This is the final physical model with four individual facades at the bottom, and our presentation board containing our concept and working process.

The rotating mechanism contains a round MDF base board, a thick piece of perspex, to allow smooth rotation, and a dowel through them.

Here is Ali showing his incredible strength by using ONE HAND ONLY to remove the excess amount of screw on the back of a hinged facade, very impressive.

This is my amazing group with four members, two from first years and two second years. I very much enjoyed working with them as everyone was engaged and dedicated to the project even when we were out of university. We had great communication as everyone respected each other's opinions, understanding, and helpful with each other. I could not have asked for a better group. :)

This is the final output. Apart from placing different amount of people on each facade to show the contrast of old and new community, we also aded strings on the first two stage interconnecting the people to show the close connection where as the other two sides contain all independent individuals and mostly working class. I really enjoyed making the model and happy about the way it turned out. I find the plan very interesting as the people stood up against each other and forms an imaginary picture.

This a a plan of our model and the comparison show our another difficulty towards hiding the dowel in the centre. We attempted to make a tree out of real plants to make a more lively atmosphere on the right. Later on we realised it made the modern less cohesive as it was meaningless and dramatic which took away the sophistication of the initial material and image. Therefore we changed it to a mini houses with description of each facade on the faces.

We came across with a few problems while making the model for example attaching components or how the mechanism works in general. Here we were trying to glue the frame together to stabilise the facades when they close. However, it was very weak and unsupportive. Therefore we nailed the corners together instead, which then we realised was less time consuming and more reliable.

We laser cut some people with different social status for example some businessmen in suits and some couples who have lower social status. We stood them up of the inner side of the four facades according to the closeness of the community. The first two stages contained plenty more people and the neighbourhood was more contended and people would hang out on the street; whereas the later stages were more quiet as people enjoy their own private space and rely less on neighbourhood. Also some new residents would be isolated as old habitants have less understanding towards them. Also less people can afford to live there as the area appears to be more wealthy.

Here are some details of our physical model. Our model was to have a spinning box that contains four different stages of facades that can be opened, along with some diagrammatic details in the centre. The left image shows the laser cut engraved facade details and the right shows how we attached the boards together by slanting the edges instead of having to offset them, to create a neater and more sophisticated model.

This a collage to show the staged from old houses, to when it became demolished and new housing was built. Through CPO, the close neighbourhood of Gorton was forced to move out and move away from each other. Many relationships were lost. People who moved to a new area would get isolated due to their social status. And some people could not afford to move bak due to the higher housing prices in the CPO sites. Although the council thought that CPO was a solution to the area, the problems were just moved to another area, but the connection of the habitants was destroyed.

This is a diagram to show the difference of the latest CPO area in compared to the same area in the past in West Gorton. The first one was in 1981, then 2000, 2005 and 2014. As the diagram shows, the architecture changed from industrial to residential and the density has significantly decreased. The surrounding roads are widened and houses contained more private space.

This is a sketch of one of the building styles. The difference to the older buildings was that this has more colour contrast on facades and contains front yard which brings a more private and wealthy atmosphere. The height of the buildings remain two to three storeys which are suitable for young individuals and aggregated working class.

This shows a pile of waste produced in the process of reconstructing the area as CPO was carried out. The building behind was soon to be demolished. The site although was polished due to the new housing styles, however, lots of piles of waste were around on the central green space, which decreased the pleasantness of the area.

When we visited West Gorton, there was an abandoned house in the centre of the site that had not been demolished compared to all the other surrounded buildings. There was a contrast between this older building and the CPO buildings in terms of style and colour use. The picture shows that windows and doors were blocked, it is soon to be demolished.

Here is a more specific sketch to show the close community in West Gorton. I attempted to show the large amount of interaction between neighbourhood and families outside their houses, representing the bonded and reliable relationship of habitants. Although people might have had lower social issues, the cleanliness condition was high and the crime rate was low.

This is a collage to show the housing style of West Gorton and community state in the 70s. Most buildings were housing and local churches at the time. I combined different streets views together to show the variety of architecture. As the image shows, majority of the buildings were traditional brick work that was not very decorative, but crime and pollution were low due to the contented community.