Category: Blog

  • Collaboration with the School of Architecture of Sheffield University

    Collaboration with the School of Architecture of Sheffield University

    Sheffield CLT and Studio Polpo  are collaborating with the School of Architecture at the University of Sheffield, on a six week design based project to explore sites and models for community led development in Sheffield City Centre. The project, run by Dr Cristina Cerulli and Dr Beatrice De Carli, is titled “Re-appropriating the post-industrial landscape

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  • Sheffield CLT is getting in motion

    Sheffield CLT is getting in motion

    The Sheffield CLT project is now moving towards an ‘active’ phase in which it will engage with local community and stakeholders to discuss models, scenarios and potential routes to establish Sheffield CLT. We will be working with Studio Polpo and the MA in Urban Design at the School of Architecture at University of Sheffield to

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  • Why start a CLT in Sheffield? A view from Studio Polpo.

    At Studio Polpo we have been involved in a range of collective and community led projects as well as academic and practice based research around housing and collective action in the city. We worked with Portland Works to support the purchase of a threatened heritage building through the first community share issue in Sheffield, we

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  • The beginning: 2015 Sheffield Housing Festival

    The beginning: 2015 Sheffield Housing Festival

    The idea of Sheffield CLT was first presented on 18th April 2015 in at the Sheffield Housing Festival organised by South Yorkshire Housing Association in the context of the Homes for Britain national campaign (led by National Housing Federation, Chartered Institute of Housing, Crisis, Home Builders Federation, National House Building Council, Royal Institute of British

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