{ Transgression }

Using a scalpel we removed a few centimetres of wax and wire mesh at the bottom of the towers.

This left behind the wooden dowel that could be then slotted into the base, thus holding the structure upright.

Poster showing how we developed our idea

Close up of one of the towers.

Wax, Metal Mesh and Wooden Dowels are all visible in this image.

The presentation of the final outcomes is one of the very important stages which examine how well the whole process of constructing the sustainable office environment went. The spotlighting was used to enhance the narrative and atmosphere dominating the space and highlighting the focus on creating homely and comfortable office place where all users would enjoy sustainable furniture.

How the wax looked when we removed it from the MDF casts. You can see the wooden dowel and wire mesh passing through the wax tower.

The idea is to melt the wax and allow it to flow down the towers leaving behind the metal skeletal frame of the structure.

Black sesame pastry cream

Black sesame Choux au Craquelin

pate-a-choux

A sketch showing the mesh towers all lined up.
Here you are able to view the varying lengths and thicknesses of the towers.

Site Visit to Birley Campus to investigate ways to make the site more student friendly, as the pathways and seating areas feel isolated with little interaction between the site and students.

Thin wire mesh was rolled up either into cylindrical or rectangular shapes. These would act as the "skeletons" of our skyscrapers/towers. These would be inside the MDF casts when we poured the wax in.

It’s all about the base, about the base… Creating a tall structure with poor structural support caused a major problems with stability. As the precedent study did not indicate how the hanger wall was fixed to the floor we had to solve architectural riddle by experimenting with various set ups of the wall, angles as well as the bases. The picture above shows the first wooden base which did not pass a test as it was not heavy enough to hold a big amount of hangers in the place as well as the surface area was very small and easy to case the whole wall to fall on the floor.

Sheets of scrap MDF were used to create casts that we then poured hot wax into. Vaseline was used to prevent the wax sticking to the casts and G-clamps held the pieces all together.

Photo taken in the John Rylands library (study room) during our first visit as a group. The library has been the location for most of the scenes of our film.

-21.5- today we tried tow projector and it look amazing!

The sound waves produced from the recording.

Check the link to listen to echoes of the gallery !
https://soundcloud.com/saisai-8/underground-gallerymp3

Pencil sketch showing how hot wax can be poured into water to create very interesting, freeform and organic structures.

Piazza Design

Pencil sketch showing two people embracing.

Once heated the wax will become very malleable and can easily be shaped. Two pieces of wax can be joined together and shaped while warm to create a sculpture.

Day 03 // The site analysis of the underground museum in the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry.

Building our final model in the workshop

Day one, comprising of gathering hangers and materials to create curtain wall as well as experimenting with the use of colours and opacity by the mean of putting a few hangers on the top of each other which resulted in the structure measuring 1.75 cm.

Malaysian food, prepared by Malaysian. 'Roti Jala' or net crepe is one of the famous food in Malaysia. The texture of the crepe, is basically in the form of net and usually eaten with curry.

Get your Malaysian friend to cook it for you.

Hunger, curtain wall depicting traces of human presence.

DAY 2

Our second day began with a walking tour led by Tony Kelzo in Hulme (Graffiti Artist). The tour showed us the comparisons of Hulme now and then using old photographs. After lunch, we went to Manchester Central library where we accessed the North West film archive for clips and images to use in our film.

I have chosen magnetic levitation technology to power my transport. Put simply, this is using two of the same magnetic points to create a repulsive force. I believe that in 100 years time, scientists and engineers will have figured out how to harness and control this technology. Transport will no longer need guidance rails. There could be some sort of emitting device which creates electro-magnetic waves on which vehicles can travel, as if like flying.

The basic concept of the installation . Diagram shows how the different type of wall would create different type of waves being reflected back by the wall

Sending off the nets to Piccadilly Gardens. We spent about an hour making them into cubes of different size on site before they are ready for public to play with. :)

This is the future cityscape which I created showing the future transportation at a larger scale in the context of my zombie apocalyptical scenario.

A photo collage of the proposed site installation on the St. Peter's Square in the Manchester City Center. The installation was thought to be something temporary whilst waiting for the actual sound dampener which is the trees that is planted in the square.

Black sesame crunchy cream puff

Finished piece before melting

The model that was made using timber. The concept of the model was to reduce the sound reverbaration instead of absorption since it is quite impossible to absorb sound in an outdoor space.

We went to the site in the morning and started our installation of the cubes we have created earlier. The public have been so supportive and interactive. Didn't really expect people to stop by and play with the cubes, but they really did! It is so much fun! :)

In order to melt the wax, wicks were placed into the cast pieces by cutting small grooves into them, placing the wicks in these grooves and painting a layer of melted wax to cover them

Day 8
The finished product. We used grey perspex to show the canals and black to show the void in the Ancoats area.

Making mochi

Day 7
After making all the pieces which would make up our puzzle we stained them. We wanted to create 3 different shades of the stain so we had to sand some down and give others more than one coat. We divided it up in to 3 sections by colour so the making of the puzzle would be easier.

Roaste pork belly.

The scenario for my project is that it takes place roughly 300 years in the future. Technology has expanded and evolved dramatically from what we know today, and through it the prevent issues of society are all resolved. The entire world operated as a single government or system. Cars, plane, boats, all major methods of transportation have become obsolete. This is for several reasons, firstly, the energy used to power these vehicles are outdated, secondly the amount of materials used to construction the vehicles or the roads and paths is too much. And finely, the time consumption for traveling through these vehicles is too much. The technology of 2315 allows for instant travel around the world, individually, or in large numbers.

