{ Transgression }

Having approached various concepts, we decided to pursue the idea of experimenting with netting and string, and began to look at ways in which this idea could manifest itself. Originally, we planned to create a chaotic intervention within the church, which would represent the smoke and rubble of the explosion. However, once we started experimenting with a more elegant approach, with all the string being focused into 2 points, at the altar and the tower (symbolically, the most significant features of the church), we decided this idea suited the nature of the site far better.

Day_04

Each group presented their ideas to Polly Bentham - founder of the 'Save the Cornerhouse' campaign. She provided feedback and discussed with us how we might to continue to develop our concepts.

In order to develop our initial ideas, we made a sketch model of the church which we could use in order to experiment with various ideas. The theme of our intervention was destruction, so we originally planned to capture a freeze frame of the church exploding, and we came up with 3 concepts which we could use to achieve this:
-hanging objects off beams
-having objects exploding through windows using metal structures
-using net or string to create the sense of an explosion within the church itself

Day 5:

On day 5, we put our final ideas together and did a narative about it. We also walked around Hulme in order to take interviews and find out more about the place. In the meantime, I also worked on designing the poster.

Day 4:

We had a skill tutorial for Adobe After Effects in the morning. We learnt how to animate still pictures. For example, we learnt how to make a picture with smoke on it to look like is moving and growing.

Day_03

A day spent in studio coming up with initial ideas for the possible reuse of the Cornerhouse. These ideas were developed through diagrams and diagrammatical sketches.

The principal element of our concept is to influence the movement of commuters, and encourage them to pass through the Cornerhouse. To do this we would create a sort of passageway which would also provide a service for commuters.

DAY 1//BBQ and tour of the Hulme Hippodrome

We spent the afternoon of our first day getting to know each other and having a fun BBQ in Hulme Park, followed by an amazing tour around Hulme Hippodrome, originally known as the Grand Junction Theatre and Floral Hall. Sadly, once a grand and beautiful venue, the Hippodrome now looks nothing like it's old self.

Following our site visit, we were given the task of compiling our site analysis in which we looked at factors such as climate, sound, population, use and nature of the site. All this data was used to help us develop our interventions, and progress our designs.

Day 3:

We started the day with a lecture given by Dot. On the second part of the day we discussed our film ideas and also did diagrams about it. At the end of the day we all shared our ideas and tried to improve them together.

Designing the cage for our artifact. Going from a cylinder to an octogon.

As part of the events week we were asked to attend the Manchester Wakes: Workers at Play event at the Central Library. A diverse range of acts inhabited the Central Library, reimagining the building not as a quiet and studious space, but as a venue for spoken word, choirs, ukulele bands experimental soundscapes.

Day 5 - Today we discussed our final concept design for the memorial installation for St Luke's, and started to figure out how to construct the model and the view points for the perspectives. With both aspects we wanted to enforce the the anchor point for the altar to demonstrate that all the strands connect at one central point.

As a group we began to explore how we might visually convey the sound waves generated in an installation piece. We looked at the works of artists Maggey Casey and Anne Lindberg, drawing inspiration from their use of wire and fabric. Our final proposal drew from investigation of our sites, and aimed to convey the different motions and sound generated at these locations in one comprehensive artwork.

Day_02

Site analysis. We visited the old Cornerhouse site in pairs and completed some diagrams and sketches. Afterwards we went to the new cultural hub, 'HOME' designed by Mecanoo.

From our analysis of the site, we concluded that a suitable reuse of the Cornerhouse would compliment one of the surrounding buildings. We considered the train station to heavily influence the site and the ideas we develop are likely to follow on from this.

Day 2:

On our second day we walked around Hulme with Tony Kelzo, who offered us a great insight in what used to be there and what it is now. On the second part of the day we discussed our first film ideas.

Finished building cube nets for our final output. The whole group was involved in cutting the cardboard. We cut out different sizes to allow the user to interact with them in different ways.

DAY 3 AND 4 //
We finalized the analysis and put them into visual presentation. We also started on the filming of our video which would be the prototype of our installation.

