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"How small a thought it takes to fill a whole life".

 
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A green & blue space system for Sheffield: a brilliant demonstrator for our new City Goals
A green & blue space system for Sheffield: a brilliant demonstrator for our new City Goals

Sheffield is rightly proud of its green and blue infrastructure.

But is the city really getting the most out of this infrastructure? And how would treating it as a system help?

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This blog was inspired by a Wittgenstein quote:

“How small a thought it takes to fill a whole life.”
— Wittgenstein
 

It marks 30 years of my working in South Yorkshire exploring my ‘small thought’…
How can we create places that have meaning for the people who live and work there?

 
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A green & blue space system for Sheffield: a brilliant demonstrator for our new City Goals
A green & blue space system for Sheffield: a brilliant demonstrator for our new City Goals
Sheffield's Investment Zone: an opportunity to showcase the city’s “green” future?
Sheffield's Investment Zone: an opportunity to showcase the city’s “green” future?
Cesar Manrique: what can South Yorkshire learn from Lanzarote?
Cesar Manrique: what can South Yorkshire learn from Lanzarote?
Celebrating South Yorkshire Housing Association at 50: and only two Chief Executives in 50 years
Celebrating South Yorkshire Housing Association at 50: and only two Chief Executives in 50 years
A new works depot for South Yorkshire Housing Association: what makes the design uniquely ours?
A new works depot for South Yorkshire Housing Association: what makes the design uniquely ours?
Come Home: how South Yorkshire Housing Association’s brand communicates our purpose
Come Home: how South Yorkshire Housing Association’s brand communicates our purpose
Dun Works, Sheffield: how can one person's enthusiasms generate a brand that speaks to a whole neighbourhood?
Dun Works, Sheffield: how can one person's enthusiasms generate a brand that speaks to a whole neighbourhood?
21 years of Live Projects: how Sheffield’s architecture students have helped shape the city region
21 years of Live Projects: how Sheffield’s architecture students have helped shape the city region
Libraries by design: the power of a well-designed library
Libraries by design: the power of a well-designed library
Asset based community development: what's changed in 20 years?
Asset based community development: what's changed in 20 years?
Moments of Joy: the value of participatory arts
Moments of Joy: the value of participatory arts
Pictorial meadows: the perfect urban landscape for our time?
Pictorial meadows: the perfect urban landscape for our time?
Rockingham Street, Sheffield: Is the office now dead? 5 reasons why well-designed workspaces matter more than ever.
Rockingham Street, Sheffield: Is the office now dead? 5 reasons why well-designed workspaces matter more than ever.
South Yorkshire Housing Association's new workspace: how to communicate your business purpose through design
South Yorkshire Housing Association's new workspace: how to communicate your business purpose through design
WikiHouse, Sheffield: could this be the solution to the UK’s housing crisis?
WikiHouse, Sheffield: could this be the solution to the UK’s housing crisis?
Slingsby Place: how can you make a 'place' with just 28 homes?
Slingsby Place: how can you make a 'place' with just 28 homes?
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“Out beyond ideas of wrong doing and right doing, there is a field - I'll meet you there.”

Rumi

 

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