This has lead to the lack of need for motorways, or any other form of major or international travel paths. Transportation technology allows for people, food, good and everything else in-between to be transported instantly across the globe.

For the base, holes were drilled and then chiseled to fit the square dowels protruding from the bottom of the cast wax 'skyscrapers' to fix them in place

In order for the structure created to function we had to provide oxygen to the user therefore we grew plants with cotton and water and placed them on the top of the metal structure.

Once we had all finished our models, we presented our work to the events group. The middle picture shows an exploded diagram showing the form of the design. The picture below was our final rendered perspective which I did.

Installation in Piccadilly Gardens. We brought the nets and built the boxes on site to make travelling easier. Members of the public started to interact with the boxes and create chalk drawings throughout the day

The solid wax pieces are removed from the cast, and the dowel and mesh cut down to size

Day 5 and 6
We have been in the work shop cutting out the shapes of the puzzle out of mdf then stuck wood with a nice grain on top to make it more interesting. We then marked out the base of the puzzle and made a little lip around the edge so the piece's would not slid around when moved.

Sketches of surrounding pubs that are also under threat due to Network Rails Expansion.

In order to give the wax structure, a wooden dowel wrapped in wire mesh was placed in the cast with the wax solidifying around it

Day 5 (16/5/2015)

It's Chorlton Art Festival! We went to St. Clements Church in Chorlton to join the fun. This time we get to do sketch walk and interact with the society especially family even more. Some of the kids even joined us to sketch. We did a sketch and drawings of the church and the environment. Since it's a very lively festival, we had some colourful sketches :)

Experimenting with combining several techniques in one sculpture - casting and painting wax onto wire mesh.

Thursday, 3pm, the group is on 8th floor working very hard on the project which is due tomorrow!!

The green screen animations made for moving monsters in the film.

Wooden casts for the melted wax to be poured in

All members of the group (1st & 2nd Years) in the John Rylands library. We spent a lot of time there, filming, discussing, thinking.

Photoshopped to make us look like ghosts since we are shooting a horror trailer ) Excited!

P.S. The trailer will have a hint of comedy... )

20/05/15
We set up our final exhibition on Wednesday. The boxes were placed around a circle and all the sketch books were displayed on the top of the boxes. More drawings were hanging on the strings. The visual impact was pretty good and the visitors were all happy with what they see.

The main output is a film. So, after brain-storming the ideas for the film, we decided that it will be a trailer to a fictional horror movie called "Henchmen".

The photo is our group in the process of shooting the footage for the trailer. We had the storyboard and all the equipment ready before we went on sites for shooting.

It was hard work, but very enjoyable )

The mode of transport is that every one/ household has their own pod, which is a smaller more efficient vehicle to travel around their walled city/town by repelling magnets. While there is also a bus system which picks up the pods by dangling tentacles and attached by magnets to take the pods from one city to another (longer distances) faster.

A number of ideas were developed from our brain-storming group sessions. Some, unfortunately, turned out to be unsuitable for our time limits, budget limits (we have zero budget) or simply criticised by the group.

However, we agreed that we will base our project on the idea of a door hole with various filters to emphasise 'heart' elements of architecture or to create alternative realities of spaces. All inspired from the film we chose - "Howl's Moving Castle".

So, we built a 2m high model which would allow us flexibility in positioning the filter according to the site. It is easily transportable, made out of scrap materials, stable and abstract - exactly what we needed.

So what is it? A sculpture for public? A magic portal? Or just a metal stick on wooden base..?

The final sushi presented together.

Final product on the Birley Fields campus. Overall we were all very impressed with the final outcome and feel the structure would be successful in generating future activity on the site.

Rolling the sushi ingrediants together.

21st May, we prepared the ingrediants for our final sushi dish; pickled radish, cucumber, salmon and egg roll.

Visual image of the exhibit in context

I am so very proud of thiiiiis! so unbelievably proud. and jealous of everyone who got to work there ( I couldn't because of the paint and i have shit lungs) anyway, I always like to look at the first picture. when we all got to meet. when the room was so empty. and then later pictures with the hangers in a mess, the broken base and the not so sanded pallets, books every where. fast forward to the end of the week, when everything was starting to work out and the room was starting to shape up. oh it's great. so much more that what i had expected. It was so much fun,can't wait for tomorrow when we get to present. I feel like a proud auntie. *not my picture, stole it from someone, sorry*

The finished Red velvet cakes, iced with colourful butter cream.

Red velvet cake filled with cream cheese icing.

20th may, we created the final mix for red velvet cake.

By lighting the sculpture from within, the shadows fall onto the perimeter walls. This makes the person viewing the exhibit almost feel inside the exhibit itself with shadows all around them.

The abandoned victorian building in Gorton suggests how the progression of society can affect a building over time.

Despite being made from MDF as opposed to the more structurally sound Plywood, the bench could easily support people using it.

The finished bench

Paul nailing together the bench

The design made construction easy. The bench is made from a series of 50mm MDF strips cut at varying lengths.

Multicoloured roof, created by the collection of recycled bottles. The colours created by water ink applied to water.

Final edited picture of the frame into the site.

We made a series of test models in the design process

Piranesi's book has direct links to ancient roman engineering. This image is of his anaylsis of the Aqueducts.

Engraving the different facades as part of the art installation.

Initial construction in studio to rule out any possible construction errors. Following several alterations to the arrangement of the pallet, it was agreed that an L-shape would be the most effective in generating social activity in comparison to linear seating design.

The last row of old houses standing, defying the development.