history and Representation
Elephant - 26th February, 2023
Elephant - 26th February, 2023
"Architecture is at a tipping point. Over the last few years voices of the under-represented in education and practice have been increasing in volume and are agitated for change. If we don’t collectively listen, re-adjust and change our future outlook, we limit the potential relevance of the profession in today’s society and ultimately the places we create. This book will capture insight from leading voices, both academic and in practice, aiming to encourage understanding, reflection and address critical questions, providing practical steps towards meaningful change. Our universities begin as places of diversity, with visible and invisible differences. But as individuals progress in architecture, representation diminishes, particularly at senior levels of practice to a profession dominated by white heteronormative, able bodied men. Disparities between the cultures and identities of the profession as opposed to the broader population are significant and manifest themselves in important ways, both obvious and insidious. It is critical that we address this, as a profession.
Who enters the profession, and progresses on into positions of power, determines not only who writes our history, but who feels accepted in the profession, who designs our built environments and how inclusive they are." RIBA Publishing
This piece which also includes graphics produced from a performance art as been described as essential for Queer representation at the Sheffield School of Architecture.
Book, EDI, History and Representation, Participation, Danni Kerr
Who enters the profession, and progresses on into positions of power, determines not only who writes our history, but who feels accepted in the profession, who designs our built environments and how inclusive they are." RIBA Publishing
This piece which also includes graphics produced from a performance art as been described as essential for Queer representation at the Sheffield School of Architecture.
Book, EDI, History and Representation, Participation, Danni Kerr
Superstudio’s lost project for Sheffield
Superstudio’s lost project for Sheffield
In my recent research, I have discovered a previously unknown project by the Italian architectural theorists Superstudio for Sheffield, which was part of their Continuous Monument project of 1969. In Superstudio’s presentation of the project one of the montages is entitled 'Coketown Revisited’, without any reference to a specific location. I have identified the background as a photograph of a street in Sheffield taken by Roger Mayne. I have also identified the location of the street (demolished in the 1970s). From this information it has been possible to reconstruct the full plan and extent of the project. At over 2 miles long and 67m high, it dwarfs all of the other major architectural projects for Sheffield that were being carried out in the 1960s, including Park Hill, Hyde Park, Kelvin and the Tinsley Viaduct. I have already produced plans and new photomontages showing the scale and impact of the structure on the city.
So far, I have given two talks on this research, the first to accompany the S1 Love Among the Ruins exhibition and the second at the Sheffield Modern Architecture Weekender. I would now like to develop a journal article about the topic.
Journal Article, Presentation, EDI, History and Representation, Building Performance, Placemaking, Russel Light
So far, I have given two talks on this research, the first to accompany the S1 Love Among the Ruins exhibition and the second at the Sheffield Modern Architecture Weekender. I would now like to develop a journal article about the topic.
Journal Article, Presentation, EDI, History and Representation, Building Performance, Placemaking, Russel Light
Remember to Forget - March, 2022
Remember to Forget - March, 2022
220316 Remember to Forget_ Into Eternity and Deep Time Reckoning.pptx'Remember to Forget' is review of two sources investigating the issues and implications of long term nuclear waste disposal. Both 'Into Eternity' a Film Documentary by Michael Madsen and 'Deep Time Reckoning' by Vincent Ialenti are narratives in 'vast time' of the Onkalo Nuclear Waste Repository in Finland, which consider the practicalities and implications of the belief that we can extend design thinking over 100,000 years.
This scholarship was untaken as part of the year 2 undergraduate tutor group CPD. This represented an opportunity to discuss my reading on 'extreme temporality' which is a component of my PhD thesis on Architecture and Time. An argument in the thesis is that time is an ever present and interactive context in which architecture and its actors must exist. It is through rich scenarios such as those presented by Madsen and Ialenti that we can appreciate aspects of this relationship.
The presentation was made in the context of a UG tutor CPD presentation session following which the ensuing discussion acknowledging temporality as way to understand how particular types of interaction in the built environment makes that built environment over time.
Presentation, EDI, Placemaking, History and Representation, Danni Kerr
This scholarship was untaken as part of the year 2 undergraduate tutor group CPD. This represented an opportunity to discuss my reading on 'extreme temporality' which is a component of my PhD thesis on Architecture and Time. An argument in the thesis is that time is an ever present and interactive context in which architecture and its actors must exist. It is through rich scenarios such as those presented by Madsen and Ialenti that we can appreciate aspects of this relationship.
The presentation was made in the context of a UG tutor CPD presentation session following which the ensuing discussion acknowledging temporality as way to understand how particular types of interaction in the built environment makes that built environment over time.
Presentation, EDI, Placemaking, History and Representation, Danni Kerr
Nubia Way: a story of black-led self building in Lewisham - July 2021-July 2022*
Nubia Way: a story of black-led self building in Lewisham - July 2021-July 2022*
*Sam Brown's contribution to this project was relatively minimal, as part of the background research carried out by the main production team.
