A Life for Design Thomas Heatherwick Talks to Us About His New Routemaster – and the Olympic Opening Ceremony
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Spring 2012 A life for design Thomas Heatherwick talks to us about his new Routemaster – and the Olympic opening ceremony Forgotten Spaces Celebrating Showcasing Meet our latest winners announced inspirational teachers Yorkshire food honorary doctors 2 Review Editor’s note Winter 2012 3 Review Contents Winter 2012 Welcome to the first edition of Review – Sheffield Hallam University’s brand new magazine. It replaces Newview with a new design and format to better reflect the high 4. quality work going on across the University. 4. Forgotten Spaces Sheffield winners announced Review is one of the first publications to embody the University’s new brand identity, which has been created following 6. A life for design consultation with our staff and stakeholders, and clearly Thomas Heatherwick articulates the ambition we have as a modern, forward 9. News thinking institution. in brief 6. 10. Meet our latest Changes to fees and funding policy present us with a challenging honorary doctors environment, and a university’s reputation has a huge amount 12. Celebrating of influence over the decision a student makes about which inspirational teaching university to go to, as well as its research and consultancy 14. Forgotten authors income and international standing. We want to be able to stand remembered out from the crowd in a busy HE marketplace, and to do this 15. Students’ app we need a strong identity through which to communicate clear wins national competition messages about our strengths, ambitions and successful work. 15. Russian 14. partnerships Therefore, the time is right to take a long term strategic decision to refresh our brand identity, and create a new vision for what we 16. The Olympic planner want to achieve as a University. inspired by Sheffield 17. Sheffield Hallam man We hope you enjoy the new magazine, which will come out making waves in 2012 three times a year, in winter, spring and autumn, in line with 18. Inspirational speakers University terms. Please take a moment to send us your visit University feedback; we are really keen to hear your thoughts on the new 19. Enterprise Challenge magazine. Send comments to [email protected]. winners with a bright future 16. 20. Showcasing Yorkshire through packaging design 22. Caffeine and carbs 24. The most beautiful book in China 24. What’s in Review your stuff? Editorial Board Contributors 25. Revamped building Corporate Communications Corporate Communications Student and Learning Services takes care of business Claire Casey, executive editor Joe Field Hazel Scott 0114 225 4187 [email protected] [email protected] 26. Older generation, [email protected] modern innovation Tessa Humphrys Faculty of Health and Wellbeing Ally Mogg, editor [email protected] and Sheffield Business School 28. Leadership 0114 225 2811 Helen Shepherd Laurie Harvey of tomorrow [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Design Faculty of Development and Society 30. Eat Sheffield Students’ Union Alex Storer Harriet Ellis awards winners Sophie Sturch [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 31. Brazil judo squad Faculty of Arts, Computing, Human Resources choose Sheffield base Engineering and Sciences Nadine Watson 26. Yvette Appleton [email protected] [email protected] Facilities Directorate Kat Wood [email protected] 4 Review Feature Forgotten Spaces winners 5 Review Feature Forgotten Spaces winners School pupils’ imaginations Sam Letchford, a year 13 student fired by Forgotten Spaces at the College, said: “We didn’t have much time to work on our project, It wasn’t just professional architects which we did in our free time, so it’s and designers that had the chance to great to have won a prize. I’m going to reimagine the city’s forgotten spaces, study architecture at university and school children also got involved. this has been really good experience.” Local secondary school children And, showing that Forgotten Spaces entered a separate competition to has captured imaginations all over propose and design ideas to revitalise Yorkshire, third prize went to two overlooked spaces in their own local students from the Grimsby Institute. communities. And the winning The pair won £500 in resources for an entries were every bit as imaginative idea for a community theatre in the and well presented as the main grounds of their college, which judges competition. called “architectural and considered”. A group from Hillsborough College All schools who registered for the scooped the top prize of £1,000 in competition were given the chance resources for the school, for their to take part in a workshop led by design for a walled community University architecture academics allotment in Firth Park. The judges