] [ ENTRANCE ]

Yixin Ma The proposal develops on principles of ease of movement and STRATEGY 4 CULTURAL CHARACTER AND ACTIVITIES
Trees create Flexible road Kids playground Graffiti on the Kids use the

Sudeshna Sarkar shared spaces. The goal is to use design interventions and in situ shade so more
people will
prefer to use
public space on
used by cars
during business
hours and by
cyclists during
to make spaces
more active
and interaction
between
walls of buildings
showing cultural
character of the
city
green spaces to
hang around or
play without the
fear of vehicles
Varied activities to meet different needs

Xu Yang events to develop Juta Street into a more inclusive public space.
sunny days leisure time different groups

The strategy foregrounds a process to take place in the street. Juta street falls in the conceptual cultural
arc proposed during the Braamfontein Re-
generation Project that link the cultural es-

Group 4 tablishments
Some of the adjacent streets (Smit Street,
Jorrisen Street) have already been seeing a

Mincan Huang
lot of changes over the years
Absence of flexible public spaces and
Culture Arc
green areas on the street discourages more
activities on streets

Kouko Itamura More greenery in open areas will bring peo-

ple onto the street for better interaction

Pan Li 70 Juta Street

Yukai Zhu 0 25 50 100M

University students

Rouqi Meng
University students Office workers Office workers

School School
Activity Zones Activity Zones

Activity Zones
Activity Zones
Activity Zones University students
University students School Office workers Office workers

Group 5 Public entrance Semi-public space Flexible road Roof parking Slowly driving areas
Activity Zones

Maureen Kinyua STRATEGY 5 A FLEXIBLE PARCICIPATION PROCESS

Xiao Li
Jin Lin
Yuechen Wang
Shengjie Zhu

Group 6
Rebecca Knighton
Mahya Nazarin
Siwei Shi
Haotian Yang
Howen Ren

01 02
 Global issues Local issues
Youth Unemployment
Legacy of 40 years of disinvestment by the Apartheid govern- Object Analysis
Economic Inequality (GINI in-
ment
dex)
Ethnic segregation of the communities now transformed to
economic segregation
Population expansion, urbanization and climate change has af- 2015 How policy works now
Concentration of Street Traders
fected the water and sanitation, waste, energy, electricity, trans-
port and social infrastructure
1991 1995 1999 2007 2011 Organisations in the Joburg CBD: Policy

Shadow privatisation of public places The Businesses Act: The Labour Relations Act 66 of MTC Established: Informal Trading Policy for the City of Joburg GDS 2040: issue and participatory

The transformation of the natural, historical, social and 1995 (LRA): Johannesburg: implementation formulation
In 1991 a new Businesses Act There was the establishment of Metro Joburg 2040 Growth and Development
economic environmentsover time causes the change of identity. completely changed the legal Trading Company (MTC) and Joburg The Informal Trading Strategy is more recent strategic direc- Informal Trading Forum
The right to freedom of association and
The gated communities are being built out of the fear of crime. approach to informal trading.This collective bargaining. The extension of became the only municipality to have Policy for the City of tion that the City of Johannesburg has

103
Act is the basis of most legisla- an informal trading policy which Johannesburg was launched in 2011. The Joburg 2040 GDS
This is further resulting in fragmentation of the city. these rights could facilitate the organization
introduced. managing registrating
tion which currently affects rural ensured the move from a merely is argued to be in line with the national
Multiple ownership and divided responsibilities make the effec- and urban street traders.
of informal workers.
regulatory to a more developmental government policies.
tive management of a public space difficult. role of the council. Organizations
Safety issues around Nelson Mandella bridge. When the Businesses Act Workers have a constitutional right to There are 12 markets and taxi Defining informal trading, establishing spatial The document continues by stating how
managing participation
became law in 1991, the right of strike, but they must follow proper proce- ranks under its control, strategi- planning and development framework and the informal economy will be supported
training engagement
street traders to trade on the dure. cally located throughout Johan- carrying out the informal trading smart cards and the approaches to enhance liveli-
streets was protected. nesburg now. in Johannesburg. hoods of the poor.
Informal workers

Policy Analysis
Ref: City of Johannesburg: 2012/16 Integrated Development Plan
Qualities of an inclusive public space
Design Process
Ref: Z. Muge Akkar, New-generation Public Spaces-How Inclusive Are They?

landscape(vegetation) 0 8 16 40m

Types of Spaces and social groups analysis dustbin

shelter
seating space
telephone booth
Morning
Night
Left-over space Tool: Google Street-view JUTA ST JUTA ST JUTA ST JUTA ST JUTA ST JUTA ST JUTA ST JUTA ST
JUTA ST JUTA ST JUTA ST

Method: By collecting the information about

1 $
existing objects and tracing informal workerss
behavior and routes, we find that there is few
objects designed for people, especially for
2 $
informal workers, including the street traders,
beggers, car guarders, recyclers and car washers.

3 Culture Landscape the landscape structure is destroyed without repairing

There are already lots of protest
it is near the parking place, car guarder have to sit on contemperary chairs
to ask for rignts by different
This kind of structure are designed nearly surrounded by stone chairs without practical function group in South Africa and the

4
$

in every intersections in Juta Street. website urban joburg metioned

$ $
Leftover Building some protests have positive
it may convey the meaning of local culture, but it rarely
outcome
raises peoples attention.
4 Leftover Space trolly pusher passes by without use it Source:http://www.urbanjoburg.
people, such as informal workers usually sit or stand
com/
against it, this could be designed combining with practical
informal workers interact in front of it but with no seats informal worker sits against it under the shelter of trees
3 function.

2
$
$ Temporary shelter Dustbin, Seating
a few of stone chairs but need to be repaired
$ $

1 it may be designed for the car

makes the space unsafe, unaccessible
guarder to have a shelter.

JUTA ST
it is shabby and not tidy, which could it is common to find informal workers
$ sitting on the ground or the column here.
$
make other informal workers exclusive.
it could be designed more open and it seems that recyclers are quite busy
as there is loads of rubbish and not
Evening Afternoon Parking & Sidewalk area combined with surrounding environment. inclosed transient shelter makes space exclusive rubbish thrown in the street PROTEST informal worker sit along the road
recycled.
source: http://fourwaysreview.co.za/200631/right2know-protest-metro-
polices-anti-protest-measures/

Resi-
Resident Work-
Worker Bench
Stall
- provided for street traders to sell fruits
-- for some recyclers to students and office staff
higher income residents $ outdoor formal worker and homeless 6
AM
lower income residents $ informal street worker
Parking lot EENDRACHT ST EENDRACHT ST Recycled Dustbin
BEFORE
king lot homeless residents coffe shop worker Sidewalk
- make the square tidy

Road parking
ewalk office worker Stall
Parking on sidewalk Bench - provided for street traders to sell fruits Landscape
CCTV
d parking -- for some recyclers to students and office staff
lower income retailer k and homeless 6
AM
king on the sidewalk
Stu-
Student Visi-
Visitor Recycled Dustbin
Direction
- make the square tidy
Indicator
university student tourist

JUTA ST
Landscape
high school learner regular visitor CCTV

primary school learner

12 12
Traffic network
PM AM
Direction
Indicator

Social groups + Spaces

Shelter
- especially for homeless

Conflict between retailers

and informal street workers
Road HENRI ST 12HENRI ST 12
Seminar Cabin
PM AM
Dead end

Crossings Shelter
- especially for homeless
Cycle Lane Table
Light AFTER -- for lunch time and interaction
- provide a safe environment Seminar Cabin
Taxi stands in the evening

Toilet
6
PM Message Board

JUTA ST
- give informal workers easy - for informal workers to obtain the
access to use infrastructure updated information and give feedback

Table
Light -- for lunch time and interaction
- provide a safe environment
Land-use planning in the evening

Toilet
6
Different urban PM Message Board
1 furniture is used
as seat
$
3 2 - give informal workers easy
access to use infrastructure
- for informal workers to obtain the
updated information and give feedback

Retailers provide Residential

$ shadowed
spaces
4 $
Retail
Picture 1 STATION ST
STATION ST

Restaurant SPA:
School
Allocating space for informal traders
Commercial
Industrial Developing areas which impact on large numbers of people

Parking
INFRASTRUCTURE: VOLUNTEER
CONSTRUCTION
Providing minimal infrastructure for informal traders source: http://aet.org.za.www12.flk1.host-h.net/wp-content/

JUTA ST
Direction Indicator
uploads/2014/02/Ch.5.pdf
Light
Re: 1:1 Studio - help guide informal workers
6
AM

Figure ground map

rd to Across the Interse
Shelter Ha ction Direction Indicator Water Supply
Light - help guide informal workers

Bench
6 Nelson Mandela Bridge Stall
How to
across??
- provided for street traders to sell fruits
Lack of green Privatization of AM
3 areas public space?
-- for some recyclers
and homeless 6
to students and office staff

NELSON MANDELA BRIDGEB ERTHA ST

AM

Recycled Dustbin
- make the square tidy
Shelter Water Supply

Landscape
CCTV
12 12
PM AM

JUTA ST
STRATEGIES Picture 2
Toilet
Direction
Indicator

12 12
First-aid Facility
PM AM

JUTA ST
Identity, context 12 12
PRINCIPLES Sustainability Economic Sig- Multidisciplinary PM AM
Adaptability Integration and place making Equity
Viable and meaningful Designing the public nificance Management Ramps Recycled Dustbin
Proposing easily changable Promoting sense of permanence, Promoting equivalent Toilet
spatial connections within place by minimalist approach spaces by clustering and strategic location, capital web respect among all Understanding the role and -- easier for recyclers to transport
Shelter
the citys open spaces. Proposing spaces to be able integrating the collective (David Crane), communities, individuals Integrating Economic potential of each stakeholder - especially for homeless
Retaining the key elements to accomodate different elements of the city Designing spaces as multi-use and cultures activity (both formal and and involving them in First-aid Facility
of the cultural and natural needs of people considering Combining different destinations, human-scale Accommodating informal) to integrative the management of the
Idea Box

heritage.
Protect and enhancing the
their complexity. projects and promoting
social integration through
interventions, flexibility and
connecitions
and balancing both
homogeneity (sameness)
different communities,
ethnics, age, gender and
maintenance.
Promoting social cohesion and
Picture 3 DE BEER ST DE BEER ST
6 Seminar
-- provide access Cabin
to collect
environmental resources. participatory design income groups in the public
SAFETY: PM informal workers need
With a aim to get a common ground and heterogeneity inclusion to benefit small to Electronic Information System
process. for social and economic interaction (diversity) in the public spaces. large scale public spaces. Ensuring that basic services and public safety facilities and resourc- -- newest information of informal Temporary stall
and promote a positive environment. spaces. es are provided to all at-risk areas workers participation
Ramps Recycled Dustbin
-- easier for recyclers to transport
Creating an environment where the safety of informal traders is
ensured
Table
Light

1 2 3 4 JUTA ST
-- for lunchIdea
time Box
6
and interaction
- provide a safe environment
JUTA ST