Nubia Way was built in the 1990s by Fusions Jameen, London's first black housing co-operative in Downham, Lewisham. Constructed using the principles of Walter Segal, self-builders were offered long-term discounted rents in return for building the homes. Through interviews with the original self-builders, historians, architects and economists, this new documentary from the Architecture Foundation celebrates the legacy of Nubia Way and examines self-building as an act of resistance against the housing discrimination faced by Black British Communities.
Film, EDI, History and Representation, Participation, Sam Brown
Film, EDI, History and Representation, Participation, Sam Brown
The SSoA Voices Survey - November, 2021
The SSoA Voices Survey - November, 2021
211213 The SSoA Voices Survey_ A means to support knowledge-based progressive policy making to drive forward positive change at the Sheffield School of Architecture.pdfThe 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 Representation, Participation, Danni Kerr and Catherine Skelcher
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 Representation, Participation, Danni Kerr and Catherine Skelcher
Image Equality Project and Associated Field Journal Article - 2020-ongoing
Image Equality Project and Associated Field Journal Article - 2020-ongoing
(Not Just) A Skin-deep Image Problem.pdfField-8-Not-just-a-skin-deep-image-problem.pdfThe Image Equality Project has the simple aim of creating a more diverse range of source images of people, for students to use in their design work. The initiative was established in 2020, to create an open access resource for the School that offers png and CAD/vector line images of people that are more diverse in their: ethnicity, ability, activity and social grouping. It is hoped that this will enable students to inhabit their work with people that are more specific and relevant to context, programme, location, brief, agenda and approach. ‘intersectionality’ was used as a critical framework to develop the inclusive archive of bodies that could otherwise disappear in intersectional margins. Intersectionality is a Black feminist concept introduced by Kimberle Crenshaw and was initially used for critiquing discrimination and/or exclusion of black women in feminist and anti-racist politics. Thus it is important to produce embodied representations at different intersections: black+women, asian+disabled, non-binary+white. By introducing 2nd Year undergraduate students to Crenshaw's work and in enabling them to reconsider how we categorise and discriminate by the representation of peoples in their design work, students started to collect a more diverse set of representative people and consider in more depth the implications of their decisions. It also provoked students to consider how the representation of people in their work conveyed a socio-ethical position about their values as an architect. The archive of source images is a live resource that students are encouraged to contribute to, in order to keep it diverse, relevant and useful.
Journal Article, EDI, History and Representation, Pedagogy, Emre Akbil and Leo Care
Journal Article, EDI, History and Representation, Pedagogy, Emre Akbil and Leo Care
SSoA Feminist Library - May, 2020-ongoing
SSoA Feminist Library - May, 2020-ongoing
In March 2020 SSoA staff and students organised a Feminist Teach Out to explore feminist foundations, fields and futures and celebrate 20 years of feminist activity at SSoA. Many participants at the event expressed interest in having access to the work produced in the school over the years under this banner. During the last decades, numerous students have produced design and theoretical projects addressing feminist topics and methodologies which remained invisible to the wider School community. Much of the feminist work in the School took more intangible forms such as conferences, events and discussions which remained fully or partially unrecorded. The Feminist Library at SSoA will include an archive, in which previous outputs (dissertations, publications, theses, design projects, event recordings and testimonials) will be documented and stored, and a live part in which new events, activities, and debates will be posted in real time. The Feminist Library will be launched during a special event in November and disseminated across UK and international HE institutions. This will be a key resource for students and staff and will ensure that SSoA continues to set the agenda in feminist pedagogy and research.
Website, EDI, History and Representation, Pedagogy, Participation, Carolyn Butterworth and Catherine Skelcher
Website, EDI, History and Representation, Pedagogy, Participation, Carolyn Butterworth and Catherine Skelcher
‘Everyday Reflexivity, Tacit Dimension and Contemporary Relevance: research-led teaching in Master’s written dissertation at the Sheffield School of Architecture - 2020
‘Everyday Reflexivity, Tacit Dimension and Contemporary Relevance: research-led teaching in Master’s written dissertation at the Sheffield School of Architecture - 2020
XRSS_.pdf ‘Everyday Reflexivity, Tacit Dimension and Contemporary Relevance: research-led teaching in Master’s written dissertation at the Sheffield School of Architecture’, Contemporary Architecture
Journal Article, EDI, History and Representation, Satwinder Samra
Journal Article, EDI, History and Representation, Satwinder Samra
Judge for Ginger Bread City - December, 2019
Judge for Ginger Bread City - December, 2019
The Gingerbread City® 2019 was in the Lancaster Rooms at Somerset House and brought together over 100 architects, designers and engineers to create an entire city made of gingerbread and sweets. The masterplan developed by Tibbalds Planning and Urban Design explored the theme: 'The Future of Transport'.
