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The final presentation.
Everyone is so excited with all the exotic food prepared.

Concept: Nature taking over St. Luke

We used pallets to construct our structure.

Final presentation for the Merz Barn Events project. I hope we have been a help to Ian and proposed a suitable set of designs for his vision. It has been an interesting and enjoyable experience working with my first client and to a specific brief. A great two weeks, thank you to our wonderful team!

Satay. Marinated and grilled.

With a little bit of peanut sauce

Final Dessert Photo !

Final Plates !

Editing of the photographs which were taken on site to give them a pink polluted effect, portraying that there were several factories located there.

Main Final Photo !

07_ Upon completion of the model and the creation of a storyboard for the filmed output, the footage was filmed and edited

Day 5

First day of filming commenced. Kelso, who we had previously met from our tour of Hulme kindly agreed to be interviewed to offer his perspectives on the crescents. He spoke really well, exclaiming himself that it was "the best he's ever spoken". We chose to do the interview in a setting comfortable to the speaker. He chose the subway near his house where he had tagged (painted) many times.

22/05/2015
Day 12

Today was when we had our presentations, to give three peers our ideas about the re-use of the Cornerhouse. We were split into session, in which we listened to other groups propositions, as well as giving our own ideas. We took it in turns to each explain our ideas and then received feedback. Overall, the project was very interesting and progressed very well

After all the food was eaten

Before all the food was eaten

06_ The final of the five points was the roof terrace/roof gardens

Final presentation with recipe boards and food boards!

Foodietecture (group 8)
Ancient Greece inspired Foodietecture. Using traditonal greek food to create the greek parthanon.
Lamb skewers as the columns
Dips and sauces sitting along the roof
Home made pitta bread as the stairs
with sides of fluffly potato a parmasean balls and sweet baklava for dessert

Final Model, the plate to display the food on.

05_ Following this was the minimalist, open facade that also incorporated the ribbon window, another of the 5 elements of design. Clearly defining that these are two separate elements would need to be necessary for the filmed output

Pavlova topping, starwberries and creme !

Research: Exploring the concept of nature taking the role as occupant and architect we saw the numerous possibilites that could be devised as our proposal.

Sugar Spinning !

Finalising our presentation with stewart yelling that we have 5 mins left!

Bread and dips board

Pavlova board

delgazing the shrimps for our saganaki sauce.

building the food boards

Organic Destruction: This was the theme our group was to explore which explored the role nature takes when a structure becomes isolated and cycle of life and death which nature so successfully displays.

Traditional Baklava Dessert. Phillo Pastry with layers of walnuts drenched in a lemon syrup until absorbed. A couple of pieces could put you in a sugar coma but very very tasty.

Final pavlova! Meringue recipe perfected

Greek Shrimp Saganaki with feta cheese. Tastes great, better than it looks. For the final presentation we plan to use more shrimps for the amount of sauce and slightly less cheese, so it doesnt overpower the taste.

Spinning sugar, amazing colours

Manchester wakes // central library dome

Strawberry and pomegranate pavlova! Meringues didn't work out too well so will experiment.

04_ Next was to demonstrate the open floor plan that could be constructed because of the structural frame created from the pilotis

Finished Section of Design Proposal with Digital Hook Detail. The hooks are used to assist the growth of vines on the existing ruin. The Section also feature the plant pots designed to also assist nature to overwhelm the site. Sand Stone benches have been designed to blend in with the ruin but allow for seating during the annual War Memorial ceremony that will take place on the site. The final design emphasises the decay of the bombed out church whilst also celebrating the explosion of plants, birds and an inner-city ecosystem.

Deep fried eggplant in a beer batter. Experimenting with the tastes and techniques. Turned out better than i thought it would but didn't taste as nice as it looks unfortunately.

Sugar Spinning!

Presentation delivered, project finished - Great fun to be a part of. Thanks squad.

stop motion of my groupmate walking inside the space

Day four: Concept development. Creating concept visuals and prototype test models at 1:20 allowing us to play with the space of the room at a manageable scale. Experimentation of light at a small scale in preparation for our 1:1 model.

03_ Opting to take a more literal approach to have a clearly defined story, the first stage of the model was the 'pilotis' of the building

A Site Visit to Clayton, East Manchester, all we saw was a vast abandoned space with the last house being demolished.

A parallel between the past and the present Hulme that will be a part of our film topic.

