Events 2017

Day 5: A selection of all the students' work

Day 5: A selection of all the students' work

Day 5: A selection of all the students' work

Day 5: A selection of all the students' work

Day 5: A selection of all the students' work

Today we starting bring all models into one group model in Unity. Test walkthrough the part of the model. We are currently working on developing convincing streetscape and atmosphere.

In addition to creating building models we have created series of props to populate the street scapes. These props are essential for creating convincing and interactive virtual environments.

During this event Year 1 & 2 students developed a working knowledge of 3ds Max and Unity as well as improved their Sketch Up skills. They have also learnt some useful techniques and workflows of how to model their designs.

Poster Design designed by the students for the Exhibition in the Northern Quarter. Located at Spaceportx just above Ply

Day 5: The students were then asked to cut up the model and take a piece of it away. They would then attempt to draw an architectural section through each piece.

Day 5: The students were then asked to cut up the model and take a piece of it away. They would then attempt to draw an architectural section through each piece.

Day 5: The students were then asked to cut up the model and take a piece of it away. They would then attempt to draw an architectural section through each piece.

Day 5: The students were then asked to cut up the model and take a piece of it away. They would then attempt to draw an architectural section through each piece.

Day 5: The students were then asked to cut up the model and take a piece of it away. They would then attempt to draw an architectural section through each piece.

Day 5: The 'final' model!

Day 5: All students collaborated on the model to build it further in 3D using whatever materials we had to hand. By randomly partitioning 3D space the plan was to then use this as the start of a conceptual form.

Day 5: All students collaborated on the model to build it further in 3D using whatever materials we had to hand. By randomly partitioning 3D space the plan was to then use this as the start of a conceptual form.

Day 5: We stained the paper with whatever we had to hand to create different effects and textures

Day 5: We stained the paper with whatever we had to hand to create different effects and textures

In addition to creating building models we have created series of props to populate the street scapes. These props are essential for creating convincing and interactive virtual environments.

Day 5: Our day started with scrunching up lots of pieces of paper, as a conceptual aid and form-finding technique!

Day 5: We analyse some overlays to learn how to perform similar techniques on our site for Events, in an area of North Manchester

Day 5: Phil Watson talks to us about analysis and mapping techniques like layering and overlaying, and shows us examples of his previous students' work.

First attempts by Year 1 & 2 students to bring their 3D models into Unity and try to create desired atmospheres using lighting and various props.

First attempts by Year 1 & 2 students to bring their 3D models into Unity and try to create desired atmospheres using lighting and various props.

First attempts by Year 1 & 2 students to bring their 3D models into Unity and try to create desired atmospheres using lighting and various props.

During this event Year 1 & 2 students developed a working knowledge of 3ds Max and Unity as well as improved their Sketch Up skills. They have also learnt some useful techniques and workflows of how to model their designs.

Translating conceptual sketches into 3D models in 3ds Max or Sketch Up. Year 1 & 2 students developing 3D models individually in preparation to put them together in Unity to create VR game.

Day 5: Phil Watson, design tutor from Greenwich University (formerly of UCL/Bartlett Unit 19) came in to blow the students' minds (and ours!) with a day-long workshop on conceptual drawing, mapping and modelling

Final group outcome from the drawing workshop with Phil Watson. Everyone had a piece of the site that they explore through drawing non-object driven architectures. All of the conceptual sketches than be montaged together to create an abstract representation of our site.

Workshop with Phil Watson - freeing our architectural minds! Exploring how to create non-object driven architecture through drawing.

Translating conceptual sketches into 3D models in 3ds Max or Sketch Up. Year 1 & 2 students developing 3D models individually in preparation to put them together in Unity to create VR game.

Everyone is working hard towards finishing their exhibition pieces.
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Felix and Sarah are working up a sculptural model, using clay upon greyboard.
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The first finished output of the event. Ivan's 3D drawing/model conveys the context that the structure will sit in as well as referencing the dada artists we've been studying.

Translating conceptual sketches into 3D models in 3ds Max or Sketch Up. Year 1 & 2 students developing 3D models individually in preparation to put them together in Unity to create VR game.

Translating conceptual sketches into 3D models in 3ds Max or Sketch Up. Year 1 & 2 students developing 3D models individually in preparation to put them together in Unity to create VR game.

In a world driven by technology, its great to see students still using a pen! A fantastic sketch that really helps convey the scheme.