"Our big thank you to all the visitors and participants for making this exhibition a success! Over 31,000 visited and more than 10,000 votes were cast during the Gingerbread City 2019 exhibition at the Somerset House." -Melissa Woodford Director Museum of Architecture
Event, EDI, History and Representation, Satwinder Samra
"Our big thank you to all the visitors and participants for making this exhibition a success! Over 31,000 visited and more than 10,000 votes were cast during the Gingerbread City 2019 exhibition at the Somerset House." -Melissa Woodford Director Museum of Architecture
Event, EDI, History and Representation, Satwinder Samra
Standing at the Sky’s Edge: the Stories Behind the Park Hill Musical - October, 2019
Standing at the Sky’s Edge: the Stories Behind the Park Hill Musical - October, 2019
Standing at the Sky’s Edge: the Stories Behind the Park Hill Musical Charing discussion with Chris Bush, Sarah Wigglesworth and Jeremy Till.
Evening event at Crucible Theatre. Exploring the musical development and depiction of Park Hill flats and associated histories.
'Just a short note to say thank you for taking part in Sheffield Modern this year. We had around 1700 people through the doors of our events this weekend which is double the number for last year so we’re over the moon. Your hosting skills were fantastic, as ever!' -Claire Thornley Sheffield Modern
Event, EDI, History and Representation
Evening event at Crucible Theatre. Exploring the musical development and depiction of Park Hill flats and associated histories.
'Just a short note to say thank you for taking part in Sheffield Modern this year. We had around 1700 people through the doors of our events this weekend which is double the number for last year so we’re over the moon. Your hosting skills were fantastic, as ever!' -Claire Thornley Sheffield Modern
Event, EDI, History and Representation
Collaborative Practice: Practice Based Learning - October 2019
Collaborative Practice: Practice Based Learning - October 2019
The publication is aimed at practitioners interested in shaping the future of architectural education alongside prospective students considering their options for completing their Part II qualification, current students of architecture interested in reflecting on their own education and future practice, educators looking at alternative methods of learning and practices engaged with developing engaged and reflective practitioners.
Funding:The book will be published by 5th Man Publishing (a publishing arm of AHMM, one of the founding CP practices). The book will be funded via sponsorship by the Collaborative Practice partners and if possible funding through the university. We currently are unclear how we might tap into university funding.
Format:The publication will be A5 and circa 48 pages.Structure + ContentForeword [Paul Monaghan or Helen Roberts]1. Introduction [SS+JS]- Changing nature of architectural education Architectural education has not changed for 25 years. Our current model has set up a polarised debate- Challenge for educators- Challenge for students
2. The Story- 2015 – Fees- School Ethos- Gap / Opportunity- What we did- Students / Practices
3. CP Voices A student voice plus a practice voice1. Money [Toby]2. Learning [?] Learning in Practice / Learning in University3. Location [?] - Where do you sit - Sharing / Digital learning4. Working methods [Yanni + Mark] - How I used to work previously / now / future - Being a reflective Practitioner5. Cultures of Practice [? + RMA] - Revealing - Work Relations - Analysing Collaboration / Hierarchical mirroring - Taking a look behind closed doors6. Experience [Louise] - Whats it really like - What kind of architect do you want to be?4. CP Revelations [SS+JS] - Teaching in Practice - Being Objective / Less Precious - Currency of Communication5. What next6. SSoA
Report, EDI, Pedagogy, History and Representation, Participation, John Sampson and Satwinder Samra
Funding:The book will be published by 5th Man Publishing (a publishing arm of AHMM, one of the founding CP practices). The book will be funded via sponsorship by the Collaborative Practice partners and if possible funding through the university. We currently are unclear how we might tap into university funding.
Format:The publication will be A5 and circa 48 pages.Structure + ContentForeword [Paul Monaghan or Helen Roberts]1. Introduction [SS+JS]- Changing nature of architectural education Architectural education has not changed for 25 years. Our current model has set up a polarised debate- Challenge for educators- Challenge for students
2. The Story- 2015 – Fees- School Ethos- Gap / Opportunity- What we did- Students / Practices
3. CP Voices A student voice plus a practice voice1. Money [Toby]2. Learning [?] Learning in Practice / Learning in University3. Location [?] - Where do you sit - Sharing / Digital learning4. Working methods [Yanni + Mark] - How I used to work previously / now / future - Being a reflective Practitioner5. Cultures of Practice [? + RMA] - Revealing - Work Relations - Analysing Collaboration / Hierarchical mirroring - Taking a look behind closed doors6. Experience [Louise] - Whats it really like - What kind of architect do you want to be?4. CP Revelations [SS+JS] - Teaching in Practice - Being Objective / Less Precious - Currency of Communication5. What next6. SSoA
Report, EDI, Pedagogy, History and Representation, Participation, John Sampson and Satwinder Samra
Stephen Lawrence 19th Annual Memorial Lecture - September, 2019
Stephen Lawrence 19th Annual Memorial Lecture - September, 2019
A Part of and Apart From - March (event) + September (presentation), 2019
A Part of and Apart From - March (event) + September (presentation), 2019
A Part of and Apart From - Published.pdfA workshop delivered in March 2019 by the authors and MArch students at the ‘School Fundamental’ Festival, Bauhaus, Dessau. The event marked 100 years of the Bauhaus and 20 years of SSoA Live Projects, providing an excellent opportunity to reflect upon our live pedagogical experience within the context of the Bauhaus legacy. The workshop addressed the polarisation that can occur when discussing different types of student projects, using a matrix of four, commonly used terms: real, deliverable, speculative, abstract. Outcomes revealed how a student project can have value as both ‘a part of, and apart from’ the external world. A paper reflecting on the findings of the workshop was presented at the AAE 2019 conference at University of Westminster April 2019 and submitted to the AAE peer-reviewed journal Charette (pending).
