Blueprint sections and width

I’m trying to create a Blueprint, with four pages sections. One displaying on the left and one on the right of the Panel. This can be achieved with pages fields, using width: 1/2 and the fields “float” next to its other. But width doesn’t seem to work with pages sections. Is there an easy way to do this without having to use columns?

title: Workshops

sections:
	section1:
		type: pages
		image: icon
		label: Weekly workshops
		template: workshop-weekly-template
		status: listed
		width: 1/2

	section2:
		type: pages
		image: icon
		label: One-off workshops
		template: workshop-one-off-template
		status: listed
		width: 1/2

	heading:
		type: fields
		fields:
			line:
				type: line
			heading:
				type: headline
				label: Draft unpublished pages
				help: For workshops that are not currently running

	section3:
		type: pages
		image: icon
		label: Draft weekly workshops
		template: workshop-weekly-template
		status: draft
		width: 1/2

	section4:
		type: pages
		image: icon
		label: Draft one-off workshops
		template: workshop-one-off-template
		status: draft
		width: 1/2

I was using columns, but there was a lot of code and I was hoping to use width to reduce the code:

title: Workshops

columns:
	block1:
		width: 1/2
		sections:
			section1:
				type: pages
				image: icon
				label: Weekly workshops
				template: workshop-weekly-template
				status: listed

	block2:
		width: 1/2
		sections:
			section2:
				type: pages
				image: icon
				label: One-off workshops
				template: workshop-one-off-template
				status: listed

	heading:
		width: 1/1
		fields:
			line:
				type: line
			heading:
				type: headline
				label: Draft unpublished pages
				help: For workshops that are not currently running

	block3:
		width: 1/2
		sections:
			section3:
				type: pages
				image: icon
				label: Draft weekly workshops
				template: workshop-weekly-template
				status: draft

	block4:
		width: 1/2
		sections:
			section4:
				type: pages
				image: icon
				label: Draft one-off workshops
				template: workshop-one-off-template
				status: draft