Showing posts with label tasks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tasks. Show all posts
Monday, 8 February 2010
Lloyds Corner: The Removal of Objects
Hello... Having done a bit of research (well, asked Dave...) I have found out it costs £10,000 per phone box for them to be removed! so a costly process...
Tuesday, 26 January 2010
Art Trail: Call for facilitators
We are hosting Sheffield Hallam Student Volunteers next month. Their brief will be to create an art trail throughout sharrow...
The workshops will be held on Friday 19th Feb and Friday 26th Feb from 12.30pm... We are currently looking for volunteers to help facilitate...
Our aims for the project are that:
1. The students find out more about the area- and therefore may be more likely to come here/ think more positively about what sharrow has to offer...
2. They draw people who live, work and play in sharrows attention to aspects of sharrow that excite them/inspire them and/or are critical of things- so perhaps comment on the way space is used/ link places together...
3. They have to talk to local businesses/ people at the potential locations of the signs and so converstaions start and negotioations start... people start talking about the area and what is distinctive/ important
3. We create a map of their signs and distribute it around schools/ shops/ local people/ students and get poeple walking aorund at looking at sharrow more generally...
We need facilitators for the two workshops- the first would be presenting the area/ themes in the brief and going for a walk around with the students, provoking them, getting then to look at/ know the area better... then help them to come back and discuss ideas for their groups signs... and begin to design them...
The second workshop would be the making of the signs... we have some bought materials as we have fairly substantial pot of money (about £400) and also will hope to salvage materials etc...
The students could also have a small budget per group (from hallam) of about £40 to buy extras if they needed them...
We are expecting 40-50 students to attend and i thought that they could form 8 groups of 5 students (two groups per theme and area- 'create'- the john street triangle... 'play'- the parks and schools, 'gather'... the community buildings (inc sufc!) and 'trade'- london road area)...
I think it is important for the facilitators to push with how the students would interpret these themes... and get them to be as creative as possible... (so play could be about lots of things- a full page of defintions according to the online dictionary- i like Quick, often irregular movement or action, especially of light or color: the play of color on iridescent feathers.)
so please drop me a line at sharrow_action@hotmail.com if you might like to be involved...
The workshops will be held on Friday 19th Feb and Friday 26th Feb from 12.30pm... We are currently looking for volunteers to help facilitate...
Our aims for the project are that:
1. The students find out more about the area- and therefore may be more likely to come here/ think more positively about what sharrow has to offer...
2. They draw people who live, work and play in sharrows attention to aspects of sharrow that excite them/inspire them and/or are critical of things- so perhaps comment on the way space is used/ link places together...
3. They have to talk to local businesses/ people at the potential locations of the signs and so converstaions start and negotioations start... people start talking about the area and what is distinctive/ important
3. We create a map of their signs and distribute it around schools/ shops/ local people/ students and get poeple walking aorund at looking at sharrow more generally...
We need facilitators for the two workshops- the first would be presenting the area/ themes in the brief and going for a walk around with the students, provoking them, getting then to look at/ know the area better... then help them to come back and discuss ideas for their groups signs... and begin to design them...
The second workshop would be the making of the signs... we have some bought materials as we have fairly substantial pot of money (about £400) and also will hope to salvage materials etc...
The students could also have a small budget per group (from hallam) of about £40 to buy extras if they needed them...
We are expecting 40-50 students to attend and i thought that they could form 8 groups of 5 students (two groups per theme and area- 'create'- the john street triangle... 'play'- the parks and schools, 'gather'... the community buildings (inc sufc!) and 'trade'- london road area)...
I think it is important for the facilitators to push with how the students would interpret these themes... and get them to be as creative as possible... (so play could be about lots of things- a full page of defintions according to the online dictionary- i like Quick, often irregular movement or action, especially of light or color: the play of color on iridescent feathers.)
so please drop me a line at sharrow_action@hotmail.com if you might like to be involved...
Monday, 7 September 2009
Displays: For Housewarming
Please find below the plan for the displays for the action group room. Please contact me if you wish to write any of the introductions for the projects and/or select images etc for the projects.
