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Castlegate Common Manifesto - reduced.pdfCastlegate
Castlegate Commons Community Pavilion, February - May 2024
Castlegate Commons Community Pavilion, February - May 2024
Inspired by the vision developed by students through the Live Project 'Castlegate Commons' in Oct-Nov 2023, Live Works was commissioned by Sheffield City Council to facilitate a co-design process with local stakeholders. This work builds on the last three years of co-production that have developed a clear community-led approach to the development and use of the park and its facilities. Using the 'Castlegate Commons Manifesto' as a foundation, we have worked with local community stakeholders to develop a vision for the design, operation and stewardship of a new pavilion in the Castle park.Throughout each stage, Live Works has aimed to facilitate a transparent, representative and effective co-production process that delivers meaningful engagement with local stakeholders and the public towards the development of the Castle site. We held two workshops and a study trip to London:
- Workshop #1 Foundations: Sharing knowledge and aspirations, reaching common understanding, establishing good principles of design, developing an initial brief.
- Study Trip: Visiting inspiring community/ecology/cultural venues and meeting the people who run them to understand how the projects were developed and are now used and managed sustainably
- Workshop #2 Vision: Considering governance & time-scales, developing an initial spatial brief
03 OUT OUT OUT Chapter.pdfInclusion Emergency: Diversity in Architecture
Out Out Out: The Dilemma, November 2023 - June 2024
Out Out Out: The Dilemma, November 2023 - June 2024
'Out Out Out: The Dilemma' is my chapter contribution to the book Inclusion Emergency from RIBA Publishing. It is a dialogue between ‘myself’ and my ‘protester self’. The setting is a protest which I had imagined but never enacted in the year 2019. Instead, as ‘Danni’, I have an imaginary conversation with ‘Jennifer’ (my would-have-been protester at the time), to unearth the tensions and story of coming out as a transgender woman.The book, Inclusion Emergency: Diversity in Architecture, is a call to action. Capturing insight and experiences from role models in architecture, it provides a voice for the under-recognised to encourage understanding, reflection and meaningful change. Architecture is at a tipping point. If we don’t collectively listen, re-adjust and change our outlook, we risk limiting the relevance of our profession in today’s society and, ultimately, the places we create. Capturing insight from leading voices in the profession, this book addresses critical questions, providing steps towards meaningful change. It will help those who are under-recognised to find the role models, community and tools to feel confident, supported and valued. It will also help those intimidated by change to understand why it’s so important and provoke constructive action.Book, Report, EDI, History and Representation, Participation, Jennifer Kerr
Castlegate Common Manifesto - reduced.pdfCastlegate
Castlegate Commons Manifesto, November 2021
Castlegate Commons Manifesto, November 2021
Live Works was commissioned by Sheffield City Council to deliver a series of workshops with local stakeholders to inform and enhance the regeneration of the Castle Site in Castlegate, building on 8 years of research, visioning and engagement by the School of Architecture in the area. This co-production process aimed to support the development of the new public realm so that it benefits as much as possible from the extraordinary potential of this unique site and its rich community context. The workshops engaged existing members of the Castlegate Partnership and other local stakeholders to ensure representation of the diversity of the area's population and grassroots activities. The workshop themes were:
- Revealing the Outdoor City
- Revealing Innovation
- Revealing Arts and Culture
- Revealing Heritage
211213 The SSoA Voices Survey: A means to support knowledge-based progressive policy making to drive forward positive change at the Sheffield School of ArchitectureInclusion at SSoA
The SSoA Voices Survey, November 2021
The SSoA Voices Survey, November 2021
The Sheffield School of Architecture has a positive and proactive culture which may obscure the fact that abuse and exclusion do occur.In the summer of 2020, a group of students from across the Sheffield School of Architecture (SSoA) advocated for change through proactive anti-racist activity. As a product of their conversations, they wrote "Anti-Racism at SSoA: A Call to Action", This open letter argued that ‘our school has been and remains complicit in the structures that perpetuate systemic racism within architecture’ and demanded ‘immediate action and concrete change’.The letter, and in particular its powerful testimonials, made for hard reading, asking some serious questions of the school’s claim to be a ‘Social School of Architecture’. Despite actively fostering a pedagogy and culture around ‘gender equality and feminism’, conversations on race had been either minimised or excluded altogether from the discourse.The letter had a powerful impact, with many students and staff adding their signatures, and the momentum generated has stimulated a strong desire and mandate for change within the school. We have seen in response the rejuvenation of the Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion committee of which the pro-active Student Action Group is an essential component. For those of us involved in EDI at SSoA, the ‘Call to Action' had revealed the provocative power of testimonials for progressive change. In particular, it prompted the realisation that individual narratives and the lived experience of members of our school’s community can lead to and inform action.‘A Call to Action’ declared both the necessity and the urgency of change, impressing upon us that the school must keep these conversations alive and relevant, to continue to tackle racism and other aspects of inclusion as they impact on the whole of the school community and that this needs to happen together with our agendas to decolonise the curriculum, to promote gender-equality and to tackle climate change. As a necessary action in response to ‘A Call to Action’, the Voices Survey was initiated.Report, EDI, Pedagogy, History and Theory, Participation, Jennifer Kerr and Catherine Skelcher
