Live Projects

Top Yard at Whirlow

In this project, Whirlow Hall Farm Trust and our Live Project team collaborated to develop a new vision for the area now referred to as the Middle Yard at Whirlow Hall Farm, Sheffield. 

SADACCA Ubuntu Energy Pavilion

Designing and prototyping a space for dialogue and learning around energy issues in SADACCA's G-Mill, a former industrial hall positioned for renewal. 

Building for the Future

Developing a cohesive scheme for the central buildings of Meersbrook Walled Garden, allowing a complex group of stakeholders to get more out of a Victorian gem. 

The Canopy

Drawing from 'baubotanik' and permaculture principles to create a one-hundred year vision for the Bare Project at Parkwood Springs - a unique ecological and social landscape in Sheffield. 

The Forum

Developing booklets, toolkits and design visions to support The Forum's vision to create a hub for African and Caribbean Arts and Culture in Sheffield. 

Hardwick Hall

Collaborating with the National Trust on the next stage of their Whole Estate Plan, reframing the existing Park Centre as an accessible community hub.

Dalton Mills

Working with existing and incoming stakeholders to explore how Dalton Mills could once again serve the people of Keighley as a place of shared identity.

Broomhill Heritage Hub

Exploring how to celebrate a community library's history, improve its accessibility, and reimagine its role as a future hub for local heritage.

40:40 Vision for the Future

Working with Redditch-based charity Where Next to reimagine their educational site and prepare for the next 40 years of serving a local community. 

More than Humans at Redmires

Conducting design-led research with Sheffield and Rotherham Wildlife Trust, to support their work in balancing conflicting stakeholder needs on a sensitive reservoir site. 

A Commune in the North (ACitN)

Turning bold ideas about sustainability, equality and collective living into tangible plans for the future of a growing commune at Bentley Urban Farm, Doncaster.

Eco-Social Hub (Habitat 181)

Developing an empty shop unit on the pioneering Gleadless Estate into a new hub for Regather Cooperative, and the centre of a major EU-funded research project into nature-based urban solutions. 

Energetic Assemblies

Exploring how a local energy hub in can effectively engage a wide demographic without a fixed, permanent location - and using series of creative props to co-design a multi-scalar solution.

(Re)presenting Sheffield Town Hall

Beginning design conversations with a wider citizenship around the redevelopment of the Town Hall, in order to establish a contemporary picture of its role within the city. 

Future Heywood

Working with local people to develop a plan for improving public spaces, supporting enterprise and enhancing connections between key sites in the town.

Should we stay or should we go?

Working with Sheffield Cats Shelter to develop a series of design proposals which inform big decisions about their future growth, and the potential for the transformation of their building.