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Urban Fabric: Would you like to build another Sheffield?

Saturday 3rd November 2-4pm FREE
Access Space
Unit 1, AVEC Building,
3-7 Sidney Street,
Sheffield S1 4RG


Have you got opinions about the city? Would you like to see changes to the urban environment?

Come and talk to our next Artist in Residence Gabriel Menotti who will discuss methods of how to prototype a city.

His project Urban Fabric, is an on-going workshop/exhibition aimed at constructing a collective maquette of the city using the equipment of Access Space's Refab Space.The work explores how these tools might enable hands-on agency over large-scale environments and foster critical dialogue.

RSVP via Facebook.
6pm Wednesday 15th February 2012
Stoddart 7140, Sheffield Hallam University

SHarc Guest Lecture: Barra Mac Ruairi - Strategic Director Regeneration & Culture, Bradford MDC: ''S, M, L, XL, XXL'' Barra Mac RuairĂ­ is the Strategic Director of Regeneration and Culture for the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council and as such a member of the Council’s Corporate Management Team. The Department of Regeneration and Culture consists of Planning, Transportation and Highways, Housing, Employment and Skills, Economic Development, Property, Facilities Management, Culture and Tourism. He has been in post since January 2008. Before coming to Bradford, he was Head of Renaissance Towns & Cities at the Regional Development Agency Yorkshire Forward and prior to that worked for Urban Splash in Manchester and Liverpool.