Event, Journal Article, Presentation, EDI, History and Representation, Pedagogy, Participation, Carolyn Butterworth and Leo Care
Event, Journal Article, Presentation, EDI, History and Representation, Pedagogy, Participation, Carolyn Butterworth and Leo Care
arrivalcity.studio - August 2019
arrivalcity.studio - August 2019
Over the last 2 years I have asked students upload their projects to a wordpress site so that we have an archive of the studio work. Each student has a blog entry and has uploaded the work. Alongside uploading this years work I would like to work with a 2-3 students to edit and refine the site and the uploaded work, introduce critical reflective analysis of the findings of the studio alongside links to resources that the studio’s have collated over the years.
This year Leo has secured funding for 3 studios to produce a publication of the studio work. Arrival City is one of the studios to have access to the funding. I propose to use the funding to pay students to assist developing the site, new content and the criticalreflection. I will also use the money to pay for hosting over the next 3 years.
Presentation, EDI, Placemaking, History and Representation, John Sampson
This year Leo has secured funding for 3 studios to produce a publication of the studio work. Arrival City is one of the studios to have access to the funding. I propose to use the funding to pay students to assist developing the site, new content and the criticalreflection. I will also use the money to pay for hosting over the next 3 years.
Presentation, EDI, Placemaking, History and Representation, John Sampson
CBBC ' The Dengineers' - 2018-2019
CBBC ' The Dengineers' - 2018-2019
The Dengineers is a CBBC TV where children build their very own dream den. Satwinder works as on screen designer with the children to both design and build their unique creations. Two 28 min TV shows to be broadcast on CBBC and BBC2.
"I just wanted to say a big THANK YOU for all of your help, hard work and AMAZING dens on The Dengineers this year! I have watched all of your episodes, thoroughly enjoyed them and am so happy and impressed that we have managed to raise the bar even higher, on this series!" -Annette Williams Genre Lead Factual Formats BBC
"A massive thank you for another wonderful bunch of dens. And also a sincere, personal thank you for being so fantastic to work with over these last few series. I have thoroughly enjoyed working with you both, getting to know you and particularly watching you work – I’ve learned a lot" -Jennifer Morrison Series Producer
TV Show, EDI, History and Representation, Participation, Satwinder Samra
"I just wanted to say a big THANK YOU for all of your help, hard work and AMAZING dens on The Dengineers this year! I have watched all of your episodes, thoroughly enjoyed them and am so happy and impressed that we have managed to raise the bar even higher, on this series!" -Annette Williams Genre Lead Factual Formats BBC
"A massive thank you for another wonderful bunch of dens. And also a sincere, personal thank you for being so fantastic to work with over these last few series. I have thoroughly enjoyed working with you both, getting to know you and particularly watching you work – I’ve learned a lot" -Jennifer Morrison Series Producer
TV Show, EDI, History and Representation, Participation, Satwinder Samra
Experiments in Living Debate Chair - September, 2018
Experiments in Living Debate Chair - September, 2018
Debate as part of ‘Love amongst the Ruins. A romance of the Near Future’ organised by S1 Art space. Speakers included Lyndsay Hanley and Elaine Harwood.
Event, EDI, History and Representation, Satwinder Samra
Event, EDI, History and Representation, Satwinder Samra
Urban subversion and mobile cinema: Leisure, architecture and the “kino-cine-bomber” - April, 2018
Urban subversion and mobile cinema: Leisure, architecture and the “kino-cine-bomber” - April, 2018
Urban Subversion and Mobile Cinema Leisure Architecture and the Kino Cine Bomber.pdfThis paper introduces our bicycle-based cinema device—the “kino-cine- bomber”—as a vehicle to reimagine disused buildings and obsolete urban infrastructure for re-activated public leisure spaces. It is also a vehicle to conceptualize theoretical relations between leisure, architecture, cinematic geographies and urban spaces. Through these lenses, we focus on a series of Situationist-inspired methods using the kino-cine-bomber to identify buildings that could be removed—as architecture by subtraction—in Coventry (UK). There, the River Sherbourne flows hidden beneath the city, culverted and capped, a relic of postwar urban planning no longer fit for purpose. We explore river “daylighting” plans by postgraduate architecture students using the kino-cine-bomber, first to trace the hidden river beneath the city streets, then to project architectural designs where buildings may be repurposed and the river revealed. We discuss the possibilities of these designs and, befitting a paper celebrating Situationism, we close with a manifesto for urban leisure spaces.