Distinctive Sharrow Toolkit and Action Group Intro and aims
· Intro to the project
· Intro to the action group
· The toolkit
· Invitation to join the group
· Blog address and website address
Lloyd’s Corner
· Project intro/description
· Brief
· Masterplan
· Photos of event 1
· Photos of event 2
· Outcomes
· Future Steps
The Word on the Street
· Project description/ intro
· Brief
· Shortlisted Artists
· Stage 1- lanterns at the lantern festival, Sharrow festival and on buildings etc
· Stage 2- final design
· Publicity- Sharrow Today
Flags
· Project intro/ description
· Flag workshop photos
· Flag planning application drawings
· Photos of flags on London Road
· Publicity- Sharrow Today
Empty Shops
· Project intro/ description
· Future plans
Map of Sharrow
· Map Lloyds Corner
· Map Signpost locations
· Map Flags
· Map Thriving centres outline
· Map Lowfields/ My Place
· Map the hub
· Any grow Sheffield projects to map?
Other
· Planning Applications
· Other documents and information from SCC and Grow Sheffield and CAN etc
Distinctive Sharrow Toolkit and Action Group Intro and aims
· Intro to the project
· Intro to the action group
· The toolkit
· Invitation to join the group
· Blog address and website address
Lloyd’s Corner
· Project intro/description
· Brief
· Masterplan
· Photos of event 1
· Photos of event 2
· Outcomes
· Future Steps
The Word on the Street
· Project description/ intro
· Brief
· Shortlisted Artists
· Stage 1- lanterns at the lantern festival, Sharrow festival and on buildings etc
· Stage 2- final design
· Publicity- Sharrow Today
Flags
· Project intro/ description
· Flag workshop photos
· Flag planning application drawings
· Photos of flags on London Road
· Publicity- Sharrow Today
Empty Shops
· Project intro/ description
· Future plans
Map of Sharrow
· Map Lloyds Corner
· Map Signpost locations
· Map Flags
· Map Thriving centres outline
· Map Lowfields/ My Place
· Map the hub
· Any grow Sheffield projects to map?
Other
· Planning Applications
· Other documents and information from SCC and Grow Sheffield and CAN etc
Monday, 17 August 2009
Room Painting and design of displays: DS HQ
We had a painting day on Saturday, decorating the new DS Action Group HQ... Thanks to everyone who helped...and as you can see have now painted a map of Sharrow on the wall... we hope to use this to add information about DS Action group and others' projects in the neighbourhood. Hopefully as we begin to do more spontaneous projects these can also be mapped.There is still some painting to do- largely of the woodwork, please contact me if you may be able to spare a couple of hours to help.
We also need to design displays for our housewarming event which is fast approaching. It has been discussed that this will include information about our projects, students work, planning applications, community building projects and inspirational ideas from others... If you would like to be involved or have any ideas for this it would be much appreciated.
Wednesday, 22 July 2009
Empty Shops: Letters to landlords
I have now sent out the above letter to landlords for vacant retail units on London Road and Abbeydale Road. We will contact them early next week to try to confirm the scale of the proposed festival. It is hoped that once the number of units is ascertained we can really get going!
Monday, 20 July 2009
Housewarming
Below is a list of people and groups that we have discussed inviting to our housewarming event on 23rd September 2009. Please add anyone (groups and/or individuals) that are missing to the list...
- Sharrow Action Group extended mailing list
-Sheffield Civic Trust
-Sheffield City Council planners
- Abbeydale Communities Together
- Nether Edge neighbourhood Group
-Broomhall Forum
-Grow Sheffield
-Encounters
-SUFI Centre planning group
- Portland Works businesses
-CAN
-Sharrow Forum
-Lansdowne TARA
-Sheffield University landscape students
- Sam Vardy, Doina Petrescu, Renata Tyszczuk, Florian Kossak, and Carolyn Butterworth + others? from Sheffield Univeristy Architecture Department
-Who else?... either post, comment or email asap...
I will hopefully design an invitation soon in order to mail out early august...(if you would be happy to help with this, please drop me a line!)...