Live Works Screen Rights Report_v250923.pdfEqual access to the screen industry
Screen Rights, 2019 - 2023
Screen Rights, 2019 - 2023
Screen Rights is a research project by Live Works. It is funded by SIGN (Screen Industries Growth Network) and is exploring spatial and urban barriers to a diverse screen industry in the South Yorkshire region. Currently UK screen industries are less diverse on average than the total UK workforce. This contributes to reduced creative control over narratives, less meaningful representation and exclusion from cultural production and economic opportunities. This project focuses on a placed-based approach to investigate spatial barriers to a diverse screen industry in South Yorkshire and sets the groundwork for inclusive and collaborative place-making strategies for initiating community-led creative clusters.https://screen-network.org.uk/publication/screen-rights-report/Report, Book, Event, EDI, Material Cultures, Placemaking, Participation, Emre Akbil and Carolyn Butterworth
HS2 Thesis Dr Jo Phillips.pdfPhD Thesis
An Emergent Methodology for Public Engagement in the Rural Landscapes of HS2, 2018
An Emergent Methodology for Public Engagement in the Rural Landscapes of HS2, 2018
Unexpectedly, my PhD (2019) was about public engagement with the landscapes of the proposed HS2 high speed rail line in Cheshire, through the lens of Complexity theory. Inspired to action by threats to ancient woodland, the research emerged in unpredictable ways.Report, Participation, Jo Phillips
Studio Collaborative Production 2017-18.pdfMArch teaching
Studio Collaborative Production, 2017 - 2018
Studio Collaborative Production, 2017 - 2018
Studio: Collaborative Production is a design studio run as part of the MArch degree course at Sheffield School of Architecture at the University of Sheffield. The studio explores the creation of a built environment which supports the collaborative production of objects, processes and infrastructures; generating an architecture which utilises local resources and expertise and is responsive to local needs. The Studio ran over a 20 week period between November 2017 and May 2018, and was attended by 13 students in the 5th and 6th year of their studies, working towards their RIBA Part 2 professional qualification.Report, Booklet, EDI, Pedagogy, Participation, Dan Jary
Studio Collaborative Production 2016-17.pdfMArch teaching
Studio Collaborative Production, 2016 - 2017
Studio Collaborative Production, 2016 - 2017
Automation and robotisation are changing the nature of labour and production, and transforming the way people engage with local governance, education and cultural exchange. How can we ensure that the new society which emerges from this change enriches people’s lives, is socially inclusive and is protective of the environment?Studio: Collaborative Production is a design studio run as part of the MArch degree course at Sheffield School of Architecture at the University of Sheffield. The Studio ran over a 20 week period between November 2016 and May 2017, and was attended by 12 students in the 5th and 6th year of their studies, working towards their RIBA Part 2 professional qualification. The studio explores the creation of a built environment which supports the collaborative production of objects, processes and infrastructures; generating an architecture which utilises local resources and expertise and is responsive to local needs.The studio is located within Sheffield’s proposed Advanced Manufacturing Innovation District (AMID) which links the University’s Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre to the city centre along the Don Valley corridor. The project began with an investigation of the AMID study area, carried out alongside a critique of the existing local authority and University-led proposals. This revealed a vision which is primarily commercially driven, and lacking in opportunities for engagement of the local community. The students were keen to explore ways in which AMID can become a more socially diverse, inclusive and vibrant part of the city.Report, Booklet, EDI, Pedagogy, Participation, Dan Jary
FINAL You Are Here exhibition boards.pdfLW Project Summary You Are Here.pdfCollaborative production
You Are Here, December 2015
You Are Here, December 2015
‘You Are Here’ was delivered in three parts:
- the commission of 3 site specific temporary artworks for Sheffield city centre by international artists Sans façon, Leo Fitzmaurice and The Office for Subversive Architecture
- a symposium ‘We Are Here’ about art & architecture interdisciplinary practice
- an exhibition at Live Works and a publication presenting the outcomes
Imagine Castlegate.pdfLW Project Summary Imagine Castlegate.pdfCastlegate
Imagine Castlegate, September 2015
Imagine Castlegate, September 2015