Further tutorials were underway yesterday with teaching the students how to create animations, a simple but effective way to communicate ideas. Not only are these skills valuable in terms of communicating ideas to the client this week, they will also becoming useful in their studio projects!

The beginning of this week saw the students making amendments to their designs following the presentation on Friday with the community group and architect. In preparation for the final presentation to the client, 5th years have been giving advice and tutorials on how to represent work.

The Bench Team hard work has paid off, Benches are ready.. Only painting is left ...

Astrid and Tianmo hands on tools, From Draftswoman to Craftswoman. They start to cut plywood to clad the benches

Billal and Solomon; These two are ahead of the other team to finish the frame.

Theo and Tadiwa; A sense of Craftsmanship. Finishing framework of one of the benches

first 1:10 model done！

Grosvenor Gallery - BEFORE installation

Manchester Museum - Briefing by Raden!

Manchester Museum - Sketching Day Indoors due to Rain!

Exhibition Production - Skyline (Warning: Loud!)

Manchester Museum - Sketching Day with Manchester Urban Sketchers

Nexus Art Cafe - Planning for Exhibition and Sketches Review

Today's Dragon's Den presentation at MIF HQ went really well. The panel liked aspects of all of the designs and appreciated all the effort that had been put into the project over the past 6 days! Tomorrow, we head to Liverpool to continue work on our Threshold Festival structures.

Day 7

1:10 prototype model finished

Day 7

The first 1:10 prototype wikihouse model finished!

Here is our first joint!.
As Frampton himself expressed, "...so much so that the generic joint becomes a point of ontological consideration rather than a mere connection.” :P :DDD

In the afternoon, we started cutting out the joint plates and started to construct the pieces together. It was great fun to be in the workshop and seeing individual pieces coming together.

This morning were got going from the start the team started to prepare for construction. Two groups had separate sections of the installation to work on and all of them came up with great solutions.

Sketches produced during the event look great printed on some little postcards!

CAMRA pop up bar preview. We are pretty pleased with our students design and so where CAMRA. They are going to be taking it to a beer and cider festival they run in June in Manchester.

Last push tomorrow guys! Becca and I will pick up the bar in the morning and take it in a van (courtesy of CAMRA) to the Pilcrow so we will meet you all at the Pilcrow at 2pm. Bring everything you need for setting up the exhibition and bar and we will see you there for a pint!

Setting up for the CAMRA preview at the Salutation pub

Painting the pop up bar!

'Tessellated Tunes' installation slowly taking shape today in the Night & Day Café! Although the installation process went quite smoothly, we had to adjust the heights of the clusters due to site restrictions. Installation continues tomorrow!

Transportation of paper clusters to the site

The process of fireproof spraying of our individual modules took place on the 4th floor terrace! We made some good use of the nice weather!

We've worked out a preliminary plan for the location of each piece or work... This could be subject to change as ideas develop!

Pheobe's psychedelic screenprints are created by layering different colours paint.

Small scale to large scale! Some students have used different techniques to print onto fabric. This amazing piece by Ceri will be hung in a double height space in the GK Gallery.

After a week of test printing and idea development we are beginning to see some great final outputs... like these screen prints by Jane.

Before heading to the site today to assemble the first part of the
installation, we produced detail drawings with measurements and height variations to speed up the process.

Not bad for a first try! The screen printing inductions went really well and were a bit of fun too.

Initial attempt at screen printing!

To experiment with the arrangement of the installation clusters we
produced several 3D model variations. The design chosen transforms in scale from small-large to small clusters creating a dynamic flow in space. Due to restrictions in time and materials
we decided to construct only the central part of the final design.

The colour selection for the test prints... We can mix our own colours when we create our final pieces.

Screen printing inductions! We started off with a small drawing exercise to create images to practice printing during the induction.

The Pinterest board created for the students to share ideas is filling up nicely!

Following the presentation from the graphic design students, we looked at a range of precedence and work that they had created. This was a great source of inspiration and gave us a chance to ask questions about how certain effects/ techniques could be achieved.

Ideas generation. A group discussion aimed at generating ideas based on the Tale of Two Cities theme; Industry, Salford and Manchester.

On day two we had a presentation from the two graphic design students who are collaborating with us. They discussed a variety of printing techniques and explained how to prepare drawings for different processes.

A visit to the GK Gallery to survey the exhibition space provided for the curation of a 'Tale of Two Cities'.