First attempt at the response poster output. This shows the initial concept ideas and how it developed from the analysis of the ruin in its current state to what the Bombed-Out church could eventually become. Precedent such as the Angkor Wat ruins in Cambodia were used to help envision the church becoming a small ecosystem in the Liverpool City Centre. Diagrams show the explosion of nature and how this contrasts to the original WW2 Blitz which destroyed the church. "Man-made destruction takes life while Organic destruction restore it".

Final day. Our work was finally presented in the Business lecture theatre by the 5th years who have done an absolutely fantastic job as they managed to go through each group's concepts within the total of only 10 minutes. Well done guys!

Every group's work was presented to the 5th years before they gave us feedback and advice on how to present them in our sheets for the final hand in.

Model: final 3d print of ornament enclosing each blooming plant.

Grey Render of the St. Luke's 3 Dimensional Model.

Concept: Nature taking over St. Luke

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Final 3D printed model.

Artificial studio environment

3D print is underway!

We made a further model, showing the section of the church with the altar at 1:20, in order to highlight the altar as an 'anchor point' for all the string, which would encourage visitors to approach it.

Digital Hook Detail. The steel hooks are used to assist the creepers and other plants attaching to the sandstone walls of the existing ruin.

Photo from the final review. Each group presented what they had done over the last two weeks. It was a good chance to compare the four approaches.

Final Day: Presentation and our lovely small group picture (without Karolina sadly).

First time fabricating with laser cut acrylic sheets, trail and error. :)

Day 12: More images of physical model to illustrate the atmosphere we intended to create.

Day 11: Captured a beautiful picture with the physical model we made, this image in particular express the display of fragments of what would have been destroyed within the church being suspended from the ceiling.

Initial sketch of my concept for the first meeting after the site visit. The proposal revolves around the idea of procession and freezing the moment of the collapse. Olafur Eliasson's installations were one source of inspiration.

Day 9: Initial design with cross section drawing

Day 6 - 9 : After finalising our concept, we created a sketch up model to visualise our idea, then we experimented with breaking parts of the truss and made them all fall from an equal height to gain a jagged sky light pattern for the roof, this is used to express the narrative of 'fragments'.

Day 7 - Final Review
Perspective showing the anchor point of the all the thread to the altar, with a single red light to encourage people to take the processional walk through the Church and to also illuminate the site to create the shadows of the webbed material.

Day 3: As our small group has been assigned the task of creating a physical site model, we spent the third day planning out the production. We have left our meeting with a clear idea of what scale we will create it in and what material.This process also involved laser cutting.
Image shows process between day 3 - 9.

Proccess pictures showing how the physical model was created and assembled.

A close-up of the intricacy found within the construct. It represents the fragility of St Luke's in real life incredibly well.

The physical site model generated by one of the sub groups within the event. An absolutely fantastic job, with very little advice required from the tutors.

Day 1: It's been the perfect weather for a site visit, photography taken under the generous amount of sunlight.

A group photograph taken by one of the students outside St Luke's Church. The beginning of a great team!

One of my presentation sheets that I had compiled together.

Originally we were going to 3d print the fragments that were suspended from the roof but due to time and 3d printing problems, we were unable to 3d print the original pieces. Above are the 3d printed models of the "fragments of the past" on sketch up.

A sunset to end a great initial day on site in Liverpool.

The Hilton Hotel (Squire & Partners) found near the Albert Dock hints again at the sheer redevelopment that has, and is still occurring within the city from 2007 onwards - with the title of 'European Capital of Culture' also being given the Liverpool in 2008, provoking further development.

A visit was made to the Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral, to provide the students with an example of intervention that encapsulates the play of light through glazing, completely dictating the atmosphere found within the Cathedral. A strong juxtaposition from the brutalist exterior semantic.

A look inside the church: our roof is placed on top of the walls. The most of the roof is covered with non-transparent material what creates gloomy atmosphere inside. The idea was to fully use the light to create the pattern on the floor and not use it to light up the building.

Initial briefing to the students conducted within one of the Everyman Theatre's Conference Rooms. Detailing the outline for the following weeks of work, expected outputs and precedents.

A visit to the Sterling Prize winning, 'Everyman Theatre'.

Nature vs. Architecture. Consumption.

The Church, as seen from an elevated perspective.

