ABSTRACT
The project for FareShare, a national charity that addresses food poverty and food waste, commenced with two design workshops for participating students. The FareShare project was extra-curricular. In a 'credit chasing' culture, participating students discovered that it can be empowering to do something because one wants to, and realised that they can be the masters of their education and experience. The point of departure of the Live Project is that collaboration and collective endeavour are at the heart of pedagogic purpose. Live Projects could be seen as 'complementary' and in the very best hands 'alternative' to orthodox design studio work. For educators one difficulty in setting up Live Projects is the issue of time, particularly their co-ordination with the academic calendar. At the Leeds School of Architecture Live Projects are delivered in the design studio, in technology modules, or in discrete university-wide events.