17// Day 6 // Sketchjam // we were grouped into 5/6 , each person is given a paper, one person shout one word, everyone interpret it into paper until one person say stop, then pass the paper to the person next to him/her, and the round continues until everyone get their on paper. This activity is very helpful in generating and linking ideas in group.

final video showing the walkthrough in the space

First experimentation with food! French Tapenade.

Manchester wakes

Manchester wakes // university of Manchester choir

Areas of focus: Groups are being made in an aim to provide varying propsals on how to redevelop the site.

Render 3 of 3D model concepts for the fountain area. (Outdoor Lighting)

Sound workshop with novars. Experimenting with different sounds, levels and filters.

02_ The first stage of model making was to make a marionette puppet of the Modular Man, to play the protagonist in the final filmed output and to provide some context and story line to the footage

Render 2 of 3D model concepts for the fountain area. (Wireframe)

Making models that I can later relate to the food

Render 1 of 3D model concepts for the fountain area.

Our film is based on the music influence that came from Hulme in the period of the crescents and how the locals that lived and partied back then are keeping the music alive today. In order to find more informations and document the "present Hulme", we went to the Junction, the only pub that was built back then and it still stands today. There we found that the music is kept alive through the bands that perform weekly at the jam nights. This is a screenshot from the editing process.

The final day morning was dedicated to getting the final presentation, photographs and the stopmotion video ready. Refining the model before presenting it to Saskia.

01_ The first day was spent discussing how best to approach the required output, in particular focusing on the scale of the model for the final film footage and how we could create something representative of Corbusier's 5 stages of design

Rose and Elliott
there was a video as well

On the second day we presented our diagrams, sections and plans for the space. A simple circulation diagram was made on site showing the potential and existing entrances represented by yellow and red arrows.

Elliott encouraging Playfulness and Interaction through Dance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSjHVon5j7g&feature=youtu.be

Foodietecture || Blog Post 8 || The Presentation

The final presentation to tutors has seen the event present their dishes on specially made presentation plates to replicate and signify the architectural styles explored by all.

We had a lot of fun and I believe so did everyone who got involved! People complemented us on the idea and even the Manchester Evening News came and interviewed Rosa!

Here is a video of Rosa being Rosa...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1uMukWBzfw&feature=youtu.be

After watching other events groups present, It came our groups turn at around 12:30pm. Three of use from our group presented our work, including me. I talked briefly about my scenario, my chosen technology and how it works, final output for mode of transport, the final output of how the future transportation system works, and presented my main visual for the future cityscape at a larger scale which was the main final photo collage output require to produce.

After transporting the flat-pack boxes to the site in Piccadilly Gardens via taxi, we quickly and easily set up, and the weather was on our side! The public were extremely interested in our exhibit, and many stopped to play. The Manchester Evening News even published an online article about the project, showcasing our aim to make people stop and enjoy what's around them in the hustle and bustle of a busy city.

_DAY SIX_
We illustrated our presentation sheets showing our concept, process and proposal.

Stop motion images showing the use and movement of the exterior netting space by the kids.

Site perspective 2 - physical model

Site Visit: St. Luke Bombed Out Church
- Provided insight into the scale and public usage of the site with analysis on how the climate and noise pollution affected the site.

Site perspective - physical model

Site model I made

Our performance would be a video showing our hands assembling the model in a dark background. We taped black paper on the walls of a room, creating the background. We filmed the assembly of model twice on different angle to give two different vision.

We incorporated several 'playful' elements to our boxes, allowing them to be used by the public. Wind chimes were placed in some boxes, whilst others were spray painted with checkers boards for people to play on. Some faces of boxes were painted with chalkboard paint, allowing the public to draw on them, and other faces were covered with coloured material, making them more attractive to our audience.

_DAY FIVE_
We developed the renders and digital models of our proposed pod system and how they will fit into the building.

Day three: Design discussions. Tutorial day with 5th years discussing our individual group ideas and the process of developing them into prototype models the following week. Our group researched into Vivienne Westwood and how she was strongly inspired by the shock value of punk era fashion. Developing the use of skeletons to represent thin models as opposed to using mannequins placed in the drama school.

Final 3D printed model.

Artificial studio environment

People took interest in the project immediately and many were keen to get involved. The most successful aspect I believe were the blackboards. We collected drawings from people of all ages!

_DAY FOUR_
We spoke to Polly Bentham from Save The Oxford Road Campaign about her campaign group's fears and aspirations for the future of the Cornerhouse development.