Prue Chiles — 30 years of projects across South Yorkshire

21 years of Live Projects: how Sheffield’s architecture students have helped shape the city region

Another batch of Live Projects - 17 in all - has just come to an end, beautifully curated and facilitated by Sam Brown from Sheffield’s School of Architecture.

Live Projects have been a key feature of training architects in Sheffield. They have also had real impact in the city and beyond. Why do they work so well?

Placemaking, CommunityMiranda Plowden12 June 2021homelessness, participation, architectural education, workspace, Prue Chiles, Carolyn Butterworth, Sheffield School of Architecture, SOAR, South Yorkshire Housing AssociationComment

Asset based community development: what's changed in 20 years?

Neighbourhood Strategies in north Sheffield - how it started

In the first decade of the 21st century, a small experiment took place in north Sheffield: a group of us wanted to see if we could create a strategic and visionary masterplan for 6 neighbourhoods (50,000 population) starting not with facts and technical analysis, but with local people's stories and ideas.

Two things inspired this approach.

Community, Placemaking, RegenerationMiranda Plowden5 March 2021SOAR, Well Rotherham, ABCD, Co-production, Community-led neighbourhood plans, Eventus, Prue Chiles, Andrew Grant, Sheffield, Foxhill, Longley, Parson Cross, Shirecliffe, Southey Comment