- Sharrow Action Group extended mailing list
-Sheffield Civic Trust
-Sheffield City Council planners
- Abbeydale Communities Together
- Nether Edge neighbourhood Group
-Broomhall Forum
-Grow Sheffield
-Encounters
-SUFI Centre planning group
- Portland Works businesses
-CAN
-Sharrow Forum
-Lansdowne TARA
-Sheffield University landscape students
- Sam Vardy, Doina Petrescu, Renata Tyszczuk, Florian Kossak, and Carolyn Butterworth + others? from Sheffield Univeristy Architecture Department
-Who else?... either post, comment or email asap...
I will hopefully design an invitation soon in order to mail out early august...(if you would be happy to help with this, please drop me a line!)...
Thursday, 16 July 2009
Tuesday, 2 June 2009
Wednesday, 18 February 2009
TASKS: JMU/ MP Feedback from the Lloyds Corner Event
JMU
1. What was successful about the making event and What could be improved?
It was good to all be doing something in a room together, the process allowed us to have a think about what it was we wished to achieve.
I think the weaknesses were that we needed to plan what we were making before hand and be clear as to what we were bringing along and to have designed the objects beforehand so they looked more professional / were an appropriate scale/ made the impact we desired. It was suggested that we use the blog to have this conversation about what we would make, what materials we needed and who would do what but this was not an effective tool in this circumstance as no one used it; perhaps a meeting finalising a list of things and assigning tasks would have been useful in this case.
I think it is a balance however between people feeling that this group becomes too onerous in terms of commitment and making sure we achieve what we set out to do. Please give me feedback in this respect.
2. What was successful about the Lloyds corner event and what could be improved?
The event was very visible, people had detailed conversations about specific ideas rather than generalised ones, and we monitored movement through the site.
It is worth keeping in mind that:
i. Some of the more successful ideas may have been popular because they were good engagement techniques, not necessarily because they are right for the site.
ii. we have only gathered info from one time of day, day of the week and two months of the year (both cold!)
3. What key things did you learn from the event that could inform the brief?
i. That an intervention which has in built flexibility/ provides a space for people to hold events or play would be popular. People would like to see lots of different things happening here and to be able to make their own mark. (it was key on the route of The Chinese New Year Dragon for example and could also be important for the Lantern Carnival.)
ii. That the routes through the site are important and must be kept clear.
iii. Signposting here would be popular and useful and could be a way of promoting the things that Sharrow has to offer such as Mount Pleasant Park, the Mosque, Stag Works, Bramall Lane, the library, etc etc
4. How could we publicise the blog more widely?
Posters in local shops could be a good way to do so and I have made some initial enquiries about linking this in with other information that is going out to shops along London road and Abbeydale Road- I will keep you updated on this.
If anyone fancies either designing a flyer or writing a line or two for the flyer explaining who we are/ what we do that would be great…
5. What information are we currently missing that we need to inform the development of the brief for the site? ( I am currently compiling technical information from officers etc about the services, listing of the lamppost and streetforce/ highways)
I will arrange a meeting with highways, planning and the landscape architect who deals with section 106 allocation in order to fill out the gaps in our knowledge. However we need an outline brief and our research collated prior to this. This should be the key aim of our next meeting.
MP Feedback
Making session:
This was fun but I thought severely limited in terms of where we did it – having little access to water for instance for washing and cleaning was a real pain - also materials, would have been much easier to use a wooden floor (or have a tarpaulin!) I know I could have brought more stuff like that but had not known what to expect.
Also, we did forget stuff to take to the event (the painted “planters”) -needed a check list of what we had made or brought beforehand to take to the actual event.
A good event in terms of people’s energy, though.
The Event
Coloured stepping stones, hopscotch, dance steps –these are what I noticed people of all ages really getting into – quite spontaneously and with no need for them to be explained or signposted.
Choreography of moving through these different kinds of pavement “interventions” – could be used by anyone including physically /visually impaired.
So the way people enjoyed being led or entertained as they travel through the area was the main thing I noticed, and as a result I think that some kind of pathway design would probably be the most effective and economical use of the space.
1. What was successful about the making event and What could be improved?
It was good to all be doing something in a room together, the process allowed us to have a think about what it was we wished to achieve.
