Sheffield — 30 years of projects across South Yorkshire

A new works depot for South Yorkshire Housing Association: what makes the design uniquely ours?

At South Yorkshire Housing Association we have brought our Home Maintenance Team and our Neighbourhood Estate Action Team together in a new, shared depot.

The result is a depot like no other. What makes the design of this depot and the rest of our workspace uniquely South Yorkshire Housing Association's?

Brand, Social HousingMiranda Plowden23 August 2022South Yorkshire Housing Association, IF Collective, 93 ft, HEM Architects, Sheffield, brand & purpose, workspace design, social housing Comments

Asset based community development: what's changed in 20 years?

Neighbourhood Strategies in north Sheffield - how it started

In the first decade of the 21st century, a small experiment took place in north Sheffield: a group of us wanted to see if we could create a strategic and visionary masterplan for 6 neighbourhoods (50,000 population) starting not with facts and technical analysis, but with local people's stories and ideas.

Two things inspired this approach.

Community, Placemaking, RegenerationMiranda Plowden5 March 2021SOAR, Well Rotherham, ABCD, Co-production, Community-led neighbourhood plans, Eventus, Prue Chiles, Andrew Grant, Sheffield, Foxhill, Longley, Parson Cross, Shirecliffe, Southey Comment