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Location Sheffield E1 | ARB/RIBA courses BSc (Hons) Architecture, MArch Architecture, Architect Degree Apprenticeship Level 7 | Head of school Paul King | Full-time tutors 14 | Part-time tutors 3 | Students 250 | Staff to student ratio 1:16 | Bursaries available Yes
Undergraduate
Angelyn Silva
Course BSc (Hons) Architecture
Studio/unit brief Climate Action Assembly (Studio 3B)
Project title Climate Action Assembly
Project description Issues of citizenship and participation call for a space within Leith that provides good acoustics, essential services and a clear platform for speakers in debates. The project takes an inclusive approach whereby the scheme acts as a central point in the neighbourhood to attract and enable people to meet and interact. It is deliberately located in one of the areas of Leith that is least populated. The building is circular in form – symbolic of democratic space – to provide flexibility for both political and environmental aspects. New routes through the site and views to and from the assembly building also make the project visible in its context. A central external space for assembly doubles up as a facility for floodwater attenuation and rainwater harvesting.
Tutor citation Angelyn’s project demonstrates a confident and assured approach to the urban realm and placemaking, conceiving an assembly building plus a coherent public space fronting the river. Gabriel Tang
Postgraduate
Hannah Graves
Course MArch Architecture
Studio/unit brief Inclusive Infrastructures: Brussels 2030 (Studio 6)
Project title Growing Cohesion: Producing Social Infrastructure Through Circularity
Project description Located in the up-and-coming dense Marollen district of Brussels, this project intertwines social and environmental sustainability by being co-created with the community. It utilises a disused building to introduce nature. The scheme is framed on creating networks and growth. It works as a base for food collection and redistribution to help reduce food waste and help residents struggling with hunger. Each stage of the process to deliver this focuses on collaboration and education. The building stores, reuses and redistributes food: both onsite and around the neighbourhood. It involves composting, community growing and cooking, education and skills sharing, with a pay-as-you-feel food hall.
Tutor citation This project demonstrates an original interpretation of an inclusive infrastructure with both social and environmental sustainability at its heart. Goran Vodička
