Design discussions - Piranesi volume
Posted 14 May 2015 15:48
Group 07 { Double take }
Can MMU's Special Collection reach out from its cocoon into the university? // Download Poster
Atelier: MSAp, CPU, USE
Day Three: Victoria Sponge / Carrot Cake (*Cough-Shop bought-cough*) // Design concepts and models
A tutorial day to round off the first week, with the double takers running through their individual group ideas and how they would see these come to fruition over the following days.
A tutorial day to round off the first week, with the double takers running through their individual group ideas and how they would see these come to fruition over the following days.
Posted 14 May 2015 15:30
Visiting the Whitworth gave my group the idea of hanging our chosen artefact above ground. No one interfering with the artwork.
Posted 14 May 2015 14:44
Exploded Shed by Cornelia Parker at the Whithworth Gallery. Hanging objects which inspired us in the design of our project
Posted 14 May 2015 14:19
Research on structural and sculptural forms. Santiago Calatrava & Thomas Heatherwick.
Posted 14 May 2015 14:06
Site visit at the Brooks Building, Birley Fields.
Large quadruple height area inside the glazed entrance, with plenty of stairs, chairs and students to consider.
Large quadruple height area inside the glazed entrance, with plenty of stairs, chairs and students to consider.
Posted 12 May 2015 16:34
The death of the architectural sketchbook..
Louise from Special Collections ran through the artifacts that will be used: two Vivianne Westwood bodices, two Barnett Freedman lithograph posters, a drug jar by Cantagalli, a femur stool by Assa Ashuach and Giovanni Piranesi's Le Anchita Romane book.
Louise from Special Collections ran through the artifacts that will be used: two Vivianne Westwood bodices, two Barnett Freedman lithograph posters, a drug jar by Cantagalli, a femur stool by Assa Ashuach and Giovanni Piranesi's Le Anchita Romane book.
Posted 12 May 2015 16:27
Day two: Polish Yoghurt Cake // Special Collections Meeting / Prospective Site Visits
Double takers were introduced to the artifacts at special collections in the Kenneth Green library, and then the three sites: part of the first floor in Mabel Tylecote, the atrium of the Brooks building, and the ground floor corridor of the John Dalton building.
Having split into their groups, they were given building plans and asked to explore the potential of each area as well as the limitations.
Double takers were introduced to the artifacts at special collections in the Kenneth Green library, and then the three sites: part of the first floor in Mabel Tylecote, the atrium of the Brooks building, and the ground floor corridor of the John Dalton building.
Having split into their groups, they were given building plans and asked to explore the potential of each area as well as the limitations.
Posted 12 May 2015 16:19
The Whitworth, Cai Guo-Qiang - Unmanned Nature.
Gunpowder mural set against an indoor pool.
Gunpowder mural set against an indoor pool.
Posted 12 May 2015 16:13
The Whitworth, Cornelia Parker.
Flattened brass instruments suspended from a ceiling grid.
Flattened brass instruments suspended from a ceiling grid.
Posted 12 May 2015 16:11
The Whitworth, Cornelia Parker - Cold Dark Matter: An Exploded View.
An exploded shed hanging from a suspended metal grid.
An exploded shed hanging from a suspended metal grid.
Posted 12 May 2015 16:07
GROUP PHOTO!
Double Take Whitworth Art Gallery and Manchester Museum Visit:
Investigation of museum and gallery displays to get the thought process going. Double takers were asked to choose one display they found interesting, and consider its contextual and environmental effectiveness, or lack thereof..
Double Take Whitworth Art Gallery and Manchester Museum Visit:
Investigation of museum and gallery displays to get the thought process going. Double takers were asked to choose one display they found interesting, and consider its contextual and environmental effectiveness, or lack thereof..
Posted 12 May 2015 15:29
Day one: Chocolate crispy cakes / Marshmallow squares // Museum Visits
Double takers will investigate artifacts in the MMU special collections, then split into five groups, they will choose one artwork from a selection of five, and one site from either John Dalton, Mabel Tylecote or the Brooks building, then design and build a vessel/plinth/housing to best show off the artifact in its context.
Meanwhile the fifth years have to bring in home baked cakes on each given day, as a form of mild bribery.
Double takers will investigate artifacts in the MMU special collections, then split into five groups, they will choose one artwork from a selection of five, and one site from either John Dalton, Mabel Tylecote or the Brooks building, then design and build a vessel/plinth/housing to best show off the artifact in its context.
Meanwhile the fifth years have to bring in home baked cakes on each given day, as a form of mild bribery.
Posted 12 May 2015 15:28