-- provide access to collect

in the evening PM informal workers need
Electronic Information System
-- newest information of informal 6
Transformation to a Comfortable Occupying Re-using the Toilet
workers participation
- give informal workers easy
PM
Temporary stall
Message Board
STRATEGIES Walkable street in Phases sidewalks parking lots leftover spaces access to use infrastructure
- for informal workers to obtain the
updated information and give feedback
As we have analyzed above, the sidewalk in Juta street We define as a strategy to occupy parts of the streets On Juta Street there are many leftover spaces, This process is generated
By using the minimal resources and small investment, is in bad condition. About half of the sidewalk spaces that are nowadays used by cars, transforming it to like deserted green land, pocket parks, from the analysis about why
producing an To produce diverse walkability are occupied by parking. And it is also a problem that pedestrian public spaces, focusing on the interventions small open spaces and some gaps between government don't support
Promoting adaptable walkability in different time there are few attractions on sidewalk to make people in the parking lots of the street. buildings. informal workers and the one
frame. pause on the street. The tactics involved in this strategies are divided into With the development of urbanism, these reason maybe the hygiene
We decided to create attractive points on the sidewalk two type of actions: institutionalized actions, in which spaces are more and more precious. As Juta problem.
to engage people to share and enjoy the sidewalk, using the local authorities shall be involved, and subversive Street is becoming a walkable street, there is Source:http://aet.org.za.www12.
Phase 1: Improving walkability within urban furniture and green elements to make sidewalk actions, which should made by different groups of a great request to re-use the leftover space on flk1.host-h.net/
the existing urban fabric by short more walkable and flexible. The comfortable sidewalk people (artists, retailers, students etc), to call attention the street to attract more residents and tourists
term interventions aim to give more chances to residents and informal about the topic. to this place.
Phase 2: Transforming the street ends to workers to experience the street sidewalk.
public plaza by middle term MELLE ST MELLE ST
interventions Picture 4
Phase 3: Promoting green public space TRANSPORTATION :
by long term interventions
Which advocates for construction of trading spaces/points where CLEANING
pedestrian mobility is at its optimum (such as at bus and train stops) UP

TACTICS
Peace Guided Lively Social
Artsline
JUTA ST

pathlet sidewalk sidewalk

Informal Parklets Roof Garden & facilities place for home-
Markets
Restaurants less people un-
JUTA ST

Lower Ground Containers der the flyover Direction Indicator

Light This
- help guide informal process is according to
workers
Parkings of Activities market place
under the flyover 6 a website about the informal
worker in Durban and it talk
AM about four part including the
inclusive design.
Source:http://aet.org.za.www12.
flk1.host-h.net/
PHASE 2B PHASE 1B PHASE 3 PHASE 1A PHASE 2A N
Shelter Water Supply
Walkable Street Green
public plaza Walkable Street public plaza
walkable flyover
+ +
Proposal of two sto-
rey over existing car Underground
park building car park BICCARD ST BICCARD ST
Picture 5
ECONOMIC: LAW SEMINAR
Electricity Bench
-- for informal works
Providing different facilities, besides enhancing capacity of and who walk through the park
business support services to informal/street traders
CCTV
6
JUTA ST

AM
Ensuring that citys infrastructure is used for maximum social and
economic development 12 12
JUTA ST

PM BEFORE AM
Targeting highly accessible sites/locations for promoting touist-relat-
ed street trading.
Telephone Booth
-- when need help Electricity Bench
-- for informal works
who walk through the park Landscape
Toilet
CCTV
6
AM
First-aid Facility
Light
SIMMONDS ST SIMMONDS ST
Telephone Booth
-- when need help
Landscape
Ramps Recycled Dustbin
-- easier for recyclers to transport

12 12
JUTA ST

PM AM
Idea Box
Light
6 -- provide access to collect
ST PM informal workers need
Electronic N Information System
ISO
RR
-- newest information of informal
HA Temporary stall
workers participation

opping Ma
Shelter
12 12
Cabin
-- training course
Tactic 1: Re-use Inside Leftover Spaces Sh l PM AMworkers
for informal
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JUTA ST

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As the Juta Street is It is a better way to make Improving standard of living through training, mentoring and provid-
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becoming a walkable some small deserted ing development opportunities AFTER Electronic
street, large number spaces which along the Shelter Cabin
Information System
GRENOBLE RD This process come out from course
-- training my
of restaurants will street more beautiful and volunteer experience. This isworkers
a
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for informal
have some rest facilitis au Policy References: long term participation project
e s t r an
be needed in this
street. Our proposal to supply a comfortable Pub Shower Booth PM and I found out that when we
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2040. City of Johannesburg. Internet: http://www.joburg.org.za/index.php?op-

tion=com_content&view=article&id=7343& catid=73&Itemid=114, accessed 20 Information System
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Trader Policy for South African Towns and Cities. Urban Forum, 16(1). -
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potential, so we want to Generic Informal / Street Trading Policy Framework for Metropolitan & Local
Stalls
has great commercial Municipalities. (2008). Small Enterprise Development Agency, (June), 157. -- provide convenience
transform some roofs of
value, we suggest to for homeless -- for street traders to
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building to restaurants Metropolitan Trading Company. (n.d.). Johannesburg. Retrieved from http://-
do small business
change some huge joburg.org.za/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1291&Itemid=75
to attract more people
buildings which situate au
come here and have a
on crossroad to shopping e s t r an
rest.
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mall.It can increase the LOVEDAY ST

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pedestrian flow of Juta

Street. Tactic 2: Lively Sidewalk
There is already a website
for informal workers in
Pub
Pub Braamfontein. There was a
The sidewalk in short term, we can not change big activity which thousands'
From our research, we a lot space of Juta street, such as the width interview informal workers but
know that African people of sidewalk. So in this term, we focus on the because the educational and
love nightlife very much. economic level they don't run
furnitures on the existing streets. we aim to creat
So we think it is a good the website themselves
several a walkable sidewalk with placing several Source: http://www.seri-sa.
way to add several pubs furnitures for pedestrians to pause on the street. orgindex.php THEIR OWN VOICE
on the street to attract
more young people and Existing condition
visitors to enjoy their
spare time.

3.5M
Participation Process Electricity Bench
-- for informal works
who walk through the park
6
Coorperate with
Street vegetation useless barries NGO organization
Parking people CCTV
JUTA ST

a n d i n v o l v e AM
volunteers in to
Pause Space with furnitures ensure the basic
hygiene condition for
informal workers.
In this phase furnitures can be placed to this Telephone Booth
area because the commercial vitality. These Set up NGO to hold
-- when need help Based on the
furnitures can be flexibly used by different social the law seminar to NGO, try to involve
groups, such as informal traders, pedestrians educate the informal Landscape
informal workers with
and students. It can be an approach to manage workers about the volunteers together
the street sellings and engage people to share basic rights they contributing to a
have and the basic footbridge.
the sidewalk space.
Tactic 1: Art Street Light
rules they obey.

CLEANING UP LAW SEMINAR VOLUNTEER CONSTRUCTION

This is also the first phase of our

design. As we have found from
Short Term

exisiting condition of this area,

there are few pedestrian compare
12 12
Furnitures
to the commercial area. But lots of
car parking here and they occupy PM AM
a lot sidewalk place. However, we Involved Stakeholders Green Sidewalk
Provide device and Their own voice may P r o v i d e t h e
can find that street art in this area
In this phase we are not going to technology training make them have technology support
JUTA ST

is quite presperous. $ to let them build their

$
change a lot about the streets to make informal some activities like
workers express protests . meeting room
structure. So we can add some
So it is necessary to cut down the themselves.
little vegetation with furnitures
car parking number in this area to
to fulfill the basic need of street
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greens.
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-- training course
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is to make place for young people
to enjoy their sparetime after work
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furniture for fun and provide space Existing condition VOLUNTEER CONSTRUCTION transfering SPONTANEOUS VOLUNTEER WORK Electronic
for street artists. LAW SEMINAR Information System
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Vacant buildings
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public spaces.
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others?
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allow for controlled street trade with temporary temporary accommodation designed for
organisation of the directed Two Precedents: repaire the existing destroyed objects, put install lights everywhere in Juta Street incorporate more greenery along the street
them into use, such as the fallen stone and more shaded space stall structure informal workers
Tactic 2: Parklet allotment (either a school or
chairs, poles and landscape
a retail). They can suggest
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design and Voice
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(or define) the activities in the objects
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more space than the people be asked for construction
themselves. companies.
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Light instalation as part of the
new identity of the street.
establishment and the public spaces.
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prepare for the installation of electricity construct traffic signal for each intersection construct temporary bases for participation provide night market and make Juta Street
more safe
repaire the existing destroyed objects, put install lights everywhere in Juta Street incorporate more greenery along the street allow for controlled street trade with temporary temporary accommodation designed for
Santiago Cirugeda, Seville
them into use, such as the fallen stone
The degree of accessibility
chairs, poles and landscape
and more shaded space stall structure
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Public furniture can be used as extention of Involved Stakeholders prepare planting for future shelter through is variable ,multiple and could be used at is variable ,multiple and could be used at
ware house for small business goods take part in the design of objects actively
Whole Juta Street
HIRE A DESIGNER PLANT TREESdifferent times for different groups in a day
the near retail (also responsible for mainte- CONSTRUCTIONdifferent times for different groups in a day MAINTENANCE
& COMPLETION ANNUAL REVIEW
nance). Cooperate with the university or hire a landscape architect Clear the site and start planting the trees. Start and complete the construction of the landscape and Continue to look after the area of green space and have
to come up with the detailed design of the park. After the completion of the park, a monthly or seasonal monthly or seasonal maintenance. Public organization
Different activities promote uses day and placement of objects in the park. Some trees are slow providetonight marketits and
goodmake Juta Street
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prepare for the installation of electricity construct traffic signal for each intersection construct temporary maintenance is required maintain condition.
growers (20-30 years to reach full size)bases for participation
and some are fast morecan
safe should hold some form of review or evaluation of how the
night. (10-15 years). When trees grow in full size, they complete
New job opportunities arise for the informal workers space is used in the park, and if the space is distributed
to take part in the seasonal or monthly maintenance of the equally among the different social groups, especially the
the park.
park.
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these processes.
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Project 2
Re-appropriating modernist housing
Taking the Mehringplatz Ensemble by Hans Scharoun and
Werner Dttmann, a seminal 1960s social housing scheme in a
disadvantaged area of Berlin-Kreuzberg as its case study the
second project looked at the question how such modernist
housing estates could be re-appropriated for the city and how
the people living in these neighbourhoods can exert their agency
to re-imagine and transform their way of living.
The project included a week of fieldwork in Berlin, collaborating
with the team from the local Neighourhood Management Group
and getting further input through an exchange with the Urban
Design Chair at the Technical University as well as with Berlin
practitioners. The projects were then primarily developed through
several iterations of urban models on three different scales
focusing on issues such as local economies, connectivity, play and
cultural diversity.
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Group 6 Photo-collage of Mehringplatz Ensemble in the
background. During the field work voices of residents, workers
and visitors were collected and combined with observations of the
social and cultural infrastructure of the area and their perception
through its users.
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Group 6 The project aims to benefit both local residents and
visitors by re-establishing a network of shared public spaces. This
urban model shows the intensity and potentials of existing shared
space in the Mehringplatz area.
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Group 3: The project is concerned with creating a local economy
Tutors based on recycling and local skills. Production and exchange spaces
Beatrice De Carli would are established all over the housing ensemble, from private
Florian Kossak flats, to empty shop units or underused outdoor spaces.

