Group 13 - Draft Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y93BeeRheuM&t=6s

Team photo time! The last two weeks have been very intense with the students having to work at a very fast pace on lots of new concepts. The community group and architect were really impressed with the quality of the work, and the enthusiasm with which the students approached the task. This was the first time dealing with an actual client for many of them, and they did so in a professional manner which is to be commended!

Team 4 with their presentation board.

Team 3 with their presentation board.

Team 2 with their presentation board.

Team 1 with their presentation board.

The students discussion their work with the client. It was great to see such a diverse range of work which really helped to have an insightful conversation with all involved!

Jane giving feedback to team 3.

The students all presented their final work on A1 presentation boards.

Today we had the final meeting with the client where the students exhibited presentation boards. Here we are having a preview of the film. Overall a very successful day with some great feedback from both the client (Community Group) and the architect (Jane Leach)

Team 2 have created this exploded axo as part of their scheme which is being presented to the community group, architect and sound engineer tomorrow.

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 students all presented their schemes exceptionally well and received some insightful and positive feedback from the community group and a local architect (Jane Leach). Steven Beeney from the community group was intrigued by the designs and wanted to take photos of the initial renders that have been created! All in all a successful day. The clients were pleased with what had been created so far and the students gained valuable experience in pitching ideas to clients,

Joy Hewlett (the client) from the local community group gave a brief introduction on why they want to see bandstands back in parks in Manchester.

Some interesting models were used by the students to help convey their scheme ideas to the client.

On Friday morning the 1st and 2nd years put the finishing touches to their presentation in preparation for the client coming in. We offered tips and advice on how to present and sell their schemes.

Great to see the groups schemes progressing today in preparation for their presentations to the community group, architect and acoustic engineer tomorrow.

Concept sketches coming along nicely! Make sure to check the Facebook group for tomorrows timings.

Susan from dBx acoustics came to the studio today and gave a very insightful presentation on acoustic principles that need be considered. We had individual chats with each group, looking at how their initial concepts could integrate these acoustic principles.

We had an interesting visit to a potential site this morning. It was great to see the students considering scale and how their design proposals can respond to the surrounding environment.

Initial sketches appearing everywhere!

Introduction and initial concepts begging to form, a successful first day! All group 13 students to meet in front of Whitworth Gallery tomorrow at 10:30. Bring all appropriate equipment for site visits, cameras, sketchbooks etc.