Date: 31 March and 1 April 2014
Venue: The Showroom Cinema and The Moor, Sheffield
Shaping Our Public/Private Space (ShOPPS)
The interdisciplinary research group Shaping Our Public/Private Space (ShOPPS) is based at the University of Sheffield, bringing together the departments of Architecture, Landscape, Law and Town and Regional Planning.
Invitation
ShOPPS invites you to attend and contribute to a two-day event in Sheffield on March 31st and April 1st 2014, at which practitioners, policy makers and academics will discuss the big questions raised by the complex development and management of town and city centres. The day will include the following sessions:
- Who is the city centre for?
- Keynote by Anna Minton: What is happening to city centres and why does it matter?
- The Moor and the Markets: Discussion followed by a walking tour of The Moor
- What sort of markets do we want, and who are they for?
- City centre retail scheme management: investor and legal perspectives (This is a CPD session, but open to attendance by all interested)
- Changing uses in city centres
- The development of city centre retail: investor aspirations and constraints
- Our public realm: who designs, who manages and who cares?
- Who manages the city centre?
- Who owns the city centre?
The aim of the event is to take a holistic view of these interests and issues, which are all too often considered separately – ShOPPS wants to see the big picture. We are not expecting answers, but aiming to open up a space for meaningful discussions which can be taken further.
Programme
We've invited speakers with a range of different perspectives to ensure a lively debate, with time built in for participation from all those attending.
Sheffield: the perfect background for debate
Sheffield's prosperity peaked in the 1960s and 70s as the 'Steel City'. Alongside subsequent de-industrialisation, the city centre suffered from ill-judged road schemes, poor environment, and competition from out of town malls and from other cities. More recently, Sheffield has reinvented itself with popular and award-winning public spaces, investing in major cultural attractions and industries, developing a reputation as a green, friendly and safe city. But its shopping areas have so far failed to match these successes. Central to this challenge are two adjacent sites in the city centre:
- The Moor, a main shopping street once in serious decline but now, largely in single private ownership, reviving as a result of a complex partnership with the city council which includes a brand new Market Hall and shared management of the public realm; and- the New Retail Quarter, a large stalled retail scheme currently being radically re-planned by the city council.
Registration
This event is free. Your place will be funded by the University of Sheffield and the Interdisciplinary Centre of the Social Sciences (ICOSS)
Last booking date: 21 March 2014
Contact
If you have any questions about this event please contact Sarah Beedham on 0114 222 6815 or email s.beedham@sheffield.ac.uk