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Liwei Fang 05
Qing Shan Group 2 - The project aims to create a functionally mixed and
Yuechen Wang socially dynamic neighbourhood with a particular focus on the
Shengjie Zhu needs for children of various ages. The square will function as
a center of diversified activities, providing creative and varied
Group 2 platforms that could encourage and promote young peoples
Koko Itamura interactions and uses of the public spaces.
Maureen Kinyua 01 02
Mahya Nazarian
Songnan Zhang
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Group 3 Group 1 - Sectional Model showing the spatial strategy for
Pan Li activating of the public realm through participatory art installations.
Yanbin Li In this part of the project the focus is on providing practical and
Yixin Ma flexible public facilities to engage a wide range of stakeholders.
Siwei Shi

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Muhammad Al Huda Group 5: 2026 Mehringplatz: Sectional model photograph
Alexandre Gaiser Fernandes showing spatial strategies of creating connections from the inner
Xu Yang circle of Mehringplatz to the surrounding neighbourhood.
Yukai Zhu

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Rebecca Knighton Group 4: Continuities and Connections in Mehringplatz. The
Jin Lin Detail Model shows two examples of the spatial design strategy, -
Haowen Ren a) the raised crosswalk between Mehringplatz and the Library; b)
Sudeshna Sarkar the relationship between the new commercial area and the new
semi-permanent agora structure.
Group 6
Rouqi Meng
Xuemin Lin 09
Haotian Yang Group 7: The project proposes to establish a local economy and
Xiao Li ecology around flowers, creating employment opportunities,
learning facilities, and sensory enhancement for the Mehringplatz
Group 7 area.
Mincan Huang
Ruixuan Feng
Ateeb Hussain Shaik
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Project 3
Re-appropriating the post-industrial landscape through
community-led development
The third design project this year was set in the City Centre
of Sheffield, and was developed in collaboration with Sheffield-
based social enterprise Studio Polpo and the nascent Sheffield
Community Land Trust (CLT).
The aim of the project was to explore the potential of community-
led approaches to the regeneration of the citys central areas.
What can we do when the market does not provide a solution?
What would be a desirable, ethical and just way of re-imagining
areas of city that are left as land banks or waiting for investors?
How could we prototype other ways of making the city that
embody more ethical values?
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Group 5 5 Steps towards Women-led Urban Development
This project proposes strategies to establish a community land
trust, which builds houses and public spaces in the borders of
Burngreave, Wicker and Darnall, on both sides of the railway. It
considers the communitys women as the starting point of the
organisation, reinterpreting their roles in the public spaces.
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Group 1- More Diversity, Less Isolation
In the Devonshire Quarter students explored how a diverse range
of people and groups can come together to form a community.
This community-led approach will consist of Sheffield CLT, Studio
Polpo and local residents with a focus on mixed-income housing
and historic heritage regeneration in the short term, and achieving
diversity of functions, stakeholders, and activities in the long term. 01

Tutors
Cristina Cerulli 03
Beatrice De Carli Exhibition of Project #3 at Sheffield Train Station.

Partners
Sheffield CLT 04
Studio Polpo Group 5 - engaging with the public at a bus stop in Burngreave.

Group 1
Pan Li 05
Yixin Ma Pamphlet including map and details about the students public
Qing Shan installations throughout Sheffields city centre.
Liwei Fang
Jin Lin
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Group 2 Group 1 - line drawing of the proposal for more diversity.
Haotian Yang 02
Maureen Kinyua
Rebecca Knighton 07
Ruixuan Feng Group 3 Live & Work in the Heart of City
Songnan Zhang This project focuses on a considerable number of vacant spaces
Yuechen Wang on the upper floors of Fargate in the heart of Sheffield. Based
on a series of community-led strategies, the project proposes to
Group 3 re-appropriate the vacant spaces in Fargate Court and provide
Siwei Shi flexible spaces for graduates to live and work in Sheffield city
Renwen Hao centre.
Mingcan Huang
Rouqi Meng
Yanming Jiang 08
Kouko Itamura Group 4 Community-led Housing in Wicker
The Wicker area has been missing good affordable housing for
Group 4 decades. The project proposes a ten-year community-led housing
Ateeb Hussain Shaik strategy for the Wicker Riverside area.
Sudeshna Sarkar
Muhammad Alhuda 08
Mahya Nazarian 09
Xuemin Lin Group 1 - engaging with the public in the city centre

Group 5
Alexandre Gaiser Fernandes 10
Shengjie Zhu Group 2 - Wellington Street: Dynamic, Energetic, Collective
Xiao Li The project explores the ways in which a Community Land Trust
Xu Yang could enable Wellington Street to fulfil its potential as a vibrant
Yanbin Li street with its own unique identity.
Yukai Zhu

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MSc in Sustainable Architecture Studies

The MSc in Sustainable Architecture Studies (MSc SAS) combines social and technical aspects of sustainable architecture through an
interdisciplinary approach. The programme focuses on exploring sustainability through design with dedicated studio modules. Lecturers
and supervisors have expertise in low energy design, retrofit, lighting, modelling, building performance, parametric design and renewable
materials. The programme is driven by an ethos of global stewardship and positive regeneration to transform the built environment for a
more equitable future. In 2015-2016 the MSc SAS attracted students from China, Brazil, Cyprus, Thailand, Japan, Malaysia and the United
Kingdom.

Our Radical Transformation studio was lead by Aidan Hoggard and taught by Sofie Pelsmakers and Sam Broughman, where we focused
on Radical Urban Planning, Transformational Retrofit and Resilient Housing. The studio sought to foster an awareness of the relationship
between global environmental change and the construction and inhabitation of buildings. The modules introduced students to a range of
approaches in sustainable architectural design, and encouraged students to work iteratively in developing a critical stance in relation to
theories of sustainable architecture and to discover their own approach and way of working. Students are supported in this process with
a mix of seminars, lectures, (group) tutorials, group discussion and team work, field trips and workshops. The Radical Urban Planning and
Transformational Retrofit group carried out a detailed, critical analysis of the 2030 Challenge website, including the 2030 Palette and its
interface within Climate Consultant. In collaboration with Studio Landscape + Urbanism the students researched a wide range of topics
and issues that are critical to the Sheaf Valley area. A priority was placed on the implications of spatial complexity and precision of working
on urban and building sites. 01

The Resilient Housing studio considered radical fabric improvements and architectural transformations of existing housing, using infra-red
surveys, the PassivHaus Planning Package (PHPP) and DesignPH software to understand building performance. Radical transformations
included fabric performance and building aesthetics whilst considering the impact on occupants health and well-being. Existing buildings
and proposed design changes were iteratively tested in current and future predicted climate conditions. The students initially proposed
the radical transformation of one single family-dwelling and later up-scaled this to a street or city-block. Throughout the year students
on the course actively attended conferences and events across the country. At Timber Expo in Birmingham students were exposed to
and inspired by some of the latest developments and applications of timber. Many projects later in the year researched and developed
these themes to a high level of detail.

Students were encouraged to participate in a field trip to Hill Holt Woods and Nottingham University within the framework of the
Materials module and a visit to EcoBuild in London. Furthermore, a trip to Switzerland was organised in February: students visited Zurich,
Lucerne and Basel where they studied examples of sustainable architecture and urban designs. Each day, in small groups they acted as
sustainability consultants, identifying problems and proposing solutions for a selection of buildings they visited.

A number of programme specific modules deliver research led teaching and support the design studios across a range of sustainability
areas, knowledge and skills. From winter onwards, students develop their own research through either a written or design-based thesis
project. This substantial piece of work is supported by supervision from experts in the field within the school and students are assigned 02
to specific staff research groups, choosing from a wide range of topics.

