Events 2018

02/04/18

#TARGETREACHED

We have raised the £100 needed for our Events programme to go ahead!!

Thank you too all our donators, who range from family and friends, to award winning artists and Architects.

It's not too late to donate! - We'd love extra money for materials.

https://www.youcaring.com/events2018-1119412

Thank you!

As well as digital skills our EVENTS program will use the skill of drawing.

"Drawing aids us to be, teaches how to observe and understand, to describe reality, to become aware of the elements which comprise the whole of its textures, its colours, its contours its proportions and its shade of light."
- Ibiza museum of contemporary art

A big part of our EVENTS program this year is to digitally communicate and curate the activities taking place, both during the official Northern Soul Charrette Day organised by RIBA, as well as during the EVENTS fortnight.

If you have any digital skills you are particularly strong at and enjoy using or that you would like to learn or develop further, let one of the team know, so we can help you broaden your capabilities alongside the fun program we have planned for you.

Happy Easter!

Material Options - Working through material choices and costings in order to make sure that our project comes in on budget whilst delivering our proposal.

We are almost there to finalizing the detailed schedule and agenda for each day, as well as the groupings during EVENTs week! Meanwhile, the risk assessments are sent through and everything is coming along well. Do check back in for the final schedule and grouping list!

We visited Centrepoint and had a wonderful time speaking to the volunteers and some of the young adults during the breakfast drop-in session. We would have more opportunity to meet and interact with the lovely people at Centrepoint during the EVENTS week!

Our EVENTS project is being advertised at Centrepoint!

27/03/18

#TOURPREP

During events week, we will visit the Whitworth and Manchester Art Gallery.

This weekend I went down the Whitworth to suss our the current exhibition; you're in for a treat!

27/03/18

#COLLAGE

As part of Events week, each member of the M.Arch team will run their own programme that explores the relationship between art and architecture. Mine will be as follows:

This session will focus on drawing as a method for designing and representing architecture. First, each M.Arch will present their favourite architectural drawing that they have ever done. Next, each student will be asked to pick an artistic style (impressionist, pop art etc) out of a hat. Each student will also be asked to take a piece of A2 trace and a segment of an image that M.Arch have printed and divided. Each student must reproduce their segment of the image in the artistic style that they have chosen. At the end, the segments will be re-joined to produce one collage. This will be displayed as part of the final symposium.

We are very excited to confirm the attendance of the above 13 Northern Schools of Architecture who will be attending this years Northern Soul Charrette 2018, hosted by Manchester School of Architecture.

If you are interesting in being part of the MSA Charrette team, please send us an email at: northernsoulcharrette@gmail.com, before the 13th APRIL 2018!

Risk Assessment complete.

We are looking forward to working with you all and preparing for the overnight trip to the lake district! We'll be getting in touch shortly

#COMPLETED

The final version of Risk Assessment completed and submitted!

#Meet&Greet

Don't forget our group meeting today! It's a great opportunity for you guys to socialise and ask anything you want to know about our project.

ps. Check your emails for more details about Location and Time!

#STAYSAFE

This week we completed our risk assessment to make sure that we can complete our events programme safely. We will go through this with you on the first day of events before undertaking the days activities.

We can't wait to start working with you and hope you are as excited as we are!

It's the last day before the Easter holidays? Is everybody excited?

To keep you all updated, we met with our client, the MSSA, and took them through all the details of information and design we have been gathering the past few weeks. Safe to say - they are as excited as us for this collaboration and most importantly of getting a new active desk that is actually theirs as well as meeting the rest of the team ( our BA additions).

P.S. It's amazing how much they are involved in while working through their BA studies.

Nothing says discussions better than a Thursday session exploring the parameters and dimensions of our site and the future design of the MSSA desk. We've got a great session plan for the BA students and we can't wait to show them what we've prepared!

Name | Ashif Shafi
Atelier | Isr
Experience | Murali architects, Chennai

Quick meeting!

We met as a group to finalise risk assessment, liability letter and our group time schedule. Some changes were made from last meeting in terms of material and construction parameters. We had a meeting with the coordinator and got loads of feedback to work on. The project preparation is going smoothly and we all looking forward to seeing you all!

Potential layout/designs for your outputs!

Photo taken within the bookbinding workshop on 15.03.18. As part of our research into creating our final comic book pieces, we decided to check out the possibility of using risograph printing. Described as digital screen printing, the final outcome can be a very sophisticated piece. It is also good for mass production which is something that could be useful if we intend to hand out some of the comics to the public too. We were shown examples of work and the capabilities of risograph printing.

Name: Oli Matini
Atelier: USE
Undergrad: Sheffield Hallam University
Experience: dRAW Architecture, London
Bio: Much of my interest in architecture lies within innovation and the understanding and implementation of ever-evolving technologies. During placement, I worked mostly on residential projects, working to a fine detail. The year was a great help with understanding construction further as well as understanding the environment of a working practice. I'm sure that the outcome of our events programme will be great and I look forward to meeting everyone!

Hi, I am Thomi Steliou, 5th year student in USE atelier.

I had my Bachelor degree at Manchester School of Architecture. For my year out, I worked for Forum Architects in Cyprus, on a confidential project in Saudi Arabia. I am really interested in the spatial experience in architecture and study the psychological and emotional behaviour of objects and spaces.