Day 1:

On our first day we were taken on a tour around the hippodrome in Hulme. After visiting this great building, we were stimulated to be more interested in the history of Hulme. It is also sad to see such an edifice being covered in pigeon poo and forgotten by the world.

The web system will be supported by lace columns and get denser in the less used areas allowing natural light and shadows.

After further analysis of the site we changed our installation design and decided to wrap the altar-the main focus for a religious ritual, with a web constructed to connect each part of the ruins to it.

The floating pieces would stick out from the windows gradually overpowering the site with the bomb explosion.

Our first proposal for the memorial was to create an image of explosion inside the church and make an overwhelming impression of the bomb attack by exploding the walls elements out

Final test model (1:5)- we allowed the frame to remain open at the front of the design, to allow an unobstructed view of the Femur stool.

Test model (1:5)- starting to adapt the frame to interact with the site, flowing up the steps of site 3.
The plastic container is used to represent the Femur Stool. This model raised concern over the frame's bracing obstructing the view of the stool.

[ Fig. 3 ]
Our design scheme is to create a memorial intervention within the church. The commemoration to the WW2 is being reflected by the frozen explosion scenario. As you can see from the image, the structure in the centre of the church represent the twist made by the falling bomb while the random brick-like material on both side represent the loosen material of the church after WW2.

Test models exploring the idea of a hanging exhibition frame.

[ Fig. 2 ]
Before formulating our own response towards a scheme in group, we were told to advance our knowledge towards the bombed out church in the historical aspect.

On Friday we presented our individual proposals to the the 5th year students and a member of the Z arts. After a discussion we were split into groups and told to in cooperate all our ideas into one. The perspective shows the idea I wanted to create of changing the exterior space into a space in which the kids can interact with nature and their surroundings.

This photograph shows the way Cornelia Parker's work has been suspended from the ceiling at the Whitworth Art Gallery. Strangely enough, we took inspiration from the method of suspension, and not of the actual work of art.

[ Fig. 1 ]
We started our day off to visit St Luke's Church in Liverpool. We did diagrams and sketches, well as took photographs, in order to develop a full understanding about the site. This result is then used as a starting point for the development of the design process.

Day 4 Proposed plans for the Merzbau museum

05 | Developing sound installation idea, working on group project presentation, visualizing ideas and design process.

Day 4, Plans and ideas are Crystalising

Day 3 Sketching Workshop. The teams getting their ideas down on paper.

04 | On Friday evening we went to Manchester Wakes event in Central Library. A number of musical spectaculars took place in various spaces, therefore we were able to understand how sound qualities change in different rooms.

Precedent
‘Axonometric view for the VIII Hispalyt contest’
Studio Icono.
2013.

On location - recording at the beautiful Whitworth Art Gallery. The newly gained sound awareness has heightened our perception of everything - the glazing included.

Even simply carrying a microphone makes one much more aware of the surrounding sound environment. Moreover, it makes everyone else much more aware of one. It is interesting to see people's reactions, especially at Afflecks.

The inside of the Library Yurt on the MerzBarn estate.

On location - recording at the Mancunian way roundabout again. This time in a tunnel. Even less safe.

On Location - recording at the Mancunian way roundabout. It doesn't seem to be the safest place, judging from both the visual and the sound environment.

Group photo from the site visit on Day 2

On Location - recording the sounds from two spaces at the ends of this tunnel at Afflecks, NQ.

DAY 5

Into the wild, Hulme.

DAY 5

We spent the day filming around Hulme and interviewing local residents, old and young, learning about their backgrounds and stories.

Finished decorating the office with different kinds of stuffs like stationary,books and plants. Everyone brought their own stuffs and now the office is ready for filming.

Trying to borrow the chairs from school again in the morning of day 6 but failed...then helping to paint the wood pieces placed on easel. The blackboard paint is a bit smelly but the effect of paint is nice.

DAY FOUR // Today we finalised our concepts to present to Polly Bentham a key member of the 'Save Oxford Rd Campaign'. Our concept is to recreate the cornerhouse as a local brewery supplying to the pubs surrounding the building.

three-storey model

Day Six:

Own Infographic showing brewing process

Final configuration.

Transform Le Corbusier's painting into 3D and find the connecting circulation between 3 paintings.