Programme Leaders
Aidan Hoggard
Sofie Pelsmakers

Professorial oversight
Prof. Fionn Stevenson

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Studio Tutors Final Reviews of ARC6842
Aidan Hoggard Aidan Hoggard and Aiman Rashid were the reviewers of one of
Dr Chengzhi Peng the final review sessions.
Prof Fionn Stevenson Students
Prof Jian Kang Anaclara Penha 02
Dr Jo Lintonbon Azlizawati Ibrahim Workshop of ARC6842_Design with Knowledge
Dr Mark Meagher Dongxue Fu Signe Kongebro, Partner of Henning Larsen Architects,
Jiachen Zhang Visiting Professor of SSoA gave her lecture on Five steps to 03
Sam Broughman Jun Xie sustainability.
Sofie Pelsmakers Maria Englezou
Dr Tsung-Hsien Wang Napachanok Keeratirekha 03
Dr Teresa Hoskyns Sam Levitt ARC6821 Field Trip to Hill Holt Wood
Siyu Duan Students were briefed about the sustainability aspects of
Guests Tianyi Zeng the site, the low impact materials and construction used for
Aiman Rashid Xi Chen the buildings, as well as the concept of working with local
Deborah Cobbett Xiaojing Xu community.
Dr. Gavin Harper Yu Wang
Dr. Kayla Friedman Yunqi Xu 04
Liam Bullingham Yuting Huang Studio Field Trip to Zurich, Lucern and Basel
Dr. Magda Sibley Yuto Takenaka Students learnt sustainability strategies of vernacular and
Paul Testa Ziyu Chen modern buildings, as well as climatic and cultural adaptations to
Thabs Molobi Cain Zuozhou Ding building and urban scale.
Dave Edwards
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Anaclara Penha - Low Impact Development in the Sheaf Valley to
meet Thermal Delight
The project aims to illustrate a holistic approach to implement
a low impact development in the Sheaf Valley, Sheffield. It
investigates and develops strategies to mitigate carbon emissions
and reduce the energy demand in housing, required to achieve
the UK target of an 80% reduction by 2080. Accordingly,
an abandoned warehouse was re-purposed into dwellings by
the River Sheaf, the site chosen benefited from an excellent
infrastructure network and aimed to encourage the use of the
river for leisure. Furthermore, the user has an important role, as
the project investigates levels of control and passive strategies to
meet thermal delight.
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Azlizawati Ibrahim - Deep Retrofit of Pre-1919 Victorian Terrace
Houses to Passivhaus standard
4.7 million dwellings in England were built before 1919, and 25%
of them havent been subjected to any major alterations since
they were built (English housing survey, 2008). PHPP and Revit
analysis shows that houses in Margaret Street are among the 25%,
which are performing badly in energy efficiency due to major
heat losses through the building fabric and are suffering from low
levels and poor quality of daylight and sunlight. Thus, the project
aims to provide free solar energy through the use of a sunspace
and modified Trombe-wall. The passive strategy achieves a 95%
reduction in space heating demand (13kWh/m2/y) to achieve
Passivhaus standard.
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Dongxue Fu - Retrofit of Virgin Health Club, Sheffield
The design project is a radical retrofit program of the Virgin
Health Club, which is located in Sheaf Valley, Sheffield. The
existing Virgin Health Club is a two-story building facing south-
west with 5 meters floor height and 2800 square meters floor
area. The fundamental concept of this scheme is moving the
forecourt ground car parking into the original health club, infilling
with green space, a pond and residential accommodation. The
addition of a further two upper floors, accommodates the original
gym. In terms of energy and carbon ambitions, this project aims to
reach 80% carbon emission reductions through energy efficiency
measures and the introduction of solar energy.
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Jiachen Zhang - Retrofit of Park Hill to improve thermal comfort
This project site is Park Hill, a council housing estate in Sheffield.
The project includes the retrofit of the balconies at Park Hill
in order to improve the thermal performance of the housing.
The proposed design incorporates a retractable balcony glass
structure which allows the balcony to be closed off, reducing heat
loss. At the same time, the old structure remains behind the new,
preserving and protecting the heritage of this building.
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Jun Xie - Bringing Green Spaces into Peoples Lives
In this project, the research question is how to bring green space
into peoples lives? This project focuses on green space in the
urban environment and aims to create multi-use green spaces
for both entertainment and leisure. The design incorporates
sustainable strategies, such as daylight factor analysis and rainwater
collection. During the development of this project, I found that a
new arrangement of different types of green spaces, was the key
to creating vibrant urban environments. environments.
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Maria Englezou - Strategies for Overheating Protection to Park
Hill, Sheffield
Park hill is one of the most important buildings in Sheffield because
of its history in culture and social housing. It is a Grade II listed
building and also the largest listed building in Europe. For Phase
II the proposal by David Mikhail of Michail Riches Architects,
won the competition and proposed to retain the brick walls.
My proposal is to retrofit the apartments according to EnerPHit
standard. Analysis for apartment type A indicates that there is
currently a high probability of overheating which will continue into
the future. Proposals to solve this problem include lower u values
for the walls, timber triple glazed windows, external shading and
night single sided or cross ventilation.
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Napachanok Keeratirekha - Social and Environmentally
Responsive Retrofit of Former Abbey Glen Building
The pre-1920 factory building on the River Sheaf has the potential
to be a community cafe and temporary museum. There is scope
to create a more enjoyable and energy efficient building fabric for 06
educational and recreational purposes. This can be achieved by
using a passive design strategy combined with a super-insulated
enclosure to lower the energy consumption and optimise natural
light. The riverfront can become an ecologically-friendly seasonal
park by growing water-tolerant local plants, improving the
shoreline, creating an attractive and accessible location for leisure
activities, enhancing biodiversity and providing flood remediation.
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Samantha Levitt - Green Corridor Revitalisation Project
The aim of the project is to re-purpose desolate areas of hard
landscaping and wasteland along the River Sheaf. Renovating
these drab, neglected areas by re-greening, and creating green
links between them to form a network of paths and cycle ways
promoting sustainable transport into Sheffield City centre along
the River Sheaf valley. Creating multi-purpose green spaces
which are attractive, safe and well used, ensures they become
destinations along the journey into the city. Native plant species
help to mitigate flood impact, provide shading during hotter
months, create habitats for wildlife, and vitally enhance public
wellbeing.
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Siyu Duan - Abbeydale Picture House Retrofit Project
The project aims to explore sustainable strategies of Abbeydale
Picture House in Sheaf Valley, Sheffield. The areas surrounding
the site have several different uses such as a commercial centre,
parking lot, residential area, public swimming pool, parks and
historical buildings. The project aims to refurbish the Abbeydale
Picture House into a building focusing on community energy. By
carefully refurbishing the building, retaining its existing north and
east faade, I hope to preserve its memory within the community.
All other structures, such as walls and floors would then be
removed and new building elements inserted. The building should
then perform well in terms of energy efficiency and provide
pleasant open space for the community.
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Tianyi Zeng - To retrofit Park Hill as a Passive House
As the existing Park Hill has a poor energy performance, this
projects aim is to retrofit it as a Passive house. This would be
achieved by adding super-insulation to reduce space heating
demand, increasing passive solar gain, creating a new air tightness-
layer and installing Mechanical Ventilation with Heat Recovery
(MVHR). Additionally, the project will respond to climate change
with the installation of external shading systems to protect against
overheating.
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Xi Chen - Sustainable retrofit on old millhouses by the River Sheaf
This project proposes to create an environmentally friendly public
area that benefits the local community by retrofitting the old
millhouses. A multi-use building is proposed, containing a sports
club, restaurant and bike hub, whilst protecting the authenticity of
fabric of the existing buildings. The main strategy is to carry out
sustainable retrofits on several old stone millhouses by improving
the building performances and incorporating renewable energy
technologies. In addition, the bike hub in the project promotes
sustainable transportation to decrease carbon impact on the local
environment in the long term.
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Xiaojing Xu - Retrofit of Victorian Houses with Communal Tower
as added social values
Houses, built during the 19 century, consume large amounts of
energy, producing high levels of greenhouse gases which pollute
the environment and lead to energy poverty. In the design studio, I
mainly focused on the retrofitting of an old victorian house, whilst
also ensuring the cultural heritage is maintained. The problem
of energy consumption was combatted by adding insulation and
improving the quality of the windows and doors. A communal
tower was inserted into the community that contains food
growing space and a common house. This integrates social value
in the community, which could facilitate relationships between
neighbours and promote sharing with one another.
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Yu Wang - Carbon positive high-density residential building
The project aims to build a high-density residential tower to
mitigate the urban sprawl process caused by population growth
in Sheffield. Population is projected to increase by around 75,800
people in 2037, which will significantly increase the environmental
impact of travelling. One sustainable response is to deal with
the growth of population by maximizing land use. Additionally,
by using low impact materials like cross laminated timber panels,
the designed residential tower could be carbon positive, which is
a long-term sustainable solution to global warming and climate
change.
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Yunqi Xu - Grade II Listed Building Retrofit
The vision is to radically retrofit the Howard Pub, a Grade
II listed building, to serve as a new high-density sustainable
landmark in the revitalization of Sheffield city centre. Based on
critical evaluation of the existing building, the design proposal is
a combination of historical conservation and radical retrofit for
future adaptation and building resilience. The design strategies are
aimed to complement the building in an energy efficient way by
preserving historical value (architectural style, social function);
enhancing urban density (extension with new structure, mixed
use); and reducing carbon footprint(energy efficiency, materials,
renewable energy).
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Yuting Huang - Sustainable retrofit of historic industrial building
The whole project concentrates on the Sheaf Valley in Sheffield
city. In semester 1, the project is at an urban scale, and creates
a conceptual foot path along the River Sheaf, which aims to
improve the connection between citizens and the river corridors.
In semester 2, the design direction changes to the building scale
to retrofit the historic building in Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet to
undertake new functions and re-activate this historical site. By
upgrading the form of the building facade and increasing indoor
illuminance levels, the building not only significantly improves in
terms of aesthetics and as a visitor attraction, but also provides
tangible connections with the sites history.
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Yuto Takenaka - Terraced House for Biodiversity
This project looks at the old Victorian houses and their need
to be refurbished in terms of energy efficiency, while offering
new attractive green spaces. The proposal considered the 16
following 10 points; a hemp-lime insulation (check local resource
and availability), an extensive green roof (enhance biodiversity,
thermal performance and water retention), convex-curved
eaves (cut summer sunlight while retaining winter sunlight), land
reclamation, low-embodied carbon structures (based on the
Inventory of Carbon & Energy database) , green curtain, recycled
-tyre garden (reducing local waste), community food growing plan,
concrete boots for flooding and roof bee keeping (encourage
biodiversity).
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Ziyu Chen - Extension possibilities in a Victorian house
The vision of my project is to design a house extension in a
Victorian house to ensure good daylight, sunlight, indoor air
quality and provide interactive spaces. Since the back gardens are
rarely used by the occupants, the project will add an extra room
to the private outdoor garden and turn the remaining outdoor
spaces into communal areas between two houses, motivating
occupants to make use of them. Design strategies including space
planning (additional structure, shared outdoor area, green area),
skylights for sunlight, natural ventilation, green roof, thermal mass
and sustainable materials.
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Zuozhou Ding - Community of low carbon standard floating
houses
The aim of this project is to popularize floating houses in the
UK due to the increased risk of floods. The site of this project
is located in the Sheaf Valley along the River Sheaf in Sheffield
which is a high flood risk area according to the research done
by Environmental Agency and Sheffield City Council. Based on a
series of site simulations and case studies, the front area on the
riverside is terraced as an early warning system. At the top of the
site, 12 floating houses are proposed, which achieve low-carbon
standards and an elevated community space.
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Graduate School
With currently over 80 PhD students and 85 PGT students from the UK, Europe and further afield, the school has one of the largest
cohorts of architecturally based research students in the UK, reflecting its pre-eminence in the field of architectural research. The
Graduate School embraces these Doctoral programmes, it fosters links between PhD students and research staff, and supports the
flourishing research culture within the School.

Our PhD research is intrinsically inter-disciplinary and is open to students with an interest in any aspect of architectural research. These
include histories, theories, practices and politics of architecture, environmental design (lighting, acoustics and the thermal environment),
sustainability and structures, design processes and user behaviour, computer-aided design, emergent systems and complexity, socio-
technical systems (particularly related to sustainable energy technologies) urban design and development, community design and
participation, places and place-making, childrens environments, feminist approaches, transformative education and practice.

With a tradition of innovative education, our PhD Programmes encourage student-led initiatives and exchanges in research and education.
We have a programme of events and seminars, often shared with larger research groups in SSoA, and more informal lunchtime research
meetings. The PGR School also organizes informal meetings and formal public presentations for PhD students, and other research cluster
activities such as the on-going East-West seminars, Lines of Flight, and the Lighting, Home and Digital Groups.

Our students continue to win prizes for their work. For example, Reinhard Neubauer was awarded a 2015 Newman Student Award
Medal for his PhD on Subjective Estimation of Airborne Sound Insulation; Zeynep Keskin received an award as a finalist in the 2015
Young Lighter of the Year Award, organised by the Society for Light and Lighting; Ahmed Louay Ahmed (as part of the Northern Ireland
BIM Hub team) won the award for best Architectural Design and Presentation (Best Use of BIM for Design, Drama and Excitement) at
Build Newcastle Live; Gloria Vargas was awarded for the best paper presentation in the Thermal Comfort Sessions for a paper she co-
authored with Fionn Stevenson on Thermal History and sequences in transitional spaces; does order matter? at the 7th International
Conference of SuDBE2015, 27th-29th July 2015, Reading; and Xiang Ren was awarded the prestigious 2015 Chinese Government Award
for Outstanding Students Abroad.

