{ Transgression }

DAY 2

Our second day was walking around Hulme with Kelzo, a local graffiti artist, who led us on a walking tour around places of interest in Hulme. After lunch, we then took our ideas for filming to the drawing board and presented them to the rest of the group.

We then split up into smaller groups and forwarded our narrative, so we tried to join his paintings and trace a common circulatory pattern over it

15/05/2015
Day 5

Today, we had a visit from from Polly Bentham from the Save the Cornerhouse Campaign. She talked about their efforts to save the Cornerhouse from demolition after it was relocated to HOME, further down Whitworth St West. After listening to what the group are trying to do, we took it in turns to pitch our ideas to her, and receive feedback on them to help develop them further. We then carried on refining our ideas and producing our sheets for the presentation on the 22nd.

We wanted our floors to be corbusier's paintings as we were designing alsmost a 'Corb Museum'

We then made a test model of how we want our model to stand up

We wanted to test out some materials for our scheme and see what would suit our design the most, so the above picture shows some test maquettes

Once we had chosen a concept design, I 3d modelled it and had a go at creating some perspectives to have an idea of how it would look like.

Day 2,

We looked at Le Corbusier's Paintings and concluded the one we would like to use... my group decided on the one with the most prominent black lines.

Site visit photo

Day 2,

The second session we brought materials to create test models, so we can experiment on different materials to see which ones work well together and compliment each other. We also went on to Painting the different levels of our facade.. which did not end up being used since we were all reshuffled and sub divided into smaller groups. but we begun to understand the project much more...

Existing plan

Construction process and experimentation of form

Started working on the basic working of our design today. Deciding we wanted to be ambitious and work in one big group. Noted down all the things that we found were not working on site and compared it to the more successful all saints park.

We chose to use mainly recycled materials for our design, deciding on old pallets and plastic bottles.

Hand drawn perspective of the site and the surrounding buildings

Day 1 - Today we spent an hour on site, coming to the conclusion that as a space for public gathering it is overtly unsuccessful. There was a distinct lack of shade or shelter and the space is barren, with know obvious or successful attempts at getting people to stay and not simply wander through.

Day 1
Research into the past of Clayton, an area of East Manchester which saw a large amount of houses demolished for regeneration. However much of the space where there was housing is now left empty.

Saturday at Chorlton Arts Festival. We spent the afternoon sketching with some urban sketchers again. After a few hours we prepared an exhibition by hanging our sketches with some thread around a sculpture we prepared with boxes. We had some trouble because there was a lot of wind but we finally managed to make it stand up.

Day 5, draw and cut the cardboards. Thick cardboards were chosen as the material for our playful furniture. :)

Day 3 (Group 15 Tan Zhi Jie)
We joined the Manchester Urban Sketchers for the sketching session of Whitworth Art Gallery. We interviewed some of the sketchers regarding their experience on sketching. Those tips are really beneficial and vital. A group sharing session was carried out in the end of the day.

Day 2 (Group 15 Tan Zhi Jie)
Second sketching session took place at Piccadilly Gardens and the shopping mall Arndale. We also learnt how to sketch the essence of each building by doing sketch within 15 seconds.

Day 1 (Group 15 Tan Zhi Jie)
We were introduced to the event Sketchfest. Hakym briefed us about the event schedule. We did our very first sketching session at the Central Library and the Town Hall.

With the support of Hendo Technology, the hover board is not a imagination anymore. When we talk about magnetic levitation, the easiest way is to use two permanent and strong magnets to repel each other to achieve a simple object that floats.It all sounds very simple and feasible until Earnshaw's Theorem comes in. It states that when two strong permanent magnets are repelling each other, one of the magnet will then flip and attracts to the other one, no matter the size of the magnets, given an amount of time. Hendo's technology then decided to use the simple theory of Lenz's Law to create its own magnetic field and uses the Magnetic Field Architecture (MFA) to concentrate and generating stronger magnetic field to sustain human weights. The only problem is that it can only levitate over copper and aluminium surfaces since the Earth's magnetic field itself is still too weak. With the latest proposal of Floating City, I believe we are able to install our own magnetic field in the sky by then. And with this technology, I believe that hovering transportation is not just a dream anymore.

Ref: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plwX5NtF530

we had a birthday celebration today! happy birthday siti

i grew up loving colours, even though i quite dislike the colours of those hangers. I must say with the right effects, the partition looks pretty decent

Given the knowledge that the Earth might be covered in water in 100 years and because of urbanization due to population growth, I would imagine people of the future will start living in the sky.

a better shot of those plants on the ladder, good fun and good final results.

told you i ended up doing other cool things, putting up some plants with the girls. oh the fun we are having!

metal bases ready. it was very unfortunate that i didn't get the chance to place the hangers. got to do more exciting things though. look out for my next posts

We started implementing our ideas on day 5. The first step was to visit the mmu book binding workshop and to use the guillotine to cut mount board frames for our project.

how excited we were with those reduced roses. such a bargain 9 pounds down to 45p

Scenario:
With the rise of the amount of Methane, Carbon Monoxide and Carbon Dioxide in the air, the future of the Earth in 100 years doesn't seem very optimistic. World leaders are finding a solution to generate more energy rather than fuel and coal, but bearing in mind that mother nature is always ahead of us. Here's the question: Will the Earth still it be the same in 100 years?
By 2030, our population will hit 8 billion people, reservoir starts to evaporate and food rationing will begin due to not enough clean water.
By 2070, sea level will increase significantly due to the meltdown of Greenland, causing the remapping of Earth's surfaces. Cities start to drown.
By 2080, virus starts to breakthrough and causing death to human without proper meal and clean water. Population slides down to 4.8 billion people.
By 2115, which is the agenda's target, the civil society depletes and human will go back to the dark ages, fighting for food, for energy, for clean water, for what is left.