Keywords: Leisure, Architecture, Cinema, Situationism, River Daylighting
Journal Article, Climate Emergency, History and Representation, Placemaking, Building Performance, Simon Baker
Keywords: Leisure, Architecture, Cinema, Situationism, River Daylighting
Journal Article, Climate Emergency, History and Representation, Placemaking, Building Performance, Simon Baker
Study Material: increasing its effectiveness - 2018-ongoing
Study Material: increasing its effectiveness - 2018-ongoing
Reading lists (sometimes called study or reference material) are often long, non hierarchical, lists presented to students with no context, and usually as full book titles at the end of project briefs. Anecdotally, or at least through marking submitted papers over the last 8 years, I have seen papers submitted regularly that make no reference to the reading lists. This scholarship aims to test if this really is the case and to look at best practice examples, through action research, of how reading lists could be presented more effectively. In addition, this project looks critically at instances of 'male, pale and stale'.
Journal Article, EDI, Pedagogy, History and Representation, Stuart McKenzie
Journal Article, EDI, Pedagogy, History and Representation, Stuart McKenzie
The Dreams of Sleeping beauty - December, 2018
The Dreams of Sleeping beauty - December, 2018
Our current third year is the fifth cohort of students to be working on design projects for Scarborough. By December 2018 we will have a repository of over 500 different projects for the town. The projects are based on a variety of briefs which engage with different aspects of the rich history of town and located on many different sites that explore its unique topography. The proposal is to take the best of this work and develop an exhibition and/or catalogue, showing how these sites could be used and new facilities that could be proposed. The intention is to present an optimistic future for the town, developing themes of the urban design framework document ‘Kissing Sleeping Beauty’ produced by West 8 in 2003, which so far has largely remained unrealised.
In addition to student work, we could also include staff projects in the town (Markets - Group Ginger, Woodend - P Testa, W McFadden). The aim would also be to provide a didactic commentary to the projects, with input from the Y3 team and our external examiners.
Event, Booklet, EDI, History and Representation, Participation, Building Performance, Material Cultures, Placemaking, Russel Light
In addition to student work, we could also include staff projects in the town (Markets - Group Ginger, Woodend - P Testa, W McFadden). The aim would also be to provide a didactic commentary to the projects, with input from the Y3 team and our external examiners.
Event, Booklet, EDI, History and Representation, Participation, Building Performance, Material Cultures, Placemaking, Russel Light
Interview about the Arts Tower and the Paternoster lift - February, 2018
Interview about the Arts Tower and the Paternoster lift - February, 2018
Speaking as architectural expert for BBC Look North feature. Interviewed by Mark Ansell.
Event, EDI, History and Representation, Satwinder Samra
Event, EDI, History and Representation, Satwinder Samra
Around the Toilet: Design Toolkit - 2018
Around the Toilet: Design Toolkit - 2018
The Design toolkit was one strand of the Around The Toilet research project, that aimed to create an online resource to help students to understand the importance of toilet design and engage them in the challenges of creating better toilets. The work incorporated gender and disability studies with architectural design and research. The work and outputs from the project were presented at the Disordinary Architecture conference at UCL in March 2018.
The project was AHRC funded.
Journal Article, Website, EDI, History and Representation, Pedagogy, Participation, Building Performance, Leo Care
The project was AHRC funded.
Journal Article, Website, EDI, History and Representation, Pedagogy, Participation, Building Performance, Leo Care
Experience Castlegate - September, 2018
Experience Castlegate - September, 2018
FoTM Speigel Latest .pdfExperience Castlegate is a research project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. Partners in the project are UoS academics from Archaeology, Architecture and Computer Science with creative industry and community partners, Human VR and Friends of Sheffield Castle.
Outputs from the research were showcased in the Futurecade (Millennium Galleries) for 10 days during the Festival of the Mind 2018. The exhibit was visited by 1000s of people and featured in local and regional press and TV. The project looks at Castlegate in Sheffield as a testbed to explore how immersive digital technologies can engage people in local heritage while involving them in the processes of urban regeneration.
