Group 15 Present: Building the Unbuilt: An exhibition celebrating the architectural significance of Lee House. Thursday 19th May @ 6pm

Edgar woods proposed corner

An initial attempt at composing the pieces

Piecing the puzzle

Structural frame for the existing Lee House model

Aadil filing his nails! Sanding the acrylic panels, chamfering the corners to mimic the original detail.

Planing the timber former to drape the flexible acrylic over the shape

Bending the perspex bay windows

Photographing the individual corners of the proposals

A final spit shine (polish with window cleaner)

Day 08_I-beam and I-column structure with the first coat of primer.

Day 08_Assembly of the I-beam structure continues.

Day 08_Assembly of the I-beams continues. They have now started to form the structure of the unbuilt part of the Lee House building. The I-beams will later be spray painted to be distinguishable from the transparent facades surrounding them.

Day 07_Assembly of First lasercut corner of the unbuilt part of the Lee House.

Day 07_Assembly of First lasercut corner of the unbuilt part of the Lee House.

The Internal structural grid is underway!

Let the assembling begin! Abdullahi starts constructing the Perspex corner of Fairhursts first proposal for Lee house

Model diagram sketches - Daniel Lin

Removing the individual pieces from the laser cutter to be stripped of the plastic film and cemented together.

Let's model this corner right!

Day 06_Assembly of I-beam components using UHU glue.

Day 06_Lasercutting paused to add masking tape to the pieces of perspex that have moved out of position.

Day 06_First perspex sheet of I-beams being lasercut. Due to the 2mm thickness, the narrow strips tend to move out of place. The way to avoid any wrong cuts on them is to pause the lasercutting and use masking tape to hold the pieces in place.

Day 06_Preparing the first perspex sheet of the I-beam components to be lasercut.

Day 06_The dusted 3D printed objects are coated with a layer of superglue to add to their robustness. This slightly changes their coloration from brilliant white to more ivory-white, however this is only a small issue compared to the structural benefits.

Day 06_The process of dusting the printed objects from excess powder material using soft brushes.

Day 06_The process of collecting all the 3D printed objects.

Day 06_The extracted objects are placed in the cleaning booth, where larger objects are cleaned with pressured air, or smaller ones, like our case, with soft brushes.

Day 06_The excess powder material is removed from around and in between the printed objects, using a spatula tool and a built-in vacuum that recycles the powder back to the supply container.

Day 06_The 3D printer bed is raised to start removing excess powder material around the printed objects.

Day 06_Opening up the 3D printer for extraction of printed objects.

Day 05_3D printer preparing a base of powder material as the printing commences.

Day 05_The ProJet360 Powder printer to be used.

Day 05_Setting up the 3D Printing file of façade ornaments on the 3D printer software.

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.

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

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.

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

Model Ref. David Eccles. Jenny Etheridge

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

27th April 2016, Day 2

the ephemerality of proposals against the built

model: Grafton architects

Model ref:
Crisp Clean Perspex with etch, on MDF.

Model ref:
A quite ghostly translucent St. Pauls

Model ref:
Michael Hopkins Architects: Manchester Art Gallery. The steamed beech veneer against the clean transparency of the perspex

Day 02_Site visit to the Lee House building on Great Bridgewater St; observing the interior courtyard space between Churchgate & Lee buildings.

Day 02_Site visit to the Lee House building on Great Bridgewater St; observing and measuring the exhibition space.

Day 02_Site visit to the Lee House building on Great Bridgewater St.

Day 02_Site visit to the Lee House building on Great Bridgewater St.

Day 02_Site visit to the Lee House building on Great Bridgewater St.

Day 02_Discussion on potential scale of the physical model of the Lee House building.

Day 02_Discussion on potential approaches to building the physical model.

Day 02_Archive research for detailed drawings of the Lee House.

Day 02_Archive research for detailed drawings of the Lee House.

Review of the information collected for the Lee House building following the research.

models models models

Great brainstorming session today- looking forward to developing the design tomorrow

Kaufhaus des Westens, OMA

Matthew Simmonds, a British stonemason turned sculptor who carves beautifully finished, miniature architectural scenes into otherwise rough chunks of rock.

Preliminary schedule subject to changes depending on how we get on with each task - to be updated daily with a more detailed schedule of the next day's tasks

Wednesday/Thursday - Special collections - archives

Day 01_First meeting and the initial briefing for primary research to be undertaken with regards to the Lee House building.

Frank Gehry - Dr. Chau Chak wing building - Sydney, Australia

See blogs:

http://modelarchitecture.tumblr.com/
http://conceptmodel.tumblr.com/

Additional Risk Assessment

Risk Assessment MMU

Information about the first meeting.