Current PhD Students Efstathios Margaritis Al-Chokhdar Yussur

Sadiq Abid Alona Martinez-Perez Shuyou Zhang
Annie-Brient Aboagye Ula Abdali Khalel Merie Litao Zhou
Ahmed Ahmed Juliza Mohamad
Pouyan Akbari Nurul Mohamad Congratulations to students who
Mohamad Al Taha Aiman Mohd Rashid successfully completed their PhD during
Maha Al-Ugaily Kate Morland this year:
Yahia Ali Jingyi Mu Sukainah Almousa
Taghi Amirhosseini Aya Musmar Habid Becerra
Carolyn Butterworth Katlego Pleasure Mwale Ruxandra Berinde
Choong Yew Chang Gunes Nazif Rully Damayanti
Shen Chen Patrick Okofu Ali Eltrapolsi
Jianyu Chen Kristanti Paramita Maryam Fazel
Michael Coates Junghyun Park Reaingard Neubauer
Andrew Colau Eleni Pashia Shuntaro Nozawa
Ahmed El-Astal Oscar Armando Preciado Perez Julia Udall
Rafael Mauricio Eufrasio Espinosa Octavianus Priyanto James Uttley
Fariba Fani Molki Hussain Qasem Gloria Vargas Palma
Rui Miguel Ferreira dos Santos Fei Qu
Scott Fox Xiang Ren 01
Ziyad Frances Shima Rezaei Rashnoodi MAUD field trip - Berlin
Fabio Franz Chada Romcai
Carl Fraser Chwas Sabr 02
Ayesha Ghazanfar Emad Salih SAS field trip - Switzerland
Caterina Giuliani Cagri Sanliturk
Diego Andres Gonzalez Carrasco Emmett Scanlon 03
Meryem Gurel Masa Sorn MAAD field trip - Milan
Vera Hale Helen Stratford
Ahlam Harahsheh Reem Sultan
Gillian Horn Piers Taylor
Junjie Huang Ian Trowell
Iulia Hurducuas Nor Izura Tukiman
Hyunju Jang Claire Tymon
Dongwon Jeong Alberto Urrutia
Like Jiang Maria Van Elk
Sarah Joyce Samuel Vardy
Daniel Kerr Bo Wang
Zeynep Keskin Rosie Ward
Cressida Kocienski Amro Yaghi
Derong Kong Choo Yoon Yi
Andreas Lang Juri Yoshimi
Phillip Langley Yang Yu
Completed PhD Thesis Projects
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Locative Media: From Transcendental Technologies to Socio - Formative Spheres: Investigating the visual tasks of pedestrians and how one of these tasks, obstacle detection, is
An Examination of the Interface between Place, Agent and Locative Media influenced by lighting

Maryam Fazel Jim Uttley

This thesis is a theoretical-empirical study that investigates the consequences and implications
of adopting locative media technologies in everyday situations, paying particular attention to the
potential strengthening of relationships between locative media and spatial practices of architecture
and urban studies.
Locative Media is a type of media technology that relates information to location/place, provides
sites and occasions for the development of new forms of environmental knowing, spatial and cultural
understandings, and arguably constructs new spatial relations with place, place-experience and sense
of place.
Although there is a vast literature on the socio-spatial and cultural implications of media
technologies, social media, social networking sites and other applications accessed through the
Internet, there are limited numbers of studies that explore the shift in the ways we understand and
relate to virtual materials/information following the emergence of location- based technology, and
how those technologies might affect the conventional ways we develop relationships/associations
with location/places, or perceive places, or understand spatiality.
Tracing the emergence of locative media and the new implications of map/representation, the thesis
takes locative media as the subject under scrutiny and investigates the assemblage and
interrelationships of the three main ingredients of place/locative media/ agent.
The interrelationship of those three ingredients and the social and behavioural norms of using
Locative media in real time is explored through an empirical lens using two case studies (individuals
using Foursquare/Streetmuseum applications), where three main categories of locative media
applications (urban annotation/tagging applications, user-generated maps and social networking
applications) are explored. The findings of empirical studies, and issues regarding implications of
locative media, are then categorized into thematic chapters: locative media and Image of place,
Place-making potentials of new media technologies, locative media and alternative flexible forms of
sociability, and finally possibilities of relational place- understanding: In-group experiences.
Current guidelines for pedestrian road lighting are not based on empirical evidence. One approach
to providing suitable evidence is to examine the effect of lighting on the visual tasks of pedestrians.
This first requires an understanding of what these visual tasks are. An eye-tracking study was carried
out in which pedestrians walked a real, outdoor route during the day and after-dark. A novel dual-
task method was used to identify the critical visual tasks of the pedestrians. Reaction times to a con-
current audio response task were used to indicate instances when attention may have been diverted
towards something significant in the visual environment. Analysis of the eye-tracking videos at these
critical times found that the path and other people were the two most significant items looked at.
Observation of the path is important for detection and avoidance of obstacles and trip hazards.
Good road lighting should therefore facilitate obstacle detection. An obstacle detection experiment
was therefore carried out examining the effect of illuminance and Scotopic/Photopic (S/P) ratio on
obstacle detection. The experiment improved the realism and ecological validity of previous research
by introducing a dynamic fixation target, realistic apparatus scales and real walking (on a treadmill)
whilst carrying out an obstacle detection task. Results showed that obstacle detection only improved
with illuminance increases up to 2.0 lux. A higher S/P ratio (2.0) provided better detection perfor-
mance than a low S/P ratio (1.2), but only at the lowest illuminance used of 0.2 lux.
The data is used to discuss optimal design criteria for pedestrian road lighting based on obstacle
detection. However, other purposes of road lighting, such as creating a feeling of reassurance and
enabling accurate interpersonal judgements to be carried out, should also be considered when
designing pedestrian road lighting.
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Since the field of locative media is very new, theories and ways of discussing related phenomenon
are not yet strongly developed: thus whilst examining existing cases empirically, this thesis also
contributes to on-going theoretical discourses regarding place-understanding after new media
technologies (tracking the change in place-understanding), and the interconnected issues of spatiality
resulting from mediation, embodiment, mobility, technology, and community. Therefore the findings
of the empirical studies feed into the process of developing related theories, and construct an argu-
ment that locative media could be considered as both Transcendental Technologies (technologies
that transcend spatiality, geography and territory) and Socio-Formative Spheres (technologies that
form socio-spatial interactions) based on the frames of observation. It also provides an insight into 01
the possible ways that new media technologies can be applied as tools or mediums for architects and
urban planners to rewrite the city, to communicate with communities of users, or to adopt those
media platforms as site analysis mediums, tools for collecting and sharing site-related information in
new, practical ways.

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The University of Sheffield School of Architecture

PhD Programmes
With currently over 80 PhD students students from the UK, Europe and further afield, the School has one of the largest cohorts of architecturally based research students in the UK, reflecting its pre-eminence
in the field of architectural research. The Post-Graduate Research (PGR) School embraces these Doctoral programmes, it fosters links between PhD students and research staff, and supports the flourishing
research culture within the School.

Our PhD research is intrinsically inter-disciplinary and is open to students with an interest in any aspect of architectural research. These include histories, theories, practices and politics of architecture,
environmental design (lighting, acoustics and the thermal environment), sustainability and structures, design processes and user behaviour, computer-aided design, emergent systems and complexity, socio-
technical systems (particularly related to sustainable energy technologies) urban design and development, community design and participation, places and place-making, childrens environments, feminist
approaches, transformative education and practice.

With a tradition of innovative education, our PhD Programmes encourage student-led initiatives and exchanges in research and education. We have a programme of events and seminars, often shared with
larger research groups in SSoA, and more informal lunchtime research meetings. The PGR School also organizes informal meetings and formal public presentations for PhD students, and other research cluster
activities such as the on-going East-West seminars, Lines of Flight, and the Lighting, Home and Digital Groups.

Our students continue to win prizes for their work. For example, Reinhard Neubauer was awarded a 2015 Newman Student Award Medal for his PhD on Subjective Estimation of Airborne Sound Insulation;
Zeynep Keskin received an award as a finalist in the 2015 Young Lighter of the Year Award, organised by the Society for Light and Lighting; Ahmed Louay Ahmed (as part of the Northern Ireland BIM Hub team)
won the award for best Architectural Design and Presentation (Best Use of BIM for Design, Drama and Excitement) at Build Newcastle Live; Gloria Vargas was awarded for the best paper presentation in the
Thermal Comfort Sessions for a paper she co-authored with Fionn Stevenson on Thermal History and sequences in transitional spaces; does order matter? at the 7th International Conference of SuDBE2015,
27th-29th July 2015, Reading; and Xiang Ren was awarded the prestigious 2015 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Students Abroad.

PhD Students Congratulations to students who successfully completed their

Sadiq Abid Aiman Mohd Rashid PhD during this year:
Annie-Brient Aboagye Kate Morland Sukainah Almousa
Ahmed Ahmed Jingyi Mu Habid Becerra
Pouyan Akbari Aya Musmar Ruxandra Berinde
Mohamad Al Taha Katlego Pleasure Mwale Rully Damayanti
Maha Al-Ugaily Gunes Nazif Ali Eltrapolsi
Yahia Ali Patrick Okofu Maryam Fazel
Taghi Amirhosseini Kristanti Paramita Reaingard Neubauer
Carolyn Butterworth Junghyun Park Shuntaro Nozawa
Choong Yew Chang Eleni Pashia Julia Udall
Shen Chen Oscar Armando Preciado Perez James Uttley
Jianyu Chen Octavianus Priyanto Gloria Vargas Palma
Michael Coates Hussain Qasem
Andrew Colau Fei Qu
Ahmed El-Astal Xiang Ren
Rafael Mauricio Eufrasio Espinosa Shima Rezaei Rashnoodi
Fariba Fani Molki Chada Romcai
Rui Miguel Ferreira dos Santos Chwas Sabr
Scott Fox Emad Salih
Ziyad Frances Cagri Sanliturk
Fabio Franz Emmett Scanlon
Carl Fraser Masa Sorn
Ayesha Ghazanfar Helen Stratford
Caterina Giuliani Reem Sultan
Diego Andres Gonzalez Carrasco Piers Taylor
Meryem Gurel Ian Trowell
Vera Hale Nor Izura Tukiman
Ahlam Harahsheh Claire Tymon
Gillian Horn Alberto Urrutia
Junjie Huang Maria Van Elk
Iulia Hurducuas Samuel Vardy
Hyunju Jang Bo Wang
Dongwon Jeong Rosie Ward
Like Jiang Amro Yaghi
Sarah Joyce Choo Yoon Yi
Daniel Kerr Juri Yoshimi
Zeynep Keskin Yang Yu
Cressida Kocienski Al-Chokhdar Yussur
Derong Kong Shuyou Zhang
Andreas Lang Litao Zhou
Phillip Langley
Efstathios Margaritis
Alona Martinez-Perez
Ula Abdali Khalel Merie
Juliza Mohamad
Nurul Mohamad

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field: is an international peer-reviewed journal that is available
free online and with occasional limited edition print runs. It
was launched in 2007 to provide an open access resource for
innovative research in the architectural humanities.

ISSN 1755-0068

The newest issue of field: Issue 6 on Urban Blind Spots has been
published this year.

www.field-journal.org

For information and submissions email field@sheffield.ac.uk

Editorial and Review Collective

Allan Atlee, UCA, Cantebury School of Architecture
Nishat Awan, University of Sheffield
Peter Blundell-Jones, University of Sheffield
Gary Boyd, University of Cork
Stephen Cairns, University of Edinburgh
Peter Carl, The CASS, London Metropolitan University
Cristina Cerulli, University of Sheffield
Suzanne Ewing, University of Edinburgh
Murray Fraser, The Bartlett, UCL
Katja Grillner, KTH School of Architecture, Stockholm
Teresa Hoskyns, University of Sheffield
Mari Hvattum, Arkitektur og Designhgskolen i Oslo
Andrew Higgott, University of East London
Florian Kossak, University of Sheffield
Thomas Markus, University of Strathclyde
Peter Mrtenbck, Technische Universitt Wien
Helge Mooshammer, Technische Universitt Wien
Johan Pas, Antwerp Academy of Fine Arts
Rosie Parnell, University of Sheffield
Doina Petrescu, University of Sheffield
Wendy Pullan, University of Cambridge
Peg Rawes, The Bartlett, UCL
Flora Samuel, University of Sheffield
Tatjana Schneider, University of Sheffield
Gabriela witek, Universoty of Warsaw
Robert Tavernor, London School of Economics
Jeremy Till, Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts
Renee Tobe, University of East London
Igea Troiani, Oxford Brookes University
Renata Tyszczuk, University of Sheffield
Stephen Walker, University of Sheffield
Sarah Wigglesworth, University of Sheffield

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The University of Sheffield School of Architecture

Research
SSoA is one of the top five research schools of architecture in the UK, The 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) has confirmed the Schools position as a world class center for architectural research. In a joint submission with the Department of Landscape and Town and
Regional Planning, we are proud to have achieved 4th place overall by subject scoring very closely to the first 3 places in the subject area of Architecture, Built Environment and Planning. 48% of our research was assessed 4*, representing world-leading quality and outstanding
impact, and 37% was rated 3* (Internationally excellent). We had excellent results overall in the context of the faculty and TUoS Performance, being one of the five Faculty departments in the top 4 in their field, and having one of the highest ranked impact studies in the University.

