{ Transgression }

Model with forced perspective image.

This final photomontage of the outdoor area shows how the completed tunnel model fits within the space. Adults are able to interact with the tunnel as well as the children as it also functions as a seating area. The 'noodles' that were developed mainly for the inside space have been added as a permanent feature outside- this ties the two spaces together.

Day six - on the final day we presented our team ideas for the space to Saskia, the creative director at Z-arts.

Although we were worried our installation would attract only young children, members of the public of all ages were keen to get involved. It was great to see the excitement that our installation created and the public's creativity demonstrated how a simple cardboard box can be used to enhance a very busy public space.

2 distinct ideas running side by side. Idea 1: live stream of filming from vantage point. Idea 2: creating false perspectives and realities from specific view points.

Finally, we determined the light effects that we needed to polish up our installation. We located some red lights centrally at the front of the altar to create reflections of illuminated objects, which would resemble the fire ashes on the floor and complete the post-explosion scenery.

Pictures of the wax cityscape, this time bicycle lights have been used to create shadows.

Day five - we split into groups of four and then discussed how our ideas could fit together as one proposal, taking aspects of all of them and working to solve issues with each, as a team. The next couple of days were spent model-making in order to creatively represent our design.

Pictures of the wax cityscape while burning.

Second location. Vantage point. Move away from phonebox intervention

initial ideas centred around a vantage point from above for filming and a phone box for our intervention

Drilling holes for "noodles" on Tuesday in prep for the the model and presentation on Thursday. The model only shows a portion of the gallery and is 1:20 in scale. We decided to make a larger model so that we could use real hair curlers as noodles (which the concept is based on) instead of finding smaller and less suitable substitutes. There will be another smaller model (1:50) which will show the whole gallery and other proposals within it.

Day 5 & 6 - It's second week of the event. We were working on the second task, which is the kites making. We need to make the kite that's similar to our model in first week. The relationship between kite and the model is the separation between ground floor and second floor. End of day 6, we had our frame of the kite done.

isometric and section drawings of our memorial design scale 1:100

The fifth day was spent combining each group members ideas and starting to make models. I made this larger scale model of the 'life-size' pop-up book that would be used by children when performing plays.

Series of quick sketches showing the making process.

The moment of judgement.... Our kite got up in the end, it just needed a little help and some stronger winds!

On the last day we were filming a video of our building "performing". To show that our video is a stop motion so no hands are shown in the film and building "talks" for itself

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Our event finally comes to an end. On the last day, all four groups present work to each another alongside with strong graphic image and great physical model.

Three floors together make up a structure/building. Art turns into architecture

We started to assemble our building. Every floor has its colour wall best suited for the painting. The top of the extrusions have a colour full bits cut out and stuck on top of them, so when you look above the floor you can only see a flat painting instead of a structure/floor/building.

We decided that we are having load bearing and decorative walls. The curved walls were made out of plastic and curved by the heat gun. Other straight walls were down out of colour full acrylic

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Exploded axonometric drawing and the section through the building.

We decided to laser cut the extrusions. We chose mdf for our base. We stick painting on the base and spray painted the columns and other pieces.

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Here is some quick render visualising the interior of the church installation in different view point.

After presenting to Jim we spent the rest of the week building on our designs, creating orthographical drawings as well as developing the 3D models and rendering them to be used to create some realistic visuals to be used on the presentation on Friday as well as for our final project sheets.

Interior projectors showing pictures of the old Cornerhouse, retro movie posters and how popular the cinema was.

Furthermore, we made 1:20 model of the altar end of the Church to emphasize the anchor point for the altar which demonstrates that all strings connect at one central point. [ Short video of our memorial design for the installation for St Luke's Church in Liverpool-> https://youtu.be/Dmt3rPE6lfU]

The first day of this week we had the opportunity to present our ideas to Jim Chapman. This was an interesting and different experience given Jim seemed to have a more practical view on the project, by giving feedback on the potential financial and realistic differences there would be between projects; feedback similar to that of our studio tutors. Jim was delayed and had to postpone our meeting until the afternoon which we welcomed as it gave us chance to create sheets to present to him.

A quick model of our first design idea

1:100 physical model of St Luke's Church. The photo shows how our installation fits in to the existing church structure.

Visited 3 different sites, but we chose the John Dalton building as it was more appropriate than the other 2 sites and it also fits into our design scheme.

The pattern of the web creates a clear path from the tower to the altar.

Having decided on the final concept, we began building a physical model of the installation. The proposed columns were laser cut in order to make even holes in each of them. Afterwards, we attached the wire shooting out of the altar to each of them including the tower.

Planting

Visited the Whitworth art gallery for insipiration and how different objects are displayed in various ways

Day four consisted of a self direct study day. This was used to created a detailed facade of the Cornerhouse as we were predominantly working on a facade treatment for the project. This along with further development of our project as a whole was done so that we could present our ideas to Save the Cornerhouse campaign group. Being able to voice our ideas to someone who had such a valuable insight into the realities of the project was very informative. We used the feedback given to then develop our ideas further making it more desirable.

Day 6 - Construction on site, adding the bottled roof and plants in the planters.

3// Started to analyse the site in terms of sound and identify sources of sound. Making a simple site model helped break down the different areas of Piccadilly Gardens and why some parts were more noisy than others - something that wasn't entirely clear when just walking on the ground.

Day 8 (20/5/2015)

It's the exhibition day! By using the doodled boxes, sketch books and strings, we designed the SpacePortX area into an art exhibition. We were lucky there were four columns in the area so we decided to use them to tie the strings and hang the loose sketches on them. We build up columns from the boxes and put out sketch books on top of them. Mr. Phillip Chin, our guest of the day also exhibit his 3D model and shared some tips on drawing. It was a good day!