In the Futurecade visitors experienced a 3D digital model of Sheffield’s Castle, through Augmented Reality (AR). This was the first public view of a new model of the Castle based on recent archaeological research on this hidden, yet incredibly important, piece of Sheffield’s history. The AR overlaid upon a physical model at 1:150 scale and showing the site of the Castle, and of Castle Markets, as it is now. When the model is viewed through ipads the Castle springs into view, overlaid upon the contemporary site.
Alongside the model was a film showing the digital model of the Castle, excerpts from recent archaeological archival research and future visions of the site by architecture students. This exhibit led to a lecture by Carolyn Butterworth, John Moreland and Nick Bax in the Speigeltent to 200 members of the public. Carolyn also gave a lecture to 120 members of the alumni Heritage Circle in Firth Hall on the project.
The Experience Castlegate model and AR is due to be shown at the National Videogame Museum in Castlegate for several weeks in spring 2019
Event, Presentation, EDI, History and Representation, Participation, Placemaking, Carolyn Butterworth
Outputs from the research were showcased in the Futurecade (Millennium Galleries) for 10 days during the Festival of the Mind 2018. The exhibit was visited by 1000s of people and featured in local and regional press and TV. The project looks at Castlegate in Sheffield as a testbed to explore how immersive digital technologies can engage people in local heritage while involving them in the processes of urban regeneration.
In the Futurecade visitors experienced a 3D digital model of Sheffield’s Castle, through Augmented Reality (AR). This was the first public view of a new model of the Castle based on recent archaeological research on this hidden, yet incredibly important, piece of Sheffield’s history. The AR overlaid upon a physical model at 1:150 scale and showing the site of the Castle, and of Castle Markets, as it is now. When the model is viewed through ipads the Castle springs into view, overlaid upon the contemporary site.
Alongside the model was a film showing the digital model of the Castle, excerpts from recent archaeological archival research and future visions of the site by architecture students. This exhibit led to a lecture by Carolyn Butterworth, John Moreland and Nick Bax in the Speigeltent to 200 members of the public. Carolyn also gave a lecture to 120 members of the alumni Heritage Circle in Firth Hall on the project.
The Experience Castlegate model and AR is due to be shown at the National Videogame Museum in Castlegate for several weeks in spring 2019
Event, Presentation, EDI, History and Representation, Participation, Placemaking, Carolyn Butterworth
Design Investigation, Design Illustration and Design Intervention: Research-led Teaching in M.Arch at the Sheffield School of Architecture - 2017
Design Investigation, Design Illustration and Design Intervention: Research-led Teaching in M.Arch at the Sheffield School of Architecture - 2017
UrbanismandArchitecture_Publication_XRJKSS.pdf‘Design Investigation, Design Illustration and Design Intervention: Research-led Teaching in M.Arch at the Sheffield School of Architecture’, Urbanism and Architecture, No.261, pp.18-23.
Journal Article, EDI, Pedagogy, History and Representation, Satwinder Samra
Journal Article, EDI, Pedagogy, History and Representation, Satwinder Samra
Legacy and Placemaking through Temporal use - Conference 2012, Published 2016
Legacy and Placemaking through Temporal use - Conference 2012, Published 2016
This paper will examine three realized projects in Leeds and York, England, to question the legacy and ‘value’ of temporal use within the city and the connections between affect and place.
The three case studies are; an established annual light-based festival, a single night pop up cinema, and an art installation sited on a disused viaduct. Each project questions the future use of our heritage buildings, their sites and context. The case studies form destinations which are not part of an established cultural heritage ‘trail’ or route. The action of ‘making and doing’ reverses our analysis of art and film from a tool we were using to help understand a place, to a medium that helped to define a place as a meanwhile use. Simon Baker is a protagonist who worked to re-appropriate the underutilized spaces and Sarah Mills is a lecturer of Architecture and uses film and Situationist techniques to analyse the subversion of the everyday. Challenging the normative modes of architectural practice engenders collaboration and questions existing policies, guidelines, buildings and the current purpose of place.
Book, Presentation, Climate Emergency, History and Representation, Placemaking, Simon Baker
The three case studies are; an established annual light-based festival, a single night pop up cinema, and an art installation sited on a disused viaduct. Each project questions the future use of our heritage buildings, their sites and context. The case studies form destinations which are not part of an established cultural heritage ‘trail’ or route. The action of ‘making and doing’ reverses our analysis of art and film from a tool we were using to help understand a place, to a medium that helped to define a place as a meanwhile use. Simon Baker is a protagonist who worked to re-appropriate the underutilized spaces and Sarah Mills is a lecturer of Architecture and uses film and Situationist techniques to analyse the subversion of the everyday. Challenging the normative modes of architectural practice engenders collaboration and questions existing policies, guidelines, buildings and the current purpose of place.
Book, Presentation, Climate Emergency, History and Representation, Placemaking, Simon Baker
38327.pdfA Certain Degree Of Uncertainty: Embracing Risk In The Thesis Project Via The ‘creative Survey’ - April, 2016
A Certain Degree Of Uncertainty: Embracing Risk In The Thesis Project Via The ‘creative Survey’ - April, 2016
A Certain Degree of Uncertainty - AAE 2016.pdfA paper presented at the AAE Conference at UCL in 2016.