With 25 active research staff and approximately 92 postgraduate research students, the school consistently attracts external funding for its research and is involved internationally with a range of research projects. We do not see research as an isolated academic activity, but aim to
shape the national research agenda and policy on the environment and to pro-actively address public and professional needs. In addition to external academic and industry partners, SSoA collaborations have been established within the University and City - Sheffield Urban Institute,
Methods Institute, Engaged University.

Research is carried out in three main research groups which reflect a particular methodological set of approaches: Design, Engagement and Practice, Space Cultures and Politics and People, Environments and Performance. Each group brings together
a number of academic staff, researchers and postgraduate research students within shared interests. Three research strands weave across these new groups and into the FSS and TUoS: Building Local Resilience (BLR) which focuses on global strategies for developing local
approaches to climate change; Architectural Research Practice (ARP), fostering Knowledge Exchange between industry and academia and LiveWorks (LW), an experimental laboratory for participatory research and pedagogy based in a shop in the city centre developed
in collaboration with FSS and the Engaged University team.

Some of this years key research events include:

International Conference Architecture and Resilience at Human Scale international conference, September 2015
Theory Forum 2015 Exploring the complexities of public space, November 2015
The BLR strand programme This Changes Everything in relation with MArch and PGT programmes 2015-2016
13th Annual AHRA Research Student Symposium - April 2016
PhD by Design seminar, May 2016

Design, Engagement and Practice Academics Professor Jian Kang Dr. Magda Sibley
Urban resilience Dr Nishat Awan Computer simulation for room acoustics and environmental noise courtyard houses and public bath houses in the world heritage
Participation, Diversity, post coloniality and geo-politics in spatial practice, control, auralisation, urban soundscape and acoustic comfort cities of North Africa and the Middle East, rehabilitation of the
Gender and architecture, creative research methodologies, alternative modes of practice, considering social and psychological aspects of sounds, acoustic daylighting qualities of heritage hammams and innovative off grid
Housing, intersection of architectural, computational and artistic practice. scale modelling, acoustic materials. solar lighting systems.
Co-production,
Public space, Design for climate change, Professor Peter Blundell Jones Dr Florian Kossak Professor Fionn Stevenson
Culture and climate change, Architectural history and theory of the 19th and 20th centuries, Urban history, contemporary urbanism, urban design, Ecological approaches, sustainable design, climate change,
Design theory, practice and methodologies architectural anthropology, urban history, writing and criticism. experimental mediation of architecture. bioregional contexts, tacit knowledge, occupancy feedback,
building performance evaluation.
Current Projects: Professor Irena Bauman Dr Jo Lintonbon
DWELL: Designing for Well-being in Environments for Later Life Drivers of change, changing role of the architect, community Urban history and theory of the 19th and 20th centuries, building Dr Renata Tyszczuk
EPSRC - Prof Sarah Wigglesworth, Dr Adam Park enabling and community led regeneration, climate change, conservation and conservation led urban regeneration, design Cultural transformations and transitional periods, concepts of
Stories of Change, Future Works, AHRC - Dr Renata adaptation, retrofitting neighbourhoods, new methodologies. approaches within the historic built environment. sustainability, global environmental change and globalization,
Tyszczuk, Dr Julia Udall experimental representational practices, communicative aspects
Experimental Co-Design Approaches (ECoDA) , Horizon Dr Cristina Cerulli Dr Mark Meagher of architecture across different media.
2020 Marie Curie Individual Fellowship - Prof Doina Petrescu, Knowledge in design processes, emergence and complexity, non Augmented environments, digital forms of making, smart materials
Dr.Corelia Baibarac conventional practice, management and procurement. information visualisation, architecture and social media. Dr Stephen Walker
Art, architectural and critical theory, relation of theory to art and
People, Environments and Performance. Dr Beatrice de Carli Dr Krzysztof Nawratek architectural practice, urbanism and urban issues.
Acoustics Architecture, Participation and the Governance of Space and urban theory in the context of post-secular philosophy, crisis
Lighting Learning and Urban Practices of the contemporary neoliberal city model and urban re- Dr Tsung-Hsien Wang
Digital Design and Performance industrialisation, evolution of (post)socialist cities. Lecturer in Sustainable Digital Design - architectural geometry
Ranald Lawrence construction from a parametric and generative perspective,
Current Projects: History of environmental design and its influence on the Sofie Pelsmakers digital fabrication, building performance simulation, sustainability
MERLIN2: Lighting for Pedestrians, EPSCR , Prof Steve Fotios, development of modern architecture. sustainable architecture, low energy housing retrofit, the evaluation and information interoperation in the building domain.
Dr.Chris Cheal, Dr.Scott Fox, Dr. Jim Uttley environmental context as a generator of architectural design.
SONORUS - EU - Prof. Jian Kang, Francesco Alleta, Efstahios Nadia Bertolino Professor Sarah Wigglesworth
Margaritis Critical investigation on architecture and cities, with a special Dr Chengzhi Peng Theory/Practice and professionalism in architecture, gender
Transcultural Understanding of Designing with Climate Change - focus on the role of architecture in contemporary society Interactiv architectural and urban visualisation modelling, and practice, low energy design of buildings and sustainable
WUN - Dr. Chengzi Peng, Dr. Tsung-Hsien Wang e-documentation of heritage sites, mixed reality modelling and environments, the role of representation in architectural thought.
Dr Rachel Cruise interaction, co-design of virtual and physical spaces.
Space Cultures and Politics Structural Engineers, Life Cycle Costing and Life Cycle Assesment, Research Associates and Fellows
East West Studies the relationship between structural engineering and architecture, Professor Doina Petrescu Dr Francesco Aletta
Reuse of abandoned places methodologies of design, fabrication and production processes. Gender and space within contemporary society, participation in Dr Jo Birch
Architectural History architecture, culture and resilience. Dr Holly Castleton
Urbanism Professor Steve Fotios Dr Chris Cheal
Mediation of Architecture Research in lighting, research methods for visual psychophysics, Dr Michael Phiri Dr Mark Dudek
building services, and environmental design. Health care environments, design impacts on health outcomes, Dr Efstathios Margaritis
Research Strands evidence based design, assistive technologie, building information Dr Maria Pastsarika
Building Local Resilience (BLR) Dr Teresa Hoskyns management systems, sensor technologies, robotics. Dr Masa Sorn
Architecture Research Practice (ARP) Democracy and public space, democratic spatial practice and Dr Kim Trogal
Live Works (LW) activism, civil society, feminist theory and practice, humanitarian Dr Tatjana Schneider Dr Corelia Baibarac
responses, Architecture sans Frontiers (ASF). Social and political context of architecture, an ethical and Dr Adam Park
expanded role of the architect, architecture as a collaborative, Dr Julia Udall
empowering and political discipline. Dr Jim Uttley
Dr Chris Cheel
Dr Scott Fox
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Architecture and Resilience at Human Scale international
conference
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Dwell: Designing for Well-being in Environments for Later Life -
Prof Sarah Wigglesworth, Dr Adam Park
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MERLIN2: Lighting for Pedestrians _ Prof Steve Fotios, Dr.Chris
Cheal, Dr.Scott Fox, Dr. Jim Uttley
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Experimental Co-Design Approaches (ECoDA) - Prof Doina
Petrescu, Dr.Corelia Baibarac
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Utopia Works at Derby Silk Mill. Credit: @gorminator

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The University of Sheffield School of Architecture

Internationalisation
SSoA is a vibrant international community: over 30% of our students and nearly 40% of our staff are international. This is reflected across
all aspects of our work from the way we learn and teach, to the diversity of our research portfolio and the way we engage with the city
and the world beyond.

We are particularly dedicated to supporting incoming international students, as well as home students seeking international experience.
We focus on developing the cultural agility of all our students, and actively seek to create further opportunities to expand our students
awareness of the international context of research, study and practice. We have developed curricula that are culturally aware, sensitive,
appropriate and ethically grounded, supported by a diverse and comprehensive international teaching network.

We have strong connections with other schools and organisations around the world and actively promote cultural exchanges within the
department, across the University and with our partner institutions. As well as raising cultural awareness, our teaching collaborations
enable students and staff to participate in international exchanges through collaborative work or placements.

Our international teaching network includes Erasmus + partnerships with a wide range of EU universities as well as additional partnerships
further afield through programmes such as the Univeristy-wide Study Abroad. Additionally a range of informal teaching collaborations with
international partners and activities - such as field trips, case studies and research collaborations - enrich the learning experience, making
it culturally diverse and geographically spread.

Student Exchanges

Outgoing Incoming

Axel Grubba, TU Munich Brunna Bianco Dourada, Brazil Universidade Presbiteriana

Joanna Zwierzchowska, TU Munich
Amanda Holden, The Oslo School of Architecture and Design
Aarandeep Sian, University of Montana, USA
Mackenzie
Beatricie Graziani, Universit IUAV di Venezia
Christian Zang, Technische Universitt Mnchen
Alice Knoppek, Hafen City University Hamburg
Emanuel Falappa, Universit Iuav di Venezia
Viola Hnsel, Technische Universitt Mnchen
Helene Offer-Olsen, The Oslo School of Architecture and Design
Elina Berg, Royal Institute of Technology KTH Stockholm

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Amanda Holden
5th Year, BA Architecture, Oslo School of Architecture and
Design
Studying for a semester at the Oslo School of Architecture and
Design was a fantastic experience. I would recommend it to
anyone. It was interesting and challenging to be taught in a different
style and to be introduced to new design ideas. I feel lucky to have
met loads of brilliant people and had the opportunity to explore
Norway.
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Axel Grubba
2nd Year, BA Architecture, the Technical University of Munich
If I would need to sum up my stay in Munich with one sentence,
I would probably describe it as the most intense, but at the same
time most rewarding experience in my education so far. Over the
course of the past year, a curriculum taught entirely in German
motivated me to gain fluency in the third langue and make
international friends. A technical focus of my exchange institution
allowed me to perceive architecture in more detail-orientated
way, whereas studio culture gave me the opportunity to work
closely with people from different disciplines. If you ever going
to have a chance to go on an exchange programme - just take it,
dont think twice! Its an amazing time of an accelerated personal
growth and a self-discovery.
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Joanna Zwierzchowska
2nd Year, BA Architecture, the Technical University of Munich
Taking part in an Erasmus programme in Munich has been an
amazing experience. Not only because of the beautiful city
and lovely people I have met, but also because it gave me an
opportunity to develop new skills. Technical University of Munich
is focused more on a technical aspects of design, which I found
really interesting and challenging. Being able to get to know two
different approaches towards architecture will hopefully benefit in
my designs. Moreover, the city located in the centre of Europe,
what encourages to travel with the friends you made there.
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Brunna Bianco Dourado
3rd Year, BA Architecture, Brazil Universidade Presbiteriana
Mackenzie
This academic year, done at the SSoA, has shown me a different
side of architecture studying, which presented itself as a challenging
and exciting opportunity to pursue. I can surely affirm that it has
made me develop my designing and graphical skills but, more than
that, understand the real importance of the exchange of ideas and
criticisms. The way discussion is so implemented on all steps of
our studio work, within tutorials and the many reviews, between
students, tutors, staff and invited professionals, has amazed me in
so many levels. That is something that has changed the way I will
be designing for the rest of my career.

