Events 2018

2nd year student THOMAS COOPER revealing the 3D components of his teams model.

1st year student JACK KINNIBURGH-DICKIE spray-painting today.

One of the Sub-teams discussing material use for their model.

We had the final meeting before the tomorrow round table discussions, taking place in the Corner House in Manchester. All the different tasks that need to be finished before the actual event were distributed between the undergraduate and fifth year students. They include setting up the required equipment, organising small refreshment stand and preparing the space. The planned discussions will be recorded and eventually presented in the final exhibition on the 2nd of May.

With the cards being designed, we were trying different printing options. The cards need to be endurable and rigid, so they can be used multiple times throughout the entire community engagement event. David and Lada, our undergraduate students, were checking paper thickness and finishing, selecting the most suitable one.

#MAKING

This morning the students started construction of their 1:1 interventions. It is so exciting to see them experimenting at a large scale!

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#PALS

...who work together, stay together.

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#MAG

At the Manchester Art Gallery students were encouraged to sketch their favourite works.

#INSPIRATION

This afternoon we visited the Manchester Art Gallery to get some artistic inspiration.

40//Detroit – Manchester - Zones of Urban Experimentation

Day Five: Today the group formulated a style in which we would produce the film in, then a few students began montaging footage together to experiment certain ideas. The publication is starting to look promising as the students photography was presented and annotated. Also the research done into Art Deco and General Motors was also presented. The next task for the publication will be to present the work relating to the graphic designer, Peter Saville.

ANNNDDD WE'RE DONE!!!! gluing and painting is done. Onto building tomorrow !!

Day Five: To progress with the next stage of development, we purchased some materials from Fred Aldous today. We are coming to the end of the workshop sessions, we are excited to see the final outcomes durning the show and tell group meeting scheduled later this week.

Tomorrow's plan of action.

Just helping out our collaborator with some manual labour around the Merz barn....

Super efforts today! We’ve done so much in the two days, hopefully we can see the model standing up tomorrow!

Day Five: An impressive render of Neo-Gothic style pointed arches produced by Callum Richardson (Yr 2)

Zafir, Nadia and Jessica studied the different opacity of the facade using sketchup models.

Meet up in Windermere went off without a hitch.....

We just announced the group 2 as the winning proposal of our competition. Our final proposal is on the way.

Found a perfect white board at the back of the shelf!

Overall structure model
Combination of steel and timber

#Day_05#Group_02
The competition has been concluded and we now have a set concept to develop. Well done group 2, on your presentation and prepare for a busy but exciting days of implementation to come. Prepare for some beautiful images to come!

Weatherproofing started from the vert morning of today. We will probably get all the tubes glued by end of the day. So that, we will be ready to start constructing tomorrow!

Graphics Team Group Pin Up!

It was great the see all the work that the graphics team have done coming together. The decorations have now been ordered and the instruction manual is looking great.

Graphics Team

The pin up gave us the chance to review the draft instruction manual which Gerry has been compiling.

Finishing the day off with tutorials in small groups. There has been a lot of discussing today and groups are really progressing in refining their ideas. Great to see a mix of approaches from modelling, painting, sketching and rendering and thinking about how this work will be presented to the clients.

DAY 5

Graphics Team

Following the group pin up the final six panels have been selected to be laser cut! Each depicts a key theme of the Manchester Histories Festival.

How beautiful they are !

Graphics Team

Six panel designs have been selected following the group crit which will be laser cut later in the events week. Here is Yousra presenting some of her panel design ideas!

Graphics Team

Rowena presented research and design ideas for the decoration of the Soapbox and we have decided to use bunting (in the colours of the Manchester Histories Festival) to attach to the surrounding trees. The bunting has been ordered and will hopefully arrive in time for the test assembly!

Graphics Team

Having spent this morning working individually on the instruction manual and decoration this afternoon we had group pin up to discuss our ideas so far.

Day 5 : All about model
Timber frame of the shelter

Graphics Team

Today work is continuing on both the decoration for the Soapbox and compiling the instruction manual for the assembly of the design. Eva is sketching the graphics for use on the cover of the manual and for posters to be displayed on the Soapbox!

DAY//5

After the discussion with our collaborator Simi, students took their design proposals a step forward considering materiality and connections in detail. Students looked into different providers and the materiality dimensions in order to minimise the waste of materials.

Looking forward to the final drawings and models!!

#Day_05 GROUP_01

Well done Group1!!!

The 'Ideal City' proposal is the one won the in-house competition that is going ahead for final detailed design.

Stay toon for more details about the final exhibition layout.

DAY 5

After their talk yesterday with Simi, students took their design a step forward and start designing the detailed connection of their proposal as well as having a look at the cost of the design by looking at different providers. They try to keep the cost to the minimum as possible and reduce the material waste!

Keep going and I can't wait to see your 1:1 detail model of connection and your 1:10 model of your final design!

Gluing = waterproofing

Brush, brush, brush!

Tom Jefferies giving an introductory talk, outlining the busy day ahead!
#reimaginingmcr #northernsoul2018 #OurTownHall

People have started to arrive!
We’ve put them into their groups and have
started to take them up to the Great Hall.
#reimaginingmcr #northernsoul2018 #OurTownHall

DAY 5

Aqueel, Tanjer, Sobaan & Qabas concentrating on the site model.

The site model will help assist with the design proposals for a canopy and football stand.

Charrette day has arrived, we have just finished preparing the great hall for the guests. Excited for the day ahead. #reimaginingmcr #northernsoul2018
#OurTownHall

DAY 5

Jake, one of our co-ordinators discussing options on a model with 1st and 2nd years. The model will help understand how the structure works for the main football stand

Finishing touches to the coloured tubes this morning!

