Events 2018

Day 2
Great presentations of initial design ideas by the groups.

DAY 2 //
Productive day - You've got to work and have fun at the same time! One more step nearer to the big day!

DAY 2 //
Sunny and warm morning, thanks Mark for delivering our material to the site :)

On Wednesday students were busy with research which was followed by AutoCAD drawing preparation for todays laser-cutting of the model's elements. We also introduced students to AutoCAD who never had a chance to work in it.

Split students into 2: structure/skeleton and skin/paneling

Gather information in these two aspects which could be carried through into further design development.

Drawings from the architects of form finding.

Drawings from the architects illustrating the spaces and views toward the sea.

Sketch model from team C.
Foldable working space with several re-arrangements to act as an exhibition piece or as a working space.

It was a great time to see the presentations from benchworkers with their initial concepts, ideas, precedents and joints.
Excellent work from all three teams!

Day 2 Structure group discussing with the blackboard!

Well done for the afternoon design development session. We made a huge progress today, making decisions on the location of the booth/entrance, materiality, structure and so on. Looking forward to getting into one final design tomorrow from today's 15 different ideas!

Today we explored ideas ideas around the design of the ticket booth. Small mockups were used to test lightweight materials and connections.

#TeamDistribution
The team has been split into 4 for the coming weeks!

DAY 1 //
Joint session with Group 23, with a quick introduction to Prefiguration architecture by Dr Leandro Minuchin and an introduction to WaiYin Welcome Centre by Mark, followed by an introduction to the Event Week. Thanks to all for turning up! Looking forward for the next day.

The construction teams effort in the workshop today have paid off with some great results. Various techniques were used to produce these junction details, all use no screws or nails- well done!

We have tested four options of detail connection for the exhibition in the wood workshop today!

34//Detroit – Manchester - Zones of Urban Experimentation

Day Two: Spent the morning in the Northern Quarter photographing the graffiti and street art which has become a prominent part of that area of Manchester over the years. In the afternoon we returned back to Chatham to continue our research and started to present some of our work for the publication.

We have sourced the timber for a local merchant- expected delivery early next week!

A brief summary of the event.

Dividing the research tasks between smaller groups enabled us to work efficiently as a whole team. Collecting the notes from each of the group’s research presentations at the end of the day allowed us to develop a refined brief for a ‘care hotel’ concept model.

A key consideration for the conversion of a city centre building into a ‘care hotel’ is the building’s location within the existing transport infrastructure taking into account proximity to hospitals and healthcare facilities. Group 4 collated research which focused on the access which would be required to and from a ‘care hotel’ and assessed the suitability of several sites across Manchester.

Sharing research in group presentations was valuable for the whole team to develop a brief for the ‘care hotel’ model. Drawing from ideas discussed at yesterday’s meeting with the collaborator, Group 3 focused on options for intergenerational living looking at how these could be integrated into the framework of existing buildings in Manchester.

7 Steps to produce an (architecture) comic.

After splitting into groups, group discussions about each model and concept sketches were underway!

Team 3 visiting the Great Hall.

Guys, have a look of the design processes. how can we develop the basic geometry components to some interesting forms?

Serious group discussion time!!

Good job everyone! Today it was a really long day, thanks for everyone's coming.We saw a lot of nice ideas and drawings today, and we will go more specific into our 1:1 model day by day. Tomorrow we aim to come up with the design to show more details, and we hope ideally we can start to make the digital and physical model next Monday. Have a good break tonight, tomorrow is important, because our cooperator and the guests from Brierfield local art college will join us, we need to show them some interesting ideas. Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow !

NORTHERN SQUARE //
Tour Number 5 one of Manchester’s most popular leisure and shopping destinations, the Great Northern is also the iconic epicentre of the city’s world-famous industrial heritage.

It was a nice trip yesterday, especially for you guys who from the first and the second years. A good architect is not only about designing on the paper, how to design the construction details and how to solve the issues on site are also really important.