I think the weaknesses were that we needed to plan what we were making before hand and be clear as to what we were bringing along and to have designed the objects beforehand so they looked more professional / were an appropriate scale/ made the impact we desired. It was suggested that we use the blog to have this conversation about what we would make, what materials we needed and who would do what but this was not an effective tool in this circumstance as no one used it; perhaps a meeting finalising a list of things and assigning tasks would have been useful in this case.
I think it is a balance however between people feeling that this group becomes too onerous in terms of commitment and making sure we achieve what we set out to do. Please give me feedback in this respect.
2. What was successful about the Lloyds corner event and what could be improved?
The event was very visible, people had detailed conversations about specific ideas rather than generalised ones, and we monitored movement through the site.
It is worth keeping in mind that:
i. Some of the more successful ideas may have been popular because they were good engagement techniques, not necessarily because they are right for the site.
ii. we have only gathered info from one time of day, day of the week and two months of the year (both cold!)
3. What key things did you learn from the event that could inform the brief?
i. That an intervention which has in built flexibility/ provides a space for people to hold events or play would be popular. People would like to see lots of different things happening here and to be able to make their own mark. (it was key on the route of The Chinese New Year Dragon for example and could also be important for the Lantern Carnival.)
ii. That the routes through the site are important and must be kept clear.
iii. Signposting here would be popular and useful and could be a way of promoting the things that Sharrow has to offer such as Mount Pleasant Park, the Mosque, Stag Works, Bramall Lane, the library, etc etc
4. How could we publicise the blog more widely?
Posters in local shops could be a good way to do so and I have made some initial enquiries about linking this in with other information that is going out to shops along London road and Abbeydale Road- I will keep you updated on this.
If anyone fancies either designing a flyer or writing a line or two for the flyer explaining who we are/ what we do that would be great…
5. What information are we currently missing that we need to inform the development of the brief for the site? ( I am currently compiling technical information from officers etc about the services, listing of the lamppost and streetforce/ highways)
I will arrange a meeting with highways, planning and the landscape architect who deals with section 106 allocation in order to fill out the gaps in our knowledge. However we need an outline brief and our research collated prior to this. This should be the key aim of our next meeting.
MP Feedback
Making session:
This was fun but I thought severely limited in terms of where we did it – having little access to water for instance for washing and cleaning was a real pain - also materials, would have been much easier to use a wooden floor (or have a tarpaulin!) I know I could have brought more stuff like that but had not known what to expect.
Also, we did forget stuff to take to the event (the painted “planters”) -needed a check list of what we had made or brought beforehand to take to the actual event.
A good event in terms of people’s energy, though.
The Event
Coloured stepping stones, hopscotch, dance steps –these are what I noticed people of all ages really getting into – quite spontaneously and with no need for them to be explained or signposted.
Choreography of moving through these different kinds of pavement “interventions” – could be used by anyone including physically /visually impaired.
So the way people enjoyed being led or entertained as they travel through the area was the main thing I noticed, and as a result I think that some kind of pathway design would probably be the most effective and economical use of the space.
meeting minutes: 10th february 2009
Action Group Minutes 10th February 2009-02-18
Attendance: RW, CC, LP, JU
Apologies: JC, CM, T&H, MP, PR
The minutes of this meeting have now been removed. Please contact the action group at sharrow_action@hotmail.com if you would like a copy of these minutes
Attendance: RW, CC, LP, JU
Apologies: JC, CM, T&H, MP, PR
The minutes of this meeting have now been removed. Please contact the action group at sharrow_action@hotmail.com if you would like a copy of these minutes
Sunday, 15 February 2009
Tasks Feedback: LP
Lloyds Corner event 24/01/09
LP feedback 11/02/09
Making session and preparation
· Great fun, a good way to know the members of the group better and most of the things worked to bring life and colour to the Lloyds corner.
· Would have been useful to make a quick assessment on how appropriate what we were making was for the site (Lloyds Corner). This might include microclimate factor, size of objects…etc.
· The need for more preparation was demonstrated with the last scene: ‘the urban Oasis’. A more thorough preparation could have avoided missing the sunflower s and the flower pots (the boys were very disappointed about this) and make the trees exercise more efficient. For example a sandwich board on the ‘people tree’ inviting people to position them where they would have like to see a tree planted.