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Events and Activities
The social nature of the school has been exemplified this year by a range of activities and events taking place on a weekly basis within the
school. Our staff and students have organised, participated and attended numerous events both locally, nationally and internationally. The
strong social life within the school has fostered many creative partnerships.
The University of Sheffield School of Architecture
Student Achievements
Students at SSoA have taken part in extra curricular design competitions, consistently winning and being shortlisted against other students
and practicing architects on national and international platforms. This year the school has seen numerous successes in a wide variety of
awards, a few of which are showcased here.
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Blueprint Magazine Ones to Watch
Samuel Kapasa and Polina Pencheva
Samuel Kapasa and Polina Pencheva graduated from the
MArch in Architecture in June 2015. Both students worked
in Hull and developed ideas around flooding resilience, ageing
communities and reuse of existing infrastructure as part of studio
Intergenerational Architecture.
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2015 RIBA Wren Insurance Association Scholarship
Lilly Ingleby
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and The Wren
Insurance Association Limited (the architects professional
indemnity insurance mutual) have announced five 2015 RIBA
Wren Insurance Association Scholarships. We are pleased to
announce that SSoA MArch Student, Lilly Ingleby, has been named
amongst the winners. Each winner received 5,000 for the last
year of their Part 2 course in architecture and the opportunity to
be mentored by a member of the Wren.
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Global Learning Opportunities in the Social Sciences Scholarship
Jack Baker
MArch student Jack Baker was one of only six students in the
Faculty of Social Science to be awarded a GLOSS (Global Learning
Opportunities in the Social Sciences) Scholarship from the
applications this year.
Jack will spend three weeks in Mexico City, working with
colleagues at the top Mexican University, UNAM, on how to
improve the building performance of a key educational building
in their campus.
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Jonathan Speirs International Scholarship
Charlotte Eley
Charlotte Eley, a year 6 MArch student, has been awarded the 02
prestigious Jonathan Speirs international scholarship to further
her work on architectural lighting.
The judges were impressed by the maturity and sensitivity of
Charlottes application, which conveyed her passion for the
potential for light and architecture to tackle large social issues
such as inclusivity, crime prevention and community cohesion
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Awards and Recognition
This year has seen many successes within the department with numerous students receiving prestigious awards for their design work.
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Commendation - Dissertation Medal - 2015 Royal Institute of
British Architecture (RIBA) Presidents Medals Ceremony
Niamh Lincoln
Niamh graduated from Sheffield School of Architectures MArch
in Architecture in June 2015. Her dissertation tempelhof
articulating the void presents a very particular form of public
space, as a 386-hectare vacuum in the city of Berlin.
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2016 RIBA Yorkshire Student Awards
Dominic Walker and Matthew Pearson
Two Sheffield School of Architecture students have been
recognised in the 2016 RIBA Yorkshire Student Awards for their
final design projects.
Dominic Walker won the Part 1 Gold Award for his project:
The Institute of Urban Broadcasting and also the Part 1 Best
Presentation Prize. Matthew Pearson won the Part 2 Gold Award
for his project: The Heart of the Machine and also the Part 2
Commendation for Presentation
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The University of Sheffield School of Architecture

Theory Forum 2015 - Public Space Symposium

Public space plays a major role in influencing the quality of our cities, providing spaces of social interaction and community cohesion. But
what is the role of the architect in the design public space? Are we protecting usage patterns, forming networks, or programming of future
activities? Are public spaces sites of assemblage, cultural activity, unpredictable encounter, commoning, civic engagement, protest, art, history
or environmental excellence? The aim of this Theory Forum was to give students architectural methodological tools in which to design
public space. The forum examined diverse theoretical approaches and practice methodologies applied to the production of public space by
bringing together SSoA academics with key thinkers and practitioners in the area.

I believe public space is extremely complex and politics lies at the heart of any true public space. But what does public space mean to you and what
is the role of the architect in the design public space? Can we design public space for private clients? What is the role of the public collaboration in its
production? What are the major issues that architects are facing?

Dr Teresa Hoskyns, Theory Forum Organiser

Theory Forum Organiser

Dr Teresa Hoskyns

Chairs

Dr Nishat Awan
Dr Beatrice De Carli
Aidan Hoggard
Dr Florian Kossak
Dr Teresa Hoskyns

Sessions & Speakers

Ritual, Appropriation and the Production of Public Space

Dr Stephen Walker, Public Space and the Fair

Dr Magda Sibley, When the tangible meets the intangible in a public square: Jamaa el Fna in Marrakech
Prof Peter Blundell Jones, Public space: the use of the city of Nuremberg for the Nazi rally of 1934

Art, Performance and the Production of Public Space

Carolyn Butterworth, Using performative methods to understand, and transform, public spaces
Helen Stratford, Performative Architectures
Alice Honor Gavin, Midland: A Novel Out of Time

Building Science and the Production of Public Space

Prof Jian Kiang, Soundscape design and planning potentials

Dr Chengzhi Peng, Modelling urban microclimate for climate change adaptive design

Politics and Public Space

Dr Teresa Hoskyns, Dis-locations of democracy: Democracy and public space

Dr Krzysztof Nawratek, Less carnival, more institution: Public space as an infrastructure of/for revolution
Andreas Lang, Notes From the Temporary City

Keynote and Discussion,Theorising the Commons

Dr Doina Petrescu & Prof Massimo De Angelis

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Summer School
The Making Cities Summer School is held annually and offers an energetic five-day experience at the Sheffield School of Architecture. The
programme has been developed to give participants first-hand experience of the design process while working with leading practitioners.

In September 2015 we welcomed a group of students who were tasked with examining the fabric of the City Centre of Sheffield and
proposing solutions to vacant, underused and underdeveloped sites within the city. Each morning students chose from a series of skills
sessions including collage, perspective drawing and life drawing workshops. Afternoons were spent in one of 3 design studios, testing
urban solutions.

We were pleased to welcome Bauman Lyons Architects, Hawkins\Brown Architects, Norton Mayfield Architects, Haworth Tompkins
Architects, Penoyre & Prasad and artist David Cotterrell who hosted talks, walking tours and design reviews. Students visited an array of
interesting sites such as the iconic Park Hill development and The University of Sheffields new Diamond Building.

The closing event invited the summer school students to present their proposals to the Architecture and Resilience on a Human Scale
Conference delegates. This exciting opportunity allowed the students to engage with leading researchers and practitioners in fields such
as architecture, engineering, urban design, planning, landscape and geography.

The focus of our 2016 Summer School is to examine the urban corridor along the river Don in the City of Sheffield and propose
meanwhile solutions to vacant or underused sites currently undergoing long-term re-development..

Sheffield Academics 01
Carolyn Butterworth This years event poster - Architecture Summer School 2016
Leo Care
Russell Light 02
Satwinder Samra Students exploring urban conditions of the city of Sheffield
Abi Van Hoorebeek
Vasilena Vassileva 03
Students working on the drawings

Visiting Practices 04
Presentation of the 1900 City Model
Hawkins\Brown Architects
Proctor and Matthews Architects 05
Bauman Lyons Architects Students presenting their research on cities
Heatherwick Studio
Norton Mayfield Architects
Haworth Tompkins Architects
Penoyre & Prasad Architects

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SSoA Building Local Resilience - This Changes Everything

Real time Climate Change is stimulating emergence of many innovative mitigation and adaptation strategies. As shocks arising from
extreme weather events and other chronic urban stresses are increasingly considered inevitable, we are also accepting that developing
resilience to these events will be a defining quality of the global 21st century.

At SSoA we are exploring how architecture and urban design can contribute to growing such resilience at a local scale.

As we approach the unknown and unpredictable effects of climate change, and themultiplechallengesof resource depletion, loss of welfare and
economic crises, we know that our current ways of living are not resilient. Our urban infrastructures, our buildings, our economies, our ways of managing
and governing are still too tightly bound to models of unrestrained free-market growth, individualism and consumerism. Research has shown that the
crises arising from climate change will become increasingly frequent and increasingly severe.What is also known is that the effects of climate change
are not evenly distributed across places and people, and neither are the resources needed to meet these challenges. We will need place specific
responses that engage with, and emerge from, citizens ourselves.

SSoA Position Paper Architecture and Resilience Kim Trogal 2015

This crisis, if seized through mitigation, adaptation and resilience, offers an opportunity to transform our failed economic system to build
something radically different

Facilitators 01 Group discussions on climate change issues

Fionn Stevenson
Doina Petrescu 02 One of the posters promoting the resilient architecture
Renata Tyszczuk
Signe Kongebro (Denmark) 03 Outcome of one of the brainstorm sessions
Tina Saaby (Denmark)
Indy Johar (00 architecture) 04 Students presenting at the event
Aidan Hoggard
Sofie Pelsmakers 05 Presentation given by the SUAS president

06 Seminar with guest lecturers

Studio Contributors
Jo Lintonbon
Howard Evans 01
Leo Care
Carolyn Butterworth
Beatrice De Carli
Florian Kossak
Magda Sibley
Simon Baker
Satwinder Samra

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Architecture Students Network

Architecture Students Network Conference, Queens University Belfast, 12th March 2016
SSoA represented by Nicholas Birchall Y5 MArch and Mohammed Khizr Y3

Future Architects | Architects Future

The changing role of the architect is a much maligned process. The introduction of new members of the design team and contract types
have reduced the architects scope and control over projects, and yet simultaneously new forms of practice have begun to emerge. As
options for graduates have continued to increase post-recession, this conference asked the question:

What could this mean for the way we practice architecture, and how can we prepare for these potential futures?

Queens state their ethos to be creativity with purpose, and it is with this approach that the issue of future practice was tackled. The
conference showcased a range of views concerning the form that future practice could take, accompanied by insights as to ways these
changes can be made to work in our favour.

A clear theme through all of the speakers was the need for us as architects to be able to communicate the value of our services to the
outside world, and the value of our skill set beyond the confines of what could traditionally be considered the architects role. 01 02

Where these views departed was in the direction practice was heading. More optimistic speakers, largely from academia, cited the success
of alternative practitioners such as Assemble as an example how practice is beginning to change, and a blueprint for how it can continue
to evolve. A willingness to diversify, experiment and use design thinking when defining your business model were all suggested as key to
adapting to practice in this manner.

Speakers from practice presented a less radical view of how the role of the architect will change, focussing on issues such as the
implications of more than half of architects fees now coming through design and build contracts. Whilst the lack of control was lamented,
the potential benefits of a relationship with a contractor as a learned client as a means of practice were explored.