ST PETERS SQUARE//
Tour Number 2 surrounded by public entities links to the tram and the town centre. It has an amazing public space to socialise and embrace the beautiful features that the Town Hall has on offer. Students sketching key elements that could be used when designing there instillation.

19/04/18

#MUTLIMEDIA

During the workshop today the students had the opportunity to use whatever materials they wished- acrylic paints, watercolours, newspaper, card, coloured paper, pens, ink and even fabric!

19/04/18

#CRAFTS

My workshop today gave the students a chance to recreate an architectural image in collage form. This was to encourage creativity and abstraction!

It was super fun and all the pieces will be on display during our exhibition / symposium at Paradise Works.

ALBERT SQUARE//
Tour number 1 was the epicentre for our project. Albert square is flanked by the imposing Town Hall and has numerous monuments and statues. It has interesting features such as detailed paving patterns and a water fountain. It is a large and well used square, especially on warm days like today. We will display our installation on a model of Albert Square so it is of great importance in our project!

GROUPS//
Here is a reminder of the groups for tomorrow. Students who are working on the partition designs will be allocated a square tomorrow at random. Students working on the site model will begin the task of assembling.
Model group lead: Natalie
Partition group lead: Laura

DAY 2//
We hope you had an enjoyable experience on our guided tour of the six squares we will be working on during this project. This inspiration will form the basis for your partition designs. We saw some great sketches! The excellent weather made for a great but tiring day. Tomorrow we begin work on the concept design and site model assembly.

Day 3 Afternoon Session

Brainstorming research session in separate groups.BA 1st and BA 2nd collaborating to frame their response to the events outputs.

Keep up the good work guys.

Precedent of the theme COLOUR that got picked up today on many of the team's drawings.

DAY 03 - FRIDAY 20.04

10:00 Benzie 515-516
We are going to be joined by our collaborator In-Situ and graphic design, interior design and students from the College of Art in Pendle. They will be over-looking the on-going design process of the Pop-Up Cinema Ticket Booth, while providing valuable insight and input.

12:00 Lunch

13:00 Benzie 515-516
Recap on the design iterations and finalise

14:00 Chatham 3rd Floor Lecture Theatre
Ladder and Tools Induction
***** YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO BE INVOLVED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TICKET BOOTH IF YOU DO NOT ATTEND THE INDUCTION ***

14:30 Free to enjoy the rest of the day.

A discussion with the Brierfield Mill Redevelopment architect about access and circulation to the cinema after our informative tour!

Some excellent sketches and designs of the cinema today!!!

Working on a design of a game for Community Engagement event. We tried to combine the co-housing features from MSAP PS1 design with the BINGO game, so the winner could get his ideal house typology and living environment. We created a brief simple bingo chart to calibrate and demonstrate it.

Preparing the main design characteristics of co-housing projects from MSAP atelier. The gathered information will be further included in the design of the board game, played during the Community Engagement meeting.

Circulation Precedent!

Circulation Precedent!

With the Festival's theme - Science & Outer Space..... the actual spacecraft that brought Tim Peake back to Earth in 2016 should provide some inspiration!

Group 2 worked on rehabilitation spaces. With the focus on how to improve the quality of communal areas within the care hotel, including 'Living wall', table tennis and ways to encourage interaction with the outside world, to reduce the isolated feeling patients get in hospitals.Garden centre can be designed within the hotel making revenues.

The use and effects of light is an important factor in the brief - The textiles exhibition was a perfect display for precedents!

Time to present group findings.

Each group presented precedents, images of inspirations, sketches, diagrams, potential sites ...
Good stuff!

Group 1 suggested using colours for different age groups to liven up the spaces. Bringing nature indoors, also incorporating sky gardens and green terraces for a healing environment.

How to corporate the care hotel model in the UK?

Each group collated information on different aspects of design: alternative accesses, spatial quality, different age groups, ways to encourage social interaction...

As the research became quite substantial, the team then began to formulate it all together into a presentation.

