Monday
10th October
3.00pm - 5.00pm
DRIVERS
FOR CHANGE: IMAGINING SHEFFIELD IN 2050
Arup
will be opening the week by hosting a light hearted workshop envisaging how
Sheffield might look in the future in response to how the world might change
over the next 40 years. Arup are involved in helping cities and countries around the globe
to respond to our changing environment. This hands on event will provide an
opportunity to imagine and debate the key issues, challenges and opportunities facing the city and how we might
respond to them to ensure we have a thriving city in the middle of this century.
A great chance to be
creative!
Booking:
Places are limited. Please register your interest via David Marsh at david.marsh@sheffi eld.gov.uk or by
telephoning 0114 2734223.
Venue:
Arup offices - New Oxford House, 30 Barker’s Pool, Sheffield, S1
2HB
Event
organiser: Arup
6.00pm to 8.00pm
OBSERVATIONS
ON URBAN DESIGN
Rob
Cowan and Alan Jackson Simpson will offer their unique observations on urban
design. Rob, founding director of Urban Design Skills, will give a talk titled
‘Pandora and her Trojan horses’. Rob has written numerous publications on urban
design, and has been instrumental in developing a series of innovative urban design
methods. Alan is an architect + professor of urbanism. His talk is titled ‘100 years
of urban renaissance’. Alan’s work in the UK and the USA has delivered numerous
successful urban renaissance strategies and approaches to working with urban
communities. He is co-founder of the Carnegie Mellon University Re-Making
Cities Institute Pittsburgh PA, and created and led the Yorkshire Renaissance
Towns and Town Team Programme 2001-06; and led the York City Beautiful project
2009-10.
Be prepared for a
stimulating and informative evening!
Venue:
Owen building Level 10, Room 1028, Sheffield Hallam University
City Campus.
Event
Organiser: Sheffield City Council
Tuesday
11th October
5.30pm to 7.00pm
THE
STORY OF PARK HILL AND SHEAF VALLEY PARK
Mark
Latham from Urban Splash and Richard Watt s from Sheffield City Council will
talk about the development of Park Hill and its setting of Sheaf Valley Park.
Mark will give an overview
of the scheme, which will
include an opportunity to visit the show apartments, and Richard will focus on
the redesign of the Park to provide both a unique setting for the development
and a new green space within Sheffield city centre.
Following the talks, there
will be an opportunity to take a guided walk through Sheaf Valley Park, which will
conclude at the Sheffield Tap public house at Sheffield Midland railway
station.
Booking:
Places are limited. Please register your interest via David Marsh at
david.marsh@sheffi
eld.gov.uk or by
telephoning 0114 2734223.
Venue:
Park Hill events space - access via Park Hill main entrance at the
north end of South Street.
Event
Organisers: Urban Splash/Sheffield City Council
Wednesday
12th October
12.30pm to 1.30pm
WHOSE
SPACE IS IT ANYWAY? USE OF URBAN SPACE
Irena
Bauman will give a talk titled ‘the public use of space’. Irena is
a founding director of Bauman Lyons architects, a former CABE commissioner and
the Chair of the Regional Design Review Services, as well as a member of the
Sheffield Sustainable Development and Design Panel.
Venue:
Electric Works, Sheffield Digital Campus, 3 Concourse Way, Sheffield,
S1 2BJ
Event
Organiser: Sheffield Hallam University
6.00pm to 7.30pm
THE
ARTS TOWER STORY
Alan
Robshaw from HLM architects will talk about the recent refurbishment of the
iconic Arts Tower.
Alan will reflect on the
challenges and lessons to be learnt from his close involvement in the works to
the Grade II* listed building.
Venue:
The Arts Tower, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, S10 2TN
(room to be confirmed)
Event
Organiser: HLM architects
Thursday
13th October
12.30pm - 2.00pm
UNDERSTANDING
THE VALUE OF PLACES
This
learning lunch event will explore the wider benefits of quality places through
a series of presentations by renowned practitioners, followed by a Q&A
debate.
Speakers are:
Irena
Bauman - Valuing distinctive places;
Martin
Stockley - Civility of places;
Graeme
Collinge - Capturing economic value in the public realm;
Professor
Franco Bianchini - Cultural value of places
Booking:
Places are strictly limited to 25 and should be reserved in advance.
Please reserve your place by contacting Integreatplus via Rachel Sanderson at Rachel@ciq.org.uk
Venue:
Creative Sheffield
Event
Organiser: IntegreatPLUS
8.35pm
Film
screening of ‘SKETCHES OF FRANK GEHRY’
Sheffield
Civic Trust and the Showroom cinema have organised a special screening of ‘Sketches
of Frank Gehry’ directed by Sydney Pollack.
Booking:
Tickets are available from the Showroom box office: 0114 279 6511
Venue:
The Showroom cinema
Event
Organiser: Sheffield Civic Trust / The Showroom cinema
Friday
14th October
12.30pm to 2.00pm
THE
COPENHAGEN EXPERIENCE &
“MASSIVE
SMALL: the operating system for smart urbanism”
Tina
Saaby and Kelvin Campbell will explore ways of achieving change within cities. Tina, who
is city architect of Copenhagen, will talk about recent developments across
Copenhagen, and the role of successful public realm in making a liveable and
attractive city. Kelvin, managing director of Urban Initiatives will explain
concepts introduced in his recent publication: ‘Massive small: the operating
system
for smart urbanism’, which outlines the processes and behaviours required to deliver
urban projects in the current challenging climate, and explore fundamental
questions relating to the changing role of the public sector.
A copy of MASSIVE SMALL is
outlined on the Smart Urbanism website
http://smarturbanism.org.uk/2011/01/massive-small/
Venue:
Room 16.3 The Arts Tower, University of Sheffield, Western Bank,
S10 2TN
Event
Organiser: University of Sheffield
6.00pm to 8.00pm
REVIEW
OF THE WEEK
AXIS
architects will be hosting an informal review of the week in their basement
studio, which will be
an
opportunity to share experiences and reactions to the weeks’ events.
Refreshments will be
provided.
Booking:
Places are limited and booking is essential. Please register your
interest via AXIS architecture by emailing events@axis-architecture.com
or by telephoning 0114
2490944
Venue:
AXIS architecture
Event Organiser: AXIS architecture
