Photo courtesy Peter Lathey.
Archive for November, 2007
Snapshot: final project review
Posted in Uncategorized on November 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Live project assessment
Posted in Background on November 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
As if we could forget that this project will be being assessed at the end of this week, here’s an email received by students today on the subject of self-assessment of the project.
Assessment of Live Projects
For clarification and information
You will appreciate that it is always potentially problematic to assess a group project but we enclose [...]
Today’s cryptic quote (a.k.a. mañana, mañana, mañana)
Posted in Observations on November 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Overwhelmed by the end of project panics? Time flying too quickly? Turn to Shakespeare for some suitable thoughts…
“She should have died hereafter;
There would have been a time for such a word.
Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The [...]
Sheffield LifeSwap
Posted in Background, Events, LifeSwap, News, Observations on November 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Last week a number of care leavers who use Number 92 took part in the Sheffield LifeSwap. The LifeSwap event seeks to promote awareness of different life experiences amongst ‘hard to reach’ young people. The project was introduced as follows:
October 22nd to 27th 2007 is National Care Leaver’s Week. Life Swap is a Sheffield City [...]
Today’s cryptic quote (a.k.a. architecture isn’t always the answer)
Posted in Observations, Precedents on November 2, 2007 | 1 Comment »
A conversation amongst various members of the group yesterday reminded us of a quote infamously attributed (amongst wordy architects) to the late Cedric Price (1934-2003).
Finding ingenious and elegant solutions for everyday problems he championed ‘anticipatory architecture’, firmly believing in impermanent architecture designed for continual change. Price redefined the role of the architect as an agent [...]
Some thoughts from last year
Posted in Precedents on November 1, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Two members of this live project worked together in last year’s ‘Inconspicuous Yellow Office’ live project, which investigated alternative methods of architectural practice, including the live projects themselves. A kind of manifesto was created, which may serve of use to ourselves and other live project students during the last week or two of the projects.
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Today’s cryptic quote
Posted in Background, Observations, Precedents on November 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
As we near the end of the project we are turning our attention to the workshop that the group will be running with undergraduate architecture students during next week’s Whole School Event. Every live project will be running a workshop that will seek to promote inter-year connections and awareness of how the live projects work [...]