Working under such a short timescale was designed to teach the group how to work collaboratively under pressure.

The entire team worked extremely hard to help each other with the research, and in particularly how this could be applied to a site.

We also had fun networking with each other, which is an important skill to learn within practice.

Throughout the course of the day the groups worked hard together, formulating their initial findings.

As a team we taught them how the project would be applied to a professional project, within an architectural practice.

Thursday 19.04

A glorious day to visit the Museum of Science & Industry!

Seeking inspiration from the exhibits including forms, patterns and textures which will be carried forward into the students proposals

Group discussion about how to make the building feel less hospital and more like a hotel, which is one of the main consideration when designing a care hotel.

Everyone worked hard to get the initial research done! The research included features/programmes/accessibility for designing the care hotel. Re-use precedents have also been considered before choosing their own sites.

Today we divided the team into 4 groups and every group had different tasks for researching about the care hotels. The research will be used for later care hotel proposals. The initial proposals are planning to be ready by tomorrow so that students can present the design ideas to Pozzoni on Monday.

Laser-cutting a combination of clear, frosted and opaque white sections which will be personalised by the BA1&2 students and form one of the main Icosahedron panels!

A great start!

Today we divided into 4 groups, each looking into a different design aspect key to care hotels. We then presented our findings to each other.

We will continue working hard tomorrow, ready to present our ideas to Pozzoni on Monday!

Online research was very helpful to see how architects have addressed the issues of care in the past.

This group are looking at how student living can be combined with care hotels in a way that is mutually beneficial for all. Very interesting!

The teams collated their research in the form of reference images, sketches and mind maps to present to the rest of the group.

This was really helpful. We will be able share the knowledge and will now be able to apply this to each individual project!

Day Two: Group 1 is collecting elements of fireplaces and got an initial idea about the layout.

Day 2 (19 Apr)
With the pointers we got yesterday, we gathered round today to discuss ideas, precedents and did some initial sketches. Thanks everyone for the interesting ideas and concept. Can't wait to see the final designs!

Finalising the connection details at the start of the day!

FIXING DETAILS

Quick look at the work produced today by the group

Peterloo Massacre panel drawing completed for the Soapbox!

Timber 'wing' assembled! Good solid teamwork

Day 1 (18 Apr)
End of the first day! We had a wonderful afternoon speaking with the staff from Centrepoint and gathered lots of useful pointers to think about. Time to start cracking with our ideas!

The second group are discussing the curation of the content for our exhibition - research on connectivity and housing stock in Greater Manchester for older people.

Our first timber 'wing' is finished, not bad for a days work!

19/04/18

#SANDHYA

This afternoon marks the beginning of our individually led M.Arch programmes.

Sandhya is teaching us the skill of collage by getting us to recreate famous architectural photographs in new mediums. Really fun!

Day 1 (18th Apr)
Consultation with the staffs in Certre Point. So great to gain more opinions from them!

Excellent presentations Bench workers! Great proposition and good team work. We cannot wait to see your improvement on the products.

Following a morning of discussing MSAp portfolios, we have now broken off into sub-groups in order to start producing the exhibition. Each team has been split into the following theme:
1. Construction
2. Co-Housing (using MSAp portfolios)
3. Spatial Capacities (using PHASE's research methods)
4. Community Engagement

Thursday 19th: The tour continued to HOME which now facilitates the programme that once belonged to Cornerhouse.

Thursday 19th: we all visited Cornerhouse and the associated buildings with the newly acquired knowledge from the earlier presentation. We were able to go inside no.70 Oxford road, which is currently an MMU building.

Thursday 19th: Polly Bentham and Vicky Payne from the 'Save Oxfprd Road' campaign came in to present about the history of Cornerhouse and the current state of planning associated with the sites.

We have sought permission from the Manchester Fashion Institute to use their textile facilities for printing our exhibition material.

The Sublimation printer will take a full reel of synthetic fabric so it should give us a neater finish. 📌