I edited a 112p book, 750 copies printed, exploring how a mix of vibrancy events and real projects are transforming Castlegate including:
- work from SSoA and Dept. of Landscape
- ReMake Castlegate
- community groups FOTH and FOSC
- Castlegate Festival & Sheffield Bazaar
LW Project Summary Castlegate Festival.pdfCastlegate
Castlegate Festival, June 2015
Castlegate Festival, June 2015
Live Works designed and delivered the following for the Festival:
- publicity material and map
- exhibition in Castle House of student design and research work for sites in Castlegate
- engagement activities in Castle House using the ReMake Castlegate (Festival of the Mind) model
- provide family friendly, inclusive activities
- increase footfall and engage with the people of Sheffield
- promote the area and improve people’s perception of Castlegate
- tell the stories of Castlegate’s history and future plans through imaginative art installations, exhibitions and activities
Studio Collaborative Production 2015-16.pdfMArch teaching
Studio Collaborative Production, 2015 - 2016
Studio Collaborative Production, 2015 - 2016
Studio: Collaborative Production is a design studio run as part of the MArch degree course at Sheffield School of Architecture at the University of Sheffield. The Studio ran over a 20 week period between November 2015 and May 2016, and was attended by 11 students in the 5th and 6th year of their studies, working towards their RIBA Part 2 professional qualification. The educational nature of the Studio requires the students to produce projects of a scale and complexity that goes beyond what is likely to be immediately realisable in the current economic and political context. As a result the proposals are deliberately provocative and aspirational. The ideas and imagination shown hopefully offer a vision of the future which can inspire and empower the next generation.The starting point for the Studio is a realisation that the prevailing economic model of speculation and market-driven change is broken, and that there is a need for greater recognition of interdependency, social capital and local value. Goldthorpe – a former mining town in South Yorkshire – has been identified as a place marginalised by current economic and social policy, and a rich context in which to explore an alternative approach.The work of the students explores a future where a sharing economy becomes mainstream, promoting non-market production 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.Report, Booklet, EDI, Pedagogy, Participation, Dan Jary
Sheffield Garden City_Options for long term urban growth.pdf
Masterplanning
Sheffield Garden City: Options for Long term growth, 2015
Sheffield Garden City: Options for Long term growth, 2015
One of the main contributors to the report Sheffield Garden City commissioned by Sheffield City Council looking at how the ideas developed by URBED within our winning Wolfson Prize Entry, could be applied to Sheffield. The resulting report focused on how 100,000 new homes could be integrated into Sheffield by co-locating new development with sustainable forms of transportation infrastructure. The knowledge I acquired from this project fed directly into my studio teaching and dissertation supervision. I have also given talks on the project to various cohorts within the school.Report, Climate Emergency, Placemaking, John Sampson
AAE LW Workshop.ppt.pptxLW Project Summary Value of Architecture.pdfParticipatory workshop
The Cultural Value of Architecture, June 2014
The Cultural Value of Architecture, June 2014
Part of an extensive AHRC funded ‘Cultural Value’ research project, ‘The Cultural Value of Architecture’ aimed to develop new ways of evidencing value in the discipline. Live Works were commissioned by Prof. Flora Samuel to run participatory workshops to explore how people perceive different types of value in the built environment and enrich the research through these findings.Live Works ran two rounds of workshops with schoolchildren from Dearne ALC School.
- a guided tour of key spaces and buildings in Sheffield city centre, to explore the decisions affecting the design of buildings and the impact buildings have on us
- Live Works visited the school to work further with the children on their own built environment The outcomes of these and workshops with Blackburn College students informed the findings of the research project.
Healthy design creative safety report 2013.pdfApproaches to health and safety teaching and learning in schools of architecture
Healthy Design, Creative Safety, 2013
Healthy Design, Creative Safety, 2013
Key findings of this report:
- This research has found evidence of innovative and creative ways of teaching health and safety. It has also revealed that such good practice often addresses H&S in indirect ways and knowledge is rarely shared between institutions, resulting in variability of approach and delivery of the subject.
- Health and safety is an appropriate subject to cover in undergraduate schools of architecture. There is an academic imperative to the subject and it is not just something that should be dealt with in practice. Many interviewees recognised the need for the subject to be creatively addressed.
- ‘Health and safety’ is sometimes perceived negatively by students and staff. This is largely due to a misconception that the subject is purely concerned with applying a set of rules in practice.
- Live Projects offer an effective context to learn about risk management and issues of health and safety. Students benefit from working with real clients and scenarios, and from an active engagement with the process of making.
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