· Check other events in the area; at the end it did clash with the Chinese New Year event but could have been integrated if we would have known.
The event
· Again great fun even in the cold
· Lots of interesting chat with people and quite an impact (several people mentioned they saw us and wanted to know more about it)
· Great photos to publicise the action group and the project
· More people involved might have helped to catch more people passing by?
Feedback from conversation with people on site and people who saw us while driving and personal observations:
· Combination of ideas rather than only one theme. E.g. play/art and vegetation; vegetation and paving…etc.
· Something visible from driving cars and buses as they are also users of the space
· People with children interacted much more as the children naturally/spontaneously engaged with the activities (dancing/drawings) and dragged their parents along. Could be part of the brief, think about the children first the parents will follow.
· The lady who played hop scotch (sorry if it is the wrong spelling) clearly enjoyed doing something from her youth; maybe something related to the history of the place linked with the lamp post might be appropriate? (Julia mentioned a photograph of Queen Victoria on London Road, it could be displayed on the chemist window)
· It is clearly a space people pass by on their way somewhere rather than a destination. A new intervention should not impede people’s movement.
· There was some respect shown, trying to avoid to walk on the children drawings on the pavement , which is very encouraging, especially if some temporary/more fragile structures/interventions are proposed.
LP feedback 11/02/09
Making session and preparation
· Great fun, a good way to know the members of the group better and most of the things worked to bring life and colour to the Lloyds corner.
· Would have been useful to make a quick assessment on how appropriate what we were making was for the site (Lloyds Corner). This might include microclimate factor, size of objects…etc.
· The need for more preparation was demonstrated with the last scene: ‘the urban Oasis’. A more thorough preparation could have avoided missing the sunflower s and the flower pots (the boys were very disappointed about this) and make the trees exercise more efficient. For example a sandwich board on the ‘people tree’ inviting people to position them where they would have like to see a tree planted.
· Check other events in the area; at the end it did clash with the Chinese New Year event but could have been integrated if we would have known.
The event
· Again great fun even in the cold
· Lots of interesting chat with people and quite an impact (several people mentioned they saw us and wanted to know more about it)
· Great photos to publicise the action group and the project
· More people involved might have helped to catch more people passing by?
Feedback from conversation with people on site and people who saw us while driving and personal observations:
· Combination of ideas rather than only one theme. E.g. play/art and vegetation; vegetation and paving…etc.
· Something visible from driving cars and buses as they are also users of the space
· People with children interacted much more as the children naturally/spontaneously engaged with the activities (dancing/drawings) and dragged their parents along. Could be part of the brief, think about the children first the parents will follow.
· The lady who played hop scotch (sorry if it is the wrong spelling) clearly enjoyed doing something from her youth; maybe something related to the history of the place linked with the lamp post might be appropriate? (Julia mentioned a photograph of Queen Victoria on London Road, it could be displayed on the chemist window)
· It is clearly a space people pass by on their way somewhere rather than a destination. A new intervention should not impede people’s movement.
· There was some respect shown, trying to avoid to walk on the children drawings on the pavement , which is very encouraging, especially if some temporary/more fragile structures/interventions are proposed.
Wednesday, 11 February 2009
Distinctive Sharrow Action Group: Tasks!
Please spend a few minutes and bullet point one or two ideas in response to the following:
1. What was sucessful about the lloyds corner event and the making event?
2. What could be improved?
3. What key things did you learn from the event that could inform the brief?
4. How could we publicise the blog more widely?
5. What information are we currently missing that we need to inform the development of the brief for the site? ( I am currently compiling technical information from officers etc about the srvices, listing of the lamppost and streetforce/ highways)
I will then post everyones feedback on the blog...
The next meeting is schedule for Tuesday 24th February at 6pm
1. What was sucessful about the lloyds corner event and the making event?
2. What could be improved?
3. What key things did you learn from the event that could inform the brief?
4. How could we publicise the blog more widely?
5. What information are we currently missing that we need to inform the development of the brief for the site? ( I am currently compiling technical information from officers etc about the srvices, listing of the lamppost and streetforce/ highways)
I will then post everyones feedback on the blog...
The next meeting is schedule for Tuesday 24th February at 6pm
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