What I have taken away from the day is that current practice can and should be questioned, and it has left me with some questions for
myself:

How do I intend to practice architecture, how could my practice operate differently to provide something new as the profession changes,
and in this practice is there any value for me in registering with the ARB and actually becoming an architect?

Nicholas Birchall

SSoA will host the upcoming ASN conference Collaborating Across Borders discussing the challenges within an increasingly international
architectural education system on June 18th 2016.

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ASN Logo

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Poster for an upcoming ASN event at the Sheffield Schhol of
Architecture

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Sheffield Society of Architects

Established in 1887 the Sheffield Society of Architects is one of the oldest architectural societies in the country. As a regional branch of
the RIBA our role is to represent our members locally and promote architecture within the city. The group is run by a core committee
of volunteers who deliver a wide range of architectural and community engagement projects and always welcomes new members. These
events include building visits, CPD sessions, sketching and walking tours, lectures and social events.

In the last year we have established a programme of lectures and talks to allow architects to achieve their necessary continued professional
development in Sheffield. We have also launched the Sheffield Social which encourages architects to work with other makers to learn new
skills and share knowledge through a series of social events and workshops. Planned events include resin casting and lino cutting sessions.
We hold a regular programme of building visits open to the general public to promote the importance of high quality architecture. We also
try and encourage the next generation of architects through fantastical cities where we work with children to create imaginery spaces
and the forgotten spaces competition run by Sheffield Hallam University for school groups to develop new design ideas to transform
left-over pieces of land or spaces.

We regularly engage with Sheffield City Council and this year worked with them to hold a workshop on the new Urban Design
Compendium. The Sheffield Urban Design Compendium is a background document which helps inform emerging policies in the Sheffield
Plan and is considered in planning decisions for the city centre. The workshop reviewed the existing document and looked at the character
of quarters within the city centre and how their character and boundaries have changed to help inform the new document. Alongside
this we continue to talk to the Council about the development of the Retail Quarter and other key developments that impact on the city.
We also support key design events within the city including Design Week and Sheffield Urban Design Week. This year we have worked
with Sheffield Civic Trust to organise the Sheffield Design Awards which will now take place in October 2016 as part of Design Week and
are working with the RIBA to put together an architectural conference as part of Design Week.

Going forward we want to further strengthen our ties with Sheffields architectural students and academics and other partner organisations
to help promote architecture and enable debate about our great city and the design issues/opportunities it offers. New members are
always welcome to strengthen our committee and if you would like to become involved or find out more about the Society and its events
please email us at sheffeldsocietyofarchitects@gmail.com or follow our blog on http://sheffieldsocietyofarchitects.blogspot.co.uk

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SSA City Walk

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SUAS
As one of the oldest Architecture Student Societies in the country we have lived up to our reputation this year. The committee has been
incredibly ambitions and we have seen expansion of our numbers and activities. Our mentoring scheme has been a social glue between
the different years.

Our weekly lecture series have been incredibly popular, filling up auditoria to the brink and being awarded an Alumni Grant. We have
also brought back the Lunchtime Specials - our infamous short talks by students. For the first time we have run several Give it a Go Life
Drawing Events reaching to a broader audience. We have also introduced branded merchandise, a most requested demand.

Our annual social events - the Word, Bakewell and Winter Ball socials have been a great success, alongside alcohol free socials like the
Christmas Food Fuddle. We have also organised several Quiz nights - in collaboration with the Architects, Sheffield Society of Architects.
As a fitting end of the year we had the Summer Ball around the futuristic theme of Discopia.

Our final event has been the Architecture Student Network conference Collaborating across Borders - a very poignant discussion about
the benefits and challenges of internationalisation. We have taken a strong political stance against commercialisation of education and
come in support of the occupy CASS campaign.

Thanks to the great spirit of the committee and all of the students involved we won the Best Departmental Society of the Year and The
Most Enterprising Society and associated financial prize at the Student Unions awards.

The death of our friend and coursemate Rob Henry was a shock to all of us. We have taken the commitment to fund an annual award in
his memory for Film and Photography, the skills he excelled at, with the aim to remember him for the years to come. It is in moments like
this that we realise how closely knit the Architecture course is and how important is for us all to support each other. We hope that the
society will keep being an active part of the Schools life in the future.

Simeon Shtebunaev
SUAS President
(2015 - 2016)

SUAS Committee 2016 01

Food Fuddle - one of SUAS many charity events
President
Simeon Shtebunaev 02
Future Voices lecture series - the society invited several 01 02
Vice President practitioners across the country to talk about the future of the
Jessica Corns profession

Treasurer 03
Jack Duberley Future Voices Proctor and Matthews Architects were one of
the invited speakers
Secretary
Marnie Hodgson 04
Future Voices Orkidstudios James Mitchell gave a lecture on
Social secretary the humanitarian architecture and its future
Edmund Green
Helen Berg 05
SUAS Committee at the Activites Awards
Inclusions officer
Kyle McCracken 06
Lunchtime Specials poster - the talk involved experiences from
Publicity/Branding Masters students on Erasmus programme
Adam Tarasewicz
Louise Taylor 07
Saule Pribusauskaite Toby Buckmaster giving a talk on his Erasmus experience
Victoria Noakes
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SUAS shop SUAS social - I Word
Mohammed Khizr
Maria Henshall 09
Anthoula Kyriakidi SUAS social - I Word

Lectures Team 10
Nikola Yanev SUAS social - I Word
Rebecca Liebermann
Niki Sole 11
George Fisher Future Voices lecture
Calum Norman

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Lunchtime Specials
This year a longstanding tradition within the department was revived - The Lunchtime Specials. Organised by masters students the talks
are one hour long, informal and focus on practical issues. Through sharing experience topics such as the Erasmus programme, Working
abroad, What is BIM and How to fund your studies were covered. Funding was secured through the Faculty to support the longevity
of the project. The talks were incredibly educational and SUAS will see to their return next year.

Simeon Shtebunaev
SUAS President

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Professional Services Staff and Technical Team

We would like to express our gratitude to the Professional Services Staff and the Technical Team for their expertise, continued support
and commitment to the school and its students.

Cheryl Armitage Ann Clark Samantha Drobinski Rebecca Gray Sam Guest Christie Harrison
Postgraduate Research Officer Research Administrator to t he Departmental Manager Learning and Teaching Manager Student Enquiries and Admissions Research Manager
DWELL Project Support Assistant

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James Berkin Hall 28.10.1928 - 30.01.2016

The School very fondly remembers former member of staff, James Berkin Hall, who died in January this year aged 87 and who taught at
SSoA from 1964 to 1994.

In the words of his students

I knew Jim well when I was a student at Sheffield in the 1960s. He was an inspirational studio master, highly regarded throughout the
school and I learnt a huge amount from him. The way he combined practice with teaching and his deep commitment to the subject made
his design guidance all the more convincing. He was a real architect with a warm and magnetic personality. Two particular memories stand
out. I still remember how he got me back on the rails at a crucial moment in my thesis assignment where I had taken a wrong turn and
become thoroughly stuck. I also recall him leading a year trip to see Jim Stirlings recently completed Engineering Building at Leicester
This is Architecture! he kept crying out to everyone as he strode around the building with his arms outstretched and ancient raincoat
billowing behind. His passion for architecture rubbed off on everyone who came into his orbit.

John Allan, Avanti (student 1966 - 72)

I have fond memories of Jim. He interviewed me back in 1974/5 and I remember being surprised how friendly and direct an interview
conversation could be. He also let me onto the course which was a plus as my A level results were not encouraging. Later I benefitted
from his knowledge and his clarity on design - he talked like an architect. I also experienced his disapproval which could be formidable. He
was a decent man and an important presence in the school of architecture which, in our generation was led by such an unusually diverse
and colourful set of people.

Greg Penoyre, Penoyre & Prasad (student 1975 - 81)

Jim was my 6th year diploma tutor back in 1989. He was exceptional, spending a lot of time with his students and imparting very good
advice. He made me challenge my preconceptions on what type of design solutions were required and he got me to continually revise 01
my strategy, layout and design until it was as good as I could possibly make it. I am convinced that without his guidance I would not have
received the distinction for the diploma project. I will always have fond memories from my time in the Arts Tower audio mainly because of
the way Jim made architecture so interesting.

Mario Yacoub, Broadway Malyan (student 1983 - 90)

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01 Jim Hall (left) at his retirement from SSoA in 1994, being presented with his boxed copy of Bannister Fletcher by Prof Ken Murta,
flanked by Doreen Spurr and Judith Jackson (right)

02 Competition entry for the Cathedral of Christ the King, Liverpool, Ken Murta, Jim Hall et al, 1961

03 Church hall extension, St Johns Church, Hyde Park Sheffield by Ken Murta and Jim Hall, c. 1971 (photo by Russell Light, August 2014)

04 Competition entry for a Cathedral at Kaduna by Ken Murta and Jim Hall, 1962
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Robert Henry 20.03.1991 - 19.10.2015

My overriding impression of Rob was a friendly and warm person who was incredibly focused and driven in all aspects of his life. Robs
proactive approach and positive outlook meant that he had unlimited aspirations. His 1st class degree and Mansell Jenkinson Prize are a
testament to his positivity, along with his creativity, talent and tenacity.

Rob made the complex process of architectural design look easy. He was incredibly adept at developing projects that were sophisticated,
crafted, beautiful and joyful. He revelled in the process of designing and making architecture at all levels.

My last conversation with Rob was at the front of the Arts Tower as we were getting on our bikes. We had a brief chat about how pleased
he was to be back in Sheffield and how he was enjoying the beginning of the Masters course. He also talked warmly about working with Die
Baupiloten in Berlin, where he had been tasked with editing their Architecture is Participation book as part of his practice experience. He
mentioned that the translation from German to English had lost a lot of meaning, which he set about bringing back. In a recent conversation
with Susanne Hofmann [Robs boss in Berlin], she said how much they were missing him in the office. Over a short period of time he had
made himself indispensable to Die Baupiloten through his range of abilities, his sense of humour and sheer force of personality.

One abiding memory that I have of Rob was from his 3rd year, with about 3 weeks to go in his final design project. The site for his project
was in the Langdale Valley in the Lake District, which is about 10 miles from the nearest railway station. Rob decided that he needed to
have specific site photos that matched the angle that he wanted for his key presentation drawing. So, he took his bike on a 3 hour train
journey, cycled the 10 miles to site, took the photos, cycled back and then caught the train home to Sheffield in one day. It was worth
the effort, as the photos provided a fabulous backdrop to the images that he produced of his building! I think this epitomises his passion,
commitment, and his physical ability.

Rob was a person that took every opportunity that was presented to him, and created many others. His passion and drive to learn and
improve in every aspect of his life, is something that I will take forward with me and try to emulate.

He was an exceptional student and fantastic personality who will be hugely missed by everyone who knew him in the School of Architecture.

Leo Care

2013 SUAS Ball Preparations

Year 3 Undergraduate 1:20 Detail Section Year 3 Undergraduate Final Review Pin Up

SUAS Ball 2013 2015 Live Projects. Blackburn Creative Capital group trip
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03 Part I Experience. die Baupiloten architektur

02 A Hostel for a Lone Traveller. Year 3 Undergraduate Project 02 03

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