and students. The workshop enabled praised the design’s “beautiful” them to discuss their ideas for the presentation and simple, well competition and receive quality thought-out idea. advice on how to express and develop One of the judges was Chris Paterson, their design proposals. “It’s great to win because the whole winner of Forgotten Spaces 2011: Head judge Norman Wienand, head Sheffield, who said: “I’d love to see of the department of architecture team put in such a lot of effort. We something like this built.” and planning, said: “This competition all worked on the different parts of Hillsborough College student Joe has really captured the imagination Bartley, who came up with the of the children involved and I am the design. I’m hoping to do interior concept for the design, said: “It’s great sure we are looking at the work of the to win because the whole team put architects and planners of the future. design in the future and this project in such a lot of effort. We all worked “It’s great to be able to work with will look really good in my portfolio.” on the different parts of the design. young people on ideas for their own I’m hoping to do interior design in the communities and show them the Joe Bartley future and this project will look really processes involved in regenerating good in my portfolio.” our cities. We hope to be able to run a Second prize of £750 in resources similar competition again in went to a group from Thomas the future.” Rotherham College for their “ambitious” idea for a disused pub building next to their Illuminating idea wins College grounds. Forgotten Spaces competition By Tess Humphrys scheme that uses innovative The idea impressed competition judges A second prize of £3,000 was awarded to smartphone technology to magically for its ‘brilliant’ solution to making people Oliver Peach, also a University architecture A light up a dark footpath in Sheffield feel safer at night. They also praised Chris’ graduate, for his Wicker Spice design was the big winner in the Forgotten colourful and clear designs. to develop an essential oil distillery in Spaces 2011: Sheffield architectural ideas abandoned buildings in the Wicker area. competition, taking the first prize of £5,000. “I’m absolutely stunned to be honest,” said The idea celebrated the local community’s Chris, 30, who lives in Firth Park in Sheffield cultural mix and brings a new identity to Guiding Lights, designed by Chris Paterson, but is originally from Holland. “There was the area. a Sheffield Hallam architecture graduate, a lot of stiff competition so when they read brings to life Frog Walk, between Stalker my name out I was amazed.” Third prize, and £1,000, went to Doma Lees Road (off Ecclesall Road) and Sharrow Architects for their Food for Thought idea, Vale Road, with animated ‘avatars’ and an His idea also captured the imagination of which redesigned a dilapidated barn into a LED screen. the public, winning a separate ‘people’s self-sufficient community centre, complete choice’ vote. with allotments and public café. The The screen interacts with travellers at building, in Millhouses Park in Sheffield, Chris chose the site after several friends “There was a lot of stiff night, using motion sensors to track their was nominated as a ‘forgotten space’ for expressed their trepidation at using the movements and generate bright colourful the competition by the city’s South West pathway. He said: “I’m really pleased the competition so when they silhouettes, which escort them. And a Community Assembly. smartphone app can be used to choose general public has responded so positively read my name out, and customise avatars, which signal when to my design. I’ve had loads of fantastic The winners, selected from a shortlist of 19, other people are approaching to reassure feedback from people who have also felt were announced at an event organised by I was amazed.” lone travellers. The idea for the avatars unsafe using the alleyway at night and it the Sheffield Chamber of Commerce at the was inspired by Philip Pullman’s His Dark would be amazing if some changes could Crucible Theatre. Chris Paterson Materials trilogy. occur in the area as a result of my design’s success in this competition.” 6 Review Feature Thomas Heatherwick 7 Review Feature Thomas Heatherwick A life for design In November, world-renowned designer Thomas Heatherwick gave an insight into his illustrious career at a sell-out event, co-hosted by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and the University. We went to meet him in his London studio. By Tess Humphrys do think everyone has But it’s not praise and success that and he feels that education can their own mix of skills and drive him, rather his innate curiosity sometimes limit people’s ability, and “I aptitudes and forms of about how things work, and how to desire, to work collaboratively.