Therefore, our event project offers a connection between the user and the object and I am over-excited to start examining different possibilities for our output. Our work bench proposal should be a combination between studies of ergonomics, as well as, an inspirational unit for the user (artists).

PS. I love model making!!

After another meeting with our collaborator from Luna, Vicky! We discussed some further details about the work bench project. Also we just completed our risk assessment along with the technical team of the to make sure that everyone enjoys safely our events. Along with the risk assessment, we developed a detailed timetable to make sure that our work is on schedule!

We also have a small surprise for you!

Hi beautiful folks!
Here we have our session plan for the events week, with an exhibition at the end of the week.
If you have any questions, we are happy to answer them. Just contact us through our FB group! (Link has been sent to you via email a few weeks ago!)

Name | PeiYin Loi (JESS)
Atelier | Qed
Experience | Bio-Architecture Formosana, Taiwan.
KPK Architects Sdn Bhd, Malaysia.

Bio | I'm from Malaysia and completed my undergraduate degree at Manchester School of Architecture in 2016. A tropical country city girl who loves travelling. I believe that "Experience, travel - these are as education in themselves"- Euripides. During my year out, that is the reason I chose to work in Taiwan half year and work in Malaysia for another half year. I experienced both different country's culture and architecture :)

LOBBY SURVEY!

Today we spent the evening surveying the site and after surveying, we had discussions regarding the risk assessments and made amendments to it.

Check out our Events schedule and get prepared for the exciting two weeks!

Name | Yuansui Ling
Atelier | CiA
Experience | Meng Architects, Shenzhen
Bio | I’m Karis. I’m from China and completed my undergraduate degree at Manchester School of Architecture in 2016. I’m interested in architecture conservation and things between culture and architecture. During my year out, I went back to China and I’ve worked on cultural architecture projects and also have experience with healthcare projects. Aside from architecture, I love music, travelling and I wish I could visit every corner of this earth someday.

Name: Keerthivasan
Atelier: QED
Undergrad: Sathyabama University, Chennai, India
Experience: Rajendran Architects, Chennai
Bio: Hello everyone, I am Keerthivasan. I did my undergrad in India currently pursuing my Master's in MSA. I like parametric and climate responsive architecture. I have worked on different scales of projects such as residential, commercial, Institutional, hospitality and airport design. I am new to Manchester and I am excited about Events, looking forward to meeting you all.

Name: Hussain Jamalullail
Atelier: USE
Undergrad: MSA
Bio: I love the bottom-top approach to design, considering the users, the site and the materials that is site specific. I believe in regionalism: the spirit and the character of a place. I look forward to having a conversation about this with you during the event.

Name: Naile Alanli
Undergrad: London Metropolitan University, Sir John Cass Faculty of Art, Architecture and Design
Experience: Creight architects
Bio: During my studies and placement year I worked on a variety of projects ranging from small scale live projects to commercial and residential designs. I like to work on community projects where public voice is involved. I have a passion for environmental design and communicating my ideas through sketches. I look forward to meeting you all.

Name: Terrence Shum
Atelier: USE
Undergrad: MSA
Experience: Saunders Architects, Manchester
Bio: I love generating designs with sketches, colours and models. During my placement year, I was involved in mainly residential and commercial projects, as well as some masterplanning schemes. I hope I can offer help with what I have learnt and I look forward to getting to know you all!

Hello to all of those in Group 3 - Northern Soul Charrette,

We are looking forward to meeting you!
In the meantime, please follow the link below and add yourself to our facebook group. This way we can keep you up to date with the latest info!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/182923785826863/

Thanks to those of you who came last week! We had a great time meeting you all and designing the exhibition display stands- we've finished the design and paperwork for Events and can't wait to get started on it with you!

After discussing the fire regulations and establishing the parameters for our proposal we conducted a site survey.

Name | Wan Chyin Lim
Atelier | qed.
Experience | Swan & Maclaren

Bio | I'm from Malaysia. A tropical country girl in love with food and travel. I believe that architecture is not for the rich and always interested in helping the society with a better living environment. Welcome to the event team and let's help out with our community!

Name | RouAnn Chen
Atelier | QED
Experience | ZLG Design
CKPM Project Management
John Koh Architects (Malaysia)

Bio | I’m from a tropical country called Malaysia. My hobby includes cooking, film, travelling and art. I’m also passionate about green architecture. I always believe that in this day and age, with global warming on the rise, and since architecture is a huge part of the everyday life, we should start from designing buildings that improve in the environment, I.e. zero carbon buildings. Hence I’m very passionate about our project as it made use recycled materials. Ecstatic to be working with you!

[ ShedSquad ] _Meet the team

28//Detroit – Manchester - Zones of Urban Experimentation

Collaborators: Having had a chat with the events group, Soapbox. There is a good chance we will be able to exhibit our work in their exhibition. This gives us the chance to showcase our weeks work. Another element we are considering adding to this is the idea of possibly running a competition within the events group. This will allow the best piece of work to get the largest allocation in the Soapbox exhibition.

27//Detroit – Manchester - Zones of Urban Experimentation

Filmic Inspiration: We are starting to formulate a series of precedents for which our film could look like. Seen in the image above is the poster for the popular anthology series, Black Mirror. If you find any videos you think ours should be presented like, make a note of them and we will go through them during our first meeting. Below is a link to a precedent for the recent trailer for the fourth season of Black Mirror. Notice the transition between