“Over the past 10 years I have developed a pedagogical tool in my design studio, the creative survey. In this paper I suggest that this method can help students cope with, and indeed, welcome uncertainty into the design process and I reflect upon the problems, opportunities and consequences associated with this. Referring to interviews with past and present MArch students from my studio I will describe how this way of working has affected their attitude towards uncertainty within their education and within their ongoing careers in practice.I will describe how, in its development, the creative survey has expanded from a single exercise at the beginning of the design process to become the crystallisation of a broader critical methodology for the production of a thesis project that we believe has wider implications on architectural practice.
In the writing of this paper I have found the work of Helga Nowotny around uncertainty in science and social science, culminating in her book The Cunning of Uncertainty (Nowotny 2016), to be very useful and much of this paper’s enquiry is developed through the lens of her theories on the subject.”
In Sept 2016 I presented the paper to colleagues in MArch to help frame a discussion on how we might encourage more risk-taking and experimentation in thesis projects.
Journal Article, EDI, Pedagogy, Placemaking, Participation, History and Representation, Carolyn Butterworth
“Over the past 10 years I have developed a pedagogical tool in my design studio, the creative survey. In this paper I suggest that this method can help students cope with, and indeed, welcome uncertainty into the design process and I reflect upon the problems, opportunities and consequences associated with this. Referring to interviews with past and present MArch students from my studio I will describe how this way of working has affected their attitude towards uncertainty within their education and within their ongoing careers in practice.I will describe how, in its development, the creative survey has expanded from a single exercise at the beginning of the design process to become the crystallisation of a broader critical methodology for the production of a thesis project that we believe has wider implications on architectural practice.
In the writing of this paper I have found the work of Helga Nowotny around uncertainty in science and social science, culminating in her book The Cunning of Uncertainty (Nowotny 2016), to be very useful and much of this paper’s enquiry is developed through the lens of her theories on the subject.”
In Sept 2016 I presented the paper to colleagues in MArch to help frame a discussion on how we might encourage more risk-taking and experimentation in thesis projects.
Journal Article, EDI, Pedagogy, Placemaking, Participation, History and Representation, Carolyn Butterworth
Collaborative Production; working with marginalised communities - 2015-2016
Collaborative Production; working with marginalised communities - 2015-2016
This presentation explores the work carried out by students from the School of Architecture in Goldthorpe, a former mining village in South Yorkshire, exploring the value of:
• Sustained community engagement• A range of project types and activities• Working across disciplinary boundaries• Working collaboratively to address local needs• Engagement through participation• Research by design
Presentation, EDI, History and Representation, Pedagogy, Participation, Dan Jary
• Sustained community engagement• A range of project types and activities• Working across disciplinary boundaries• Working collaboratively to address local needs• Engagement through participation• Research by design
Presentation, EDI, History and Representation, Pedagogy, Participation, Dan Jary
DJary L+T conf slides 2017.pdfView the students projects at:
The Value of Civic Engagement in Learning and Teaching - 2015
The Value of Civic Engagement in Learning and Teaching - 2015
TESS Senate Award Conversations Presentation
The presentation focused on a collaboration with Doncaster Primary Schools and Doncaster Civic Trust. Looking at the mutual benefits of delivering a design competition for schools that is supported by Architecture and Urban Design students. The students design and deliver a workshop in Primary Schools to help children develop and create their design submission. The presentation also focused on the importance of the ‘virtuous learning circle’ that the project establishes.
Presentation, EDI, History and Representation, Pedagogy, Participation, Leo Care
The presentation focused on a collaboration with Doncaster Primary Schools and Doncaster Civic Trust. Looking at the mutual benefits of delivering a design competition for schools that is supported by Architecture and Urban Design students. The students design and deliver a workshop in Primary Schools to help children develop and create their design submission. The presentation also focused on the importance of the ‘virtuous learning circle’ that the project establishes.
Presentation, EDI, History and Representation, Pedagogy, Participation, Leo Care
Castlegate Festival - June 2015
Castlegate Festival - June 2015
LW Project Summary Castlegate Festival.pdfLive 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
Aims:To make a creative contribution to the inaugural Castlegate Festival, 21-22 June 2015. The aims of the Festival were to:• 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
Report, Event, EDI, Participation, Placemaking, History and Representation, Carolyn Butterworth
Aims:To make a creative contribution to the inaugural Castlegate Festival, 21-22 June 2015. The aims of the Festival were to:• 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
Report, Event, EDI, Participation, Placemaking, History and Representation, Carolyn Butterworth
The Cultural Value of Architecture - June, 2014
The Cultural Value of Architecture - June, 2014
LW Project Summary Value of Architecture.pdfAAE LW Workshop.ppt.pptxPart of an extensive AHRC funded ‘CulturalValue’ 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.
