Synergy

Internal presentation

Presentation with events manager at Manchester cathedral, an interactive installation

'I wish we could have a Manchester school of architecture month to present all these good works' Manchester cathedral events manager

Proposing a bio morphic coin collection installation

[Day 04] Model Making

[Day 04] Discussion

Day 04_Discussing the design of the conceptual corner - the structural grid and fabric covering.

Day 04_Reviewing the lasercut files for each of the corners of the model of the Lee House buidling.

Great start in the workshop today, looking forward to seeing the final outcomes at the exhibition on the 10th may at the craft centre!!!

Day 5
Reviewing clips from the day's filming session

Hard at work...

Kite Testing for White Nancy Wrapping

Day 4_ Building digital model (Group 2)

Day 4_Adding elements such as furniture into site model (Group 1)

Day 03_Discussion on the process of designing the conceptual corner on the facade of the unbuilt part of the Lee House building.

day 4 _ model assembly

Day 03_Going over all initial drawings of facades of the Lee House building, and their potential layering for a physical model.

Day 03_Discussion and division of all preparatory work for the physical model to be undertaken.

Lighting I Mirror I Reflection

Material perceptions

1 of 3 module structure completed!

Photoshop workshop

Projecting ideas. Development and testing of installation components

Cross group reviews to refine and analyse ideas

Day 5 / Filming scene 2 / Take 3

Day 04 | String Form

Day 04 | Developing String Forms

Day 05: Creating visualisations for the store design

Day 05: Designing events posters to celebrate Manchester music at the O2 concept store

Day 05: Researching shop installations

Informal peer reviews. Everyone showed their ideas and got very valuable feedback, ready to carry on working on Tuesday.

Day 3 - Disassembling Pallets

Day 3 -
We held a design charette in two teams to discuss a design for the pallet green wall based on our previous site investigations. This meeting was disrupted by having to relocate. Everyone drew a proposed elevation which we then discussed as a group, subsequently allowing us to develop a proposed design for the green wall which was an amalgamation of our discussion.

Day 3- Testing positioning of the pallet on site

Day 3 - Sharing is caring
We then had a discussion with Dave, the local tradesman who offered his skills to us to demonstrate how to fix the pallets onto the brick wall. This was our chance to exchange building knowledge’s which we identified as one of the aims of our event. He informed us about the need for a DPM to be fixed between the wall and the pallets, as well as the appropriate screws to use on the fixings.

Conceptual model completed (group 2)

Day 3 - Why does it always rain on me
Today we were all based on site at the miner’s, working with the pallets we acquired yesterday. We started the day with another delivery of 20 bags of soil from Anwar, so it was all hands on deck to unload the van. Then we had to catalogue the pallets and split them into useable whole ones and ones, which were rotted that, were to be cut up for parts, so then the team set out dismantling these pallets.

Conceptual models completed. (Group 1)

Students creating conceptual models to understand the spatial boundaries.

Day 4: Painting Underway

Students starting conceptual designing and researching hydroponic systems to incoporate into their allotment design.

Students starting conceptual designing

Learning Illustrator and InDesign today!

Skjolden itinerary

Squire and Partners - The Sheep installation in Brooks Brothers Regent Street

Day 4: Starting to sand down chairs in the Workshop

Day 3: Design Charrette discussions with Catherine from Southway at Westcroft Community Centre in Burnage

Presentation by Leigh on various precedents for shop installations. A particular favourite being the Brooks Brothers window installation by Squire and Partners.

Day 2: Scanned Design Charrette Drawings

Day 1: Scanned site Visit Drawings

Day 04 | Compendium of Knowledge | Guidelines for creation of a narrative for the competition

Day 04 | Compendium of Knowledge | Brief and structure for final presentation of the week

Ghostly silhouette made of Perspex of the Santa Tecla Milan, with the exiting duomo behind.

Model Ref. David Eccles. Jenny Etheridge

Back in the warmth of the library for our final session of week 1. Donna, who helped in-situ with drafting their Arts Council Funding bid, popped in to check on our progress.

Bye-bye Trawden Camping Barn! It might have been freezing outside, but it was definitely worth it for the group photo!

It might be a treacherous journey to the library... but it does look beautiful!

29th April. After 3 days of sun, clouds, hale, storms, light snow... a blizzard was definitely on the cards!

As part of their work with the local community, in-situ organises each month a screening of a different movie, each time in a different location. We joined them at Jim's Vegetarian Restaurant for a screening of the fantastic 1987 British movie 'Withnail & I', with Paul McGann and Richard E.Grant.

Heavy hail back at the barn.

Working in the archives (MMU) with the Edgar Wood drawing of the Lee house (by H.Sellers) and recreating 2D drawing from perspective watercolour.

Nour is tired after all of the hard work today.

Dom and Jessie led them to figure out how to present 'introduction' space in the Art Gallery

experiment for the 'light tube'

Trying out the interactive features at children's library

Central library's children's library

Precedent study to examine alternative approaches in the use of fabrics to create space.

Diagrammatic plan of the site, using lights (suspended at varying heights) to lead individuals throughout the space.

Site 3D exploring the use of varying heights and spaces between post, to create a semi-transparent space.

Design development through modeling, exploring the use of fabrics to define specific spaces.