Day Six:

Potential Packaging for each Pubs's unique ales.

Revealing three paintings by Le Corbusier that were chosen to be the floor plans of the model.

Day Six:

Own map of Transpennine Real Ale Trail- showing proximity to manchester, very feasible to include Manchester O Rd in the trail.

Day Four - On Friday we had a visit from Polly Bentham who started the campaign 'Save the Cornerhouse', she explained the campaign to us and why she set it up. We then presented some of our designs to her and she provided us with some feedback on our ideas for the site.

Day Three - On Wednesday we started to develop ideas and our initial concepts. We began with the idea of creating an interior garden space and then developed it further by linking it to the Cornerhouse cafe/bookshop building. We presented our ideas to the fifth years, who gave us some precedents to look at and gave us some ideas on how we could present our designs.

Precedent:
Molecular Structure, Arnold Goron, Structure in samba wood connected with styrofoam balls, electric motor, Isabel Marant, rue saintonge, Paris, 2011

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/156429787027742859/

Initial design sketches and analysis of the Femur Stool, Assa Ashuach studio. 'Exterior Optimisation', was a main focus for this project, making use of 3D print capabilities. We propose extending the polygon surface of the stool, in order to create an organic framework which would surround and exhibit the product.

Day6. Tidying up and decorate the space with stationary and books. Get ready for filming on tuesday.

Kamal on the losing side of a heated design discussion with the corset group..

2// Site analysis - looking at specific sounds and their locations and how they respond in their surroundings. I looked at how these sounds were dispersed and manipulated by surfaces. By using my recording of the periphery of Piccadilly Gardens I analysed sound levels around the site.

Week 2!

Day Five: Lemon Drizzle Cake // Prototypes

After the first week of introductory meetings, design concepts and sketch models where the double takers nailed down their ideas within the ethos of the project, all five groups took large strides towards the construction of their prototypes on friday.

This week is all about finishing off the prototypes and adding polish to their proposals, before presenting the ideas to MMU.

Downhill to the finish line from here!

Day 1
As we were not sure of what CPO (Compulsory Purchase Order) means, we were asked to do a little research about CPO and what it meant. After that we were asked to choose a CPO site in manchester and do a full analysis plus a response to that specific site. We chose West Gorton to focus on as it was an area that the council keeps making decisions about doing a CPO on every two or three decays.

We then decided to make the painting 3D so we planned te bits to extrude and we laser cut them

Finished 1:1 prototype!

Day 4,

Back to the drawing board

#storyboard

Day 4,

Maquette model showing lighting scheme.

Day 1- We visited our site (Spinningfields) in order to determine the target of our project. Due to the construction sites the area is really dusty, so we wanted to make something to make the quality of the air better

-15.5-we thought about how to place the projectors.

Today we presented our final idea and made final adjustments for the concept to work. We are now up to the point where we can start experimenting with ideas and materials.

Day 3,

We went on to our smaller groups and did more brainstorming, and decided on what 3 paintings we did, and generated a plan from the black lines we picked out from the paintings.

3-Dimensional Model of the Bombed Out Church (WIP).

DAY 4

We had a guest speaker, Michael Mayhew travel from London to speak to us about his time spent in Hulme. He was the leader behind Dogs of Heaven and an integral member of the artistic community, organising grand shows in Hulme.

Bonus day 4 - Checking in with the second Ashuach stool group, design discussions and material considerations

Day 1 (11/5/2015)

We started off the day with a briefing at Chatham 513 by the 5th year students, Hakym, Akmal and Siew. They told us the aims and plan for the whole two weeks of SketchFest. We also received our sketchbooks, badges and t-shirts to represent the group. Hakym taught us the basics of sketching aspects such as lines, shape, shade and perspective.

After lunch, we gathered in front of the Central Library to do our first sketch walk. Having the Central Library and its surrounding as our main subject, we did our first sketch there before moving on to Town Hall area and Albert Square. The target is to do at least 3 sketches a day. Looking forward to the next sketch walk session!

DAY 3

In the morning, we had a skills tutorial using After Effects. We learnt to animate still images creating the illusion that it was live footage.