Report, EDI, History and Representation, Participation, Carolyn Butterworth
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.
Report, EDI, History and Representation, Participation, Carolyn Butterworth
Living & Learning - 2014
Living & Learning - 2014
aae 2014 conference proceedings.pdfDuring the AAE conference, Live Works will be based at Union Street, in the City Centre. We aim to offer an event based around a recent research project looking at the cultural value of architecture. There will be an interactive exhibition based on workshops with members of the public looking at how they value architecture. Delegates will also be offered a Spotter’s Guide, to go out and explore some key buildings in the city centre and appraise the value of them. We hope this activity will provide an interesting counter-point and fringe event to the conference; providing a city centre orientation station and showcase how SSoA engages the people of Sheffield in its work.
Presentation, EDI, Placemaking, Participation, History and Representation, Carolyn Butterworth and Leo Care
Presentation, EDI, Placemaking, Participation, History and Representation, Carolyn Butterworth and Leo Care
Cinema Under the stars; Heritage from below - 2013
Cinema Under the stars; Heritage from below - 2013
Published; 2014Heritage culture and identity, Who Needs Experts, countermapping cultural heritage.Chapter 9 p133-146Edited John Schofield, university of YorkIsbn 978-1-4094-3934-9
This chapter takes as its focus an open-air, ‘pop-up’, site-specific cinema in the car park at Marshall’s Mill, Leeds, a Grade II* listed former flax spinning mill. In the shadow of the official heritage of the mill, this was a Do-It-Yourself event. Counter-mapping heritage, cinema and place. Schofield and Szymanski (2011: 7) suggested that heritage might come alive when “artistic practice connects people to place in imaginative and often unforeseen ways.” This chapter celebrates the sometimes surprising possibilities for counter-mapping cultural heritage involving cinema under the stars and heritage from below. In many respects we had created a, ‘Derive’, simply defined in 1958 as a ‘mode of experimental behaviour linked to the conditions of urban society: a technique of transient passage through varied ambiences.’ ‘’Debord, Guy, ‘’ theory of derive’’ in Andrettotti and Costa, theory of the derive, 1996
Neither of us has much experience in cinema or heritage projects. We started out, for different reasons, simply hoping to enjoy an open air screening of our own making. Brett had grown up during the 1970s with drive-in theatres in the USA; he lectures on youth arts and urban leisure. Simon was planning on showing films in his garden and, as an architect, his practice centres on urban design; he is based in offices at Marshall’s Mill. After weather postponed another small scale back garden attempt we sketched out our initial ideas in the most hallowed traditions on cocktail napkins over pints in pubs. Fuelled in this way our ideas escalated and Simon’s back ground as a practicing architect prompted, ‘Direct action’ not to talk and dream but to act! As our plans for the site-specific cinema grew, we had a series of fortunate windfalls, including a partnership with the UK Green Film Festival. After nine months of planning (and pints), in May 2012 we hosted a screening of the film Happy (2011 Dir. Roko Belic) in the Marshall’s Mill car park. In sum, the event became something far more interesting than we had initially envisioned.
Book, EDI, History and Representation, Placemaking, Simon Baker
Neither of us has much experience in cinema or heritage projects. We started out, for different reasons, simply hoping to enjoy an open air screening of our own making. Brett had grown up during the 1970s with drive-in theatres in the USA; he lectures on youth arts and urban leisure. Simon was planning on showing films in his garden and, as an architect, his practice centres on urban design; he is based in offices at Marshall’s Mill. After weather postponed another small scale back garden attempt we sketched out our initial ideas in the most hallowed traditions on cocktail napkins over pints in pubs. Fuelled in this way our ideas escalated and Simon’s back ground as a practicing architect prompted, ‘Direct action’ not to talk and dream but to act! As our plans for the site-specific cinema grew, we had a series of fortunate windfalls, including a partnership with the UK Green Film Festival. After nine months of planning (and pints), in May 2012 we hosted a screening of the film Happy (2011 Dir. Roko Belic) in the Marshall’s Mill car park. In sum, the event became something far more interesting than we had initially envisioned.
Book, EDI, History and Representation, Placemaking, Simon Baker
Blackburn ReMade - 2013
Blackburn ReMade - 2013
Blackburn Remade Print Final.pdf(re)create Blackburn was a Live Project by fourteen architecture students from the University of Sheffield. Between September and November of 2013 they collaborated with Blackburn and Darwen Council’s Blackburn is Open programme and the community of Blackburn. The project aimed to revitalise Blackburn town centre through the promotion of the creative industries.
Book, EDI, Placemaking, History and Representation, Participation, Carolyn Butterworth
Book, EDI, Placemaking, History and Representation, Participation, Carolyn Butterworth