Day 7 (19/5/2015)

The second day at SpacePortX! This time we had a slideshow video by Hakym on how he started sketching and what inspired him. We then continued doodling on the boxes that were to be used for the final exhibition. After a while we stopped doodling and divided ourselves in a group of 4 to 5 people. By using pens, A2 papers and orange paint, we did posters using our hand and fingers as the brush. It was messy but exciting!

Day 5 - Testing Construction

Day 4 - Collecting bottles

On our last session we were able to exhibit our work on ground floor of Chatham. We projected the videos we made as well as live feed from a video camera. We observed people's reactions and how they interacted with the space

Day 6 (18/5/2015)

It's our first day (and first time) at the SpacePortX. When we arrived at the space, we were asked to assemble the boxes and doodle on them. I decided to make paisley patterns with Manchester's details and landmarks on them. We then played a game where we drew things that were mentioned by the 5th year students and then pass it around in our group. It was challenging as we only conveyed the message through the drawings but it was fun! The output was ridiculous! Can you spot the 6 items in the drawing?

Day three consisted of a design workshop; this was a group studio day. We worked in our paired groups developing our ideas and combining the best from each of us, a brainstorming session if you like. After coming up with a firmer concept we started to sketch some visual representations of what we were trying to achieve.

Day 3 - Testing Ideas

Day 2 - Brainstorming

Day 1 - Site Visit

Day 6
Final Model completed in time for the presentation. Overall had a wonderful time building the model with my group mates and it came out well.

This is the future cityscape which I imagined in 2200, showing the future transportation system in the context of several skyscrapers. We can see the three different modes of transport (3 levels) in the picture.Besides, although air road cannot reach every building, but people wherever they are can arrive at the closest station within 3 minutes.

The scenario for my project is shown in the picture.With the development of science and technology,there are no limitations to transportation in 2200.People no longer have to worry about traffic jams at that time.Generally,transports are allocated into three levels.The roads in the air is for particular institutions such as hospital, police and big companies.They have private tracks so they are arrive to the destination quickly- no need to worry about the traffic situation.Most cars are driven in the air with thruster and jet wheels.However,if cars are broken down or the driver cannot drive the car (drunk for example)Cars start to be drived by computer
automatically on the ground, Transmission become quite humanized and convenient in 23 century.

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We fit in our installation to the church model. We decided to install a series of stained glass columns at the end of church where used to place an alter. Since such place is almost enclosed by huge window, we think that its a perfect place to make it as a memorial by representing them as the stained glass lost after the bomb.

precedent behind seating idea

Day 9 - We spent the day flying our kites in Whitworth park. Although there was barely enough wind to get them off the ground, we still managed to keep a couple of them in the air for a relatively good amount of time.

diagramming program

Section in context and a visual showing our design after final changes.

Day 6.
In the end, the presentation went well and Z Arts Gallery client liked some of the ideas.

Day 8 - After we finished stitching the kite, we quickly tested it outside Chatham before making any changes to increase it's stability. Once the design had been finalised we set the string with glue, ready to fly on Thursday.

On the second day of the project we visited both the Cornerhouse site and Home. The aim of which was to photograph, sketch and diagram the sites to better inform our designs.

Day 7 - After designing our kite, based on Wittgenstein's theory of language, we began making the wooden frame and stitching on the plastic to allow the kite to fly. Our kite used see through plastic sheeting to mimic the element of camouflage implemented in our hut design.

Video was projected on different areas inside Chatham while the movements of people were recorded.

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This image clearly shows how installation free stand by itself, it is stable without touching the edge of the church. We are trying to attach all the hanging debris at the side.

Day 6.
In the last day we took pictures and assembled the stop motion video for the final presentation.

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We laser cutter out our 1:100 final model and slotted all the pieces together perfectly to form the structure. The photos show how it fit in to the existing church structure.

Day 5.
We continued by creating a testing model of our idea and putting it all together in the room model. In the end we had an outside and inside playground, that had a lot of fun and educational factors for the kids. We had a colorful net idea for the outside room, the spinning tops that became furniture when dismantled and a really nice set design for the kids plays that usually occur in the gallery.

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We calculated the total area of materials destroyed by the bomb from the plans and sections and the diagram shows the amount of each material burnt and destroyed by the bomb. We allocated the circulation and how different materials located, finally come up with the plan shown in the middle.

projection testing for different angles and heights.

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The reason why we designed the installation in such why is to show the damage created by the bomb to the church's roof. The void in the middle represent the vortex effect made by the bomb. We decided to form the whole structure in a grid shell structure so that numbers of debris can be hung from the structure itself.

Day 8
We decided to design a leaflet which would accompany the final product. This includes basic information about the project, instructions for the assembly of the puzzle and a list of quotes from an interview with a lady we meant on the site.

Making use of the common/reception area

Folding chairs as coat hangers

Day 4.
In our individual groups we all had different tasks and for this specific day. I personally had to draw a couple of kids doing different activities. Those drawings will be further placed into our final presentation to create a short stop motion video.

Smoke Tings

Day 3.
This day was dedicated to a small presentation with our main ideas for the playground. Each and one of us presented a whole bunch of amazing ideas and precedents. The day ended with concluding for a final design. Based on the story and style of each creation, we grouped in 4 main groups to work together on the final idea.

Archaeological Ruin

Day 2.
In the following day, we mainly tried to create a realistic file of the whole room, as well as a laser cut file for the future model. Afterwards, we started brainstorming for the project.

On the first day we got into groups and came up with initial ideas for the DJ booth. Our initial concept came from modelling geodesic domes and cutting panels out in order to translate the form into an enclosure. We continued to develop this idea by cutting voids and placing a translucent material underneath in order to mimic a fabric tension structure.

Sacrificial Colours