Reclaiming West Park

Background Information

Live Projects are a pioneering educational initiative introduced by the School of Architecture at the University of Sheffield. Masters’ architecture students work in Live Project groups with a range of clients including local community groups, charities, health organisations and regional authorities. Live Projects include design/build, master planning, building feasibility studies, sustainability strategies, online resources and participation toolkits. The projects draw on the school’s exceptional research base as well as the commitment, vision and resources of highly talented students.

Working With Local Communities

In each project students and clients work together to define the project and develop a brief. Through regular contact with the client students develop useful design solutions. In every case, the project is real, happening in real time with real people.

The West Park Live Project ‘Reclaiming West Park’ was sponsored by local housing charity Giroscope to help the local Newington community develop the opportunities offered by the Newington Neighbourhood Plan in the context of West Park and its adjoining areas.

Over a six-week period from October to December 2024 students from the schools Architecture, Landscape, and Architectural Design master’s course worked with the many stakeholders in West Park including Hull City Council, the Stadium Management Company and the local community to develop a unique set of proposals for a holistic and comprehensive design vision for West Park, as an extension of the 2023 Neighbourhood Plan and was produced to visualise the community ambitions outlined within the Plan.

Key documents