Ref: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdcqbPc3XYY

Today we presented our proposals for the refurbishment of the z arts gallery space. The use of models proved to be especially helpful when pitching to the client as it allowed him to visualise and understand our concepts much more successfully. The proposals which included models seemed to have much more impact and stir more enthusiasm in the client compared with those which didn't, showing just how crucial models can be in developing and communicating an idea.

{140515 // we then realize that the shapes created look like corals and somehow this may be our initial idea for the final products}

{140515 // products of day two's experimentations}

{140515 // the organic shape formed through swirling the water, we then also realize altering the temperature of the water allows us to shape the wax before it hardens}

{140515 // on the second day we explore more of the water immersion method by swirling the water- this results in a rather natural looking form}

{130515 // more abstract products from day one}

Day 5: After further refining our design narrative today. I've drawn these two illustrations of burnt wood beams after the destruction of fire, they are to help interpreting the symbolic meaning behind the staggered patterns which the sky light of the roof takes form from.

{130515 // first prototype of the project, the initial start up of testing ink on wax}

{130515 // on the first day we started of by using water immersion method to create different shapes}

{130515 // initial starting point: melting wax}

Cutting material which will be used for our project.

Today we each presented our proposals for the Z arts gallery space. After a discussion of where each idea could be improved, we divided up into groups of related proposals.

Day five morning, we went to borrow chairs and helped in building the hangers wall in the afternoon. A homey office is nearly done!

everything is starting to take shape in the office. all we need is more decorations to make it feel more like an office

Helping out the hangers team, they have finished the two partitions quickly and nicely.

Day Five:

Decanting and Packaging Process

Day five: Afternoon

The Real Ale Trail-

"The Transpennine Real Ale Trail is a unique voyage to a selection of Yorkshire and Lancashires best real ale pubs - on a train! All the pubs are within a stones throw of their respective Railway Stations, so finding your way there (and back) couldn't be easier."

The addition of Oxford road station would increase people coming through Manchester, which is one of the main reasons for the closure of the corner house and redevelopment of the area

Today we attempted to make a stained glass window plate.

Day Five (15th): Morning

Presented proposal to Polly Bentham- a key figure in the 'save oxford road campaign'. She reacted really positively to the scheme. Prior to presenting she talked about how it was unlikely that any proposal that acted as a threat to home(the new corner house) would not be considered by the developers, however, if it somehow complimented the new venue it was likely to succeed. To progress the brewery design I came up with the idea of a special corner house beer- which would be solely distributed to home, and similarly each of the surrounding pubs could have their own too. Visitors to the brewery would be directed to home, and understand the relationship between the brewery and the new cinema- which would increase popularity for both.

Day Four: Morning

Presentation poster by myself and Florence. Used the Guinness factory/ storehouse as a precedent- similar scheme of re-approprating space, both informative and industry focused.

Today, Polly Bentham came in to talk to us abut her 'Save Oxford Road Corner' campaign. She spoke about the issues her and her team have faced, and helped answer any questions we had. We then spoke briefly about our ideas, and discussed how they could help raise awareness of her campaign. She also helped with the development of our proposals by providing some information we were unaware of, and provided some suggestions for some of our projects.

Testing models, casting shadows.

Testing out the model halfway through its assembly. Takes the weight of a person but needs more layers as it began to bend slightly.

Halfway through assembling our 1:1 model.

With the green wall all finished, here is my favourite bottle plant ! The next step is to experiment with all sorts of different flowers and plants.

Day 5.
We printed out the photos from yesterday and try to destroy it with chemicals to resemble the effect that the surrounding has on the area.

Day 5. Helping out the hangers team to finish off the partitions and decorating the office space.

Day 4- Through diagramming the procession through the church this led to the idea of having a greater density of mass of the material in the less used areas. Then through a number of maquettes we decided on a string pattern to help with creating the weaved density of material, it also allowed us to apprehend the atmosphere and lighting created by it.

1:1 scale model of final design

Refined prototype model

First prototype model to house a Piranesi volume

Model prototype making to house one of the Piranesi volumes.

Model prototype making to house one of the Piranesi volumes.

The Borrowers Woz ere 2k15

Day 2
12-05-2015
The second day started with a landmark: Piccadilly Gardens and followed with the always crowded Market Street, and as the weather got bad we were forced to end the day sketching inside the Arndale Centre from where we got chased away by security.

Metal stripes are welded to form the frame of the proposed garment.

Day 1
11-05-2015
We started our week with the brief for the following two weeks of the Sketchfest event, after which we went into the city centre at the Central Library and Albert Square to start drawing.

DAY 1 AND 2 //
We went to our chosen sites which have different characteristic of sound and space to carry out site analysis. We've got to explore around and experience what we usually do not get to ( in the studio sadly ). Above shown is the general mapping of the sites in city scale at 1:5000.

Today we finished binding all the books. Using them we created two coffee tables, two workspace tables and one large meeting area table. In total we used around 450 books !

First attempt at sanding the wooden pallets down.. Six splinters already, and five palettes left!

Wheelbarrow chairs in use in the kitchen area.

A metal frame was used to support the hanger partition, this was created in the metal workshop at MMU. Hangers were then dropped onto the frame to create an interlocking pattern across the six poles.

Using coffee cups to create a bar graph showing office workers coffee consumption.

Experimenting with wall partitions in different locations.

1:10 model of DJ booth table.

Initial design proposal exploring separation/proximity.

DAY 4
Today we were given string and 25 boxes in order to arrange them and prepare a portable exhibition. We will eventually paint these boxes and sketch on them!

In order to provide oxygen in this privately owned public space, a garment could be worn, so that the visitor could carry his own clean air when visiting the site.