We designed the truss beams from greyboard and dropped them at a height of 10cm from the ground to try and recreate how the truss beams would have fallen and a similar style of debris created. The bottom main picture shows the main roof design we ended up with.

A plaque found on site denoting a brief history of the church.

Existing example of a memorial found on site.

Informal Decoration at the Main Entrance.

Window Detail found on site.

Day One - 'The Initial Visit'.

We arrived in Liverpool with the ideal weather for conducting analysis. After a short 10 minute walk from Lime Street Station we arrived to a quiet, secluded site and began sketching and photographing the area. The students were left to their own devices, exploring the nearby vicinity to gain an understanding of the local context.

quick initial concept which shows the idea behind the shadows and how we got the roof design to represent burnt down trusses.

Site model under construction. The 1:100 model was made from laser cut mount board, of the drawing pack issued at the start of the event.

First group meeting, in Everyman Theatre, Liverpool.

Looking through the altar, onto the church tower.

Plaque for the commemoration of the history of the church.

Site visit to St. Luke's Church.

Drawing pack of St. Luke's Church created for the event.

Poster for 'St. Luke's "Bombed Out" Church'

Day 7 - Final Review Day
Each group presented their work with a presentation, maquettes and final models. [1-100 Model]

Experimenting with imagery that coincides with our concept. Rebirth.

Exploded axonometric of pot design and connection to installation.

Night time section of St. Luke's Church.

The physical model vividly conveys our concept. The shadows cast by the roof allude to the destructive event they are meant to commemorate but they do so in a very ethereal way.

Photo of the finished site model with our proposal.

Having roughly finished the site model, my group met to develop our own design for the memorial. We developed our narrative, explored potential roof patterns and did a test model. The central piece of our design is the roof which is inspired by the aftermath of the explosion, when the structure of the church collapses.

Section of Existing St. Luke's Bombed Out Church. WIP

Finally, we determined the light effects that we needed to polish up our installation. We located some red lights centrally at the front of the altar to create reflections of illuminated objects, which would resemble the fire ashes on the floor and complete the post-explosion scenery.

isometric and section drawings of our memorial design scale 1:100

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Our event finally comes to an end. On the last day, all four groups present work to each another alongside with strong graphic image and great physical model.

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Exploded axonometric drawing and the section through the building.

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Here is some quick render visualising the interior of the church installation in different view point.

Furthermore, we made 1:20 model of the altar end of the Church to emphasize the anchor point for the altar which demonstrates that all strings connect at one central point. [ Short video of our memorial design for the installation for St Luke's Church in Liverpool-> https://youtu.be/Dmt3rPE6lfU]

1:100 physical model of St Luke's Church. The photo shows how our installation fits in to the existing church structure.

The pattern of the web creates a clear path from the tower to the altar.

Having decided on the final concept, we began building a physical model of the installation. The proposed columns were laser cut in order to make even holes in each of them. Afterwards, we attached the wire shooting out of the altar to each of them including the tower.

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We fit in our installation to the church model. We decided to install a series of stained glass columns at the end of church where used to place an alter. Since such place is almost enclosed by huge window, we think that its a perfect place to make it as a memorial by representing them as the stained glass lost after the bomb.

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This image clearly shows how installation free stand by itself, it is stable without touching the edge of the church. We are trying to attach all the hanging debris at the side.

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We laser cutter out our 1:100 final model and slotted all the pieces together perfectly to form the structure. The photos show how it fit in to the existing church structure.

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We calculated the total area of materials destroyed by the bomb from the plans and sections and the diagram shows the amount of each material burnt and destroyed by the bomb. We allocated the circulation and how different materials located, finally come up with the plan shown in the middle.

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The reason why we designed the installation in such why is to show the damage created by the bomb to the church's roof. The void in the middle represent the vortex effect made by the bomb. We decided to form the whole structure in a grid shell structure so that numbers of debris can be hung from the structure itself.

Having decided on the level of details to be included, the materials used and the means of production, all that is left to do is start the CAD drawings. After assembling the first few pieces we realised that it was a good decision to use several layers in order to highlight the details and give a sense of depth.

During our first meeting after the site visit we split into four groups, each with a different approach to designing the memorial. Every group had to come up with their design proposal while also doing a task that would benefit the whole group. Here we are discussing how we could do the site model.

Final physical Model