A LOT of PVAing to follow to make them water resistant this afternoon. Much needed in this weather!

DAY 5

Starting the day with making a site model of the football ground. Our first years enjoying the ins and outs of foam board!

DAY 5 - Great start to the day! Our table-top reviews highlighted how far the designs have come along. Some strong and diverse ideas that will be developed in the next two days.

Alberton House facade model, along with development sketches.

Day 5: Design development discussions

#DAY_05

Today, our teams present their design outputs.DLA Architects gave a feedback to each individual team and announced the winning team.

After that, we had a brief discussion, of how we are going to proceed with the final design, which will be followed by the idea of the winning team.

One of the groups decided to caste some of the components of the model using Stone powder mixed with pigment after creating a timber mould.

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#STYLE

Nick's workshop began by giving each student a section of a drawing and an architectural style. They had to recreate heir image in the style given. These were then collated as shown in a blog post previously.

It aimed to encourage creative drawing and producing different emotions in texture, colour and composition.

Window detailing!

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#DIAGRAM

Student sketches and diagrams of their proposals underway.

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#PRESENT

Yesterday all the students presented their work to each other.

As a group, we encourage peer working and supportive criticism.

Teamwork is key to develop creative ideas.

Laser cutting!

Day Five // One of the key precedents, a shot from the interior courtyard of the Manchester Town Hall. These details provide important reference for the work currently underway. The research and studies by the students are really beginning to take shape

Group 4 have chosen to develop the existing structure of Stretford Mall into an out of town care hotel model. The scheme will focus on patients recovering from stroke and trauma. The proposal aimed to cooperate the mall with part of the care hotel to allow outside people and facilities to interact with patients. Stores could be converted into different therapy rooms such as music and art therapy for brain recovery.

Busy at work!

One of the groups beginning to assemble the different components of the model together.

Day Four // Model design preparations for laser cutting. The negative model will provide a base for casting in silicon as well as being a exploration in itself

The Wai Yin Community Centre: Client and User
Established in 1988, the Society has been supporting Manchester's Chinese Community and other ethnic minority groups through a range of projects, events and other means of support

One such project, which the Wai Yin community Centre and our Events group are aiming to raise awareness for, is potential emergency living spaces, which could enable the community centre to house people who have been made homeless and without awareness to the means available to them, where by this temporary accommodation could be used to house vulnerable people overnight; in addition to their other means of support.
Of such, are providing support and advice in seeking the adequate financial aid, advice and helping find communities to become integrated within.

These spaces could enable to the community centre an additional stepping stones to getting these people of the streets and back into a safer environment, more efficiently.

Day Four // Detailed window study, paying careful attention to the scales and levels of the three dimensional forms

COLLABORATOR | IARA SILVA

Iara Silva has been involved in community projects in the UK and Portugal, she has worked on various freelance photography and illustration projects and has an interest in urban design solutions in cities. Iara completed her BA in Architecture at Oxford Brookes University and is currently a M. Arch student at the University of East London.

DAY 4.

Ending the day with a group presentation. Time to pin down our scheme and move forward tomorrow!

COLLABORATOR | VICTORIA ADEGOKE

Victoria Adegoke has an interest in textiles, craft, community based living and architectural journalism. She has completed a BA in Architecture in 2015 and is also currently a M. Arch student at the Manchester School of Architecture.

COLLABORATOR | SIMI ABIDAKUN

Simi Abidakun is interested in community development, writing, visual arts and exploring artist spaces. She completed her BA in Architecture at Oxford Brookes University and has worked on a variety of live projects and events in London, Oxford and Manchester.

She came in for our presentations yesterday!!

Day Four // Scaled laser cut studies of window details to understand the architectural language used within the Gothic Revival movement and the Manchester Town Hall

WORKBENCH | COLLABORATORS

Hi guys, We wanted you to get to know our collaborators from LUNA. SO there are posts coming up for each of our three collaborators.

DAY 4.

Research into what creates atmosphere at a football stadium at the Manchester football museum.

DAY 4// PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

We are designing an ‘extendable box table’ which is very durable thanks to its compressed design it is not an issue to manoeuvre around as there are discreet locking wheels built into the base of the legs and a gas mechanism helping to lift and lower the unit. Our table is able to serve a couple of people at the same time while it can also be used by individuals. The Extendable Box Table is designed to suit any space. Tables are adjustable so they can meet the user needs. Additionally, it has a secure piston system in place which allows it to hold this weight. Our product can also be used as laptop desk, drawing board (thanks to its lift-up ratchet), group activities purposes, storage for any tools or belongings etc.

Monday 23rd: Progress being made on posters and comics as well as some impressive paper models.

Friday 20th: discussed our project with the member of staff on duty at No.70 Oxford Road and he allowed us to also stick a number of our flyers up in the window, facing out towards Oxford Road.

Friday 20th: managed to talk to the manager of the Grand Central pub and discuss the project with him. He then permitted us to put some of our flyers in the window, visible to the high footfall passing by. This pub stands as another one of Manchester's historic buildings and is in close proximity to Cornerhouse.

Following feedback from the collaborators each group developed initial concept layouts for their 'care hotel' proposals.

Students were divided into three groups to design a workbench. Let the competition commence!

DAY 4 //
NON-STOP going on!
Assembling the base up!

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Works continue for building up the base :)

DAY 4 //
GIRLS are not weak!

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The first and important step is the setting out for our base! AND we learnt something new on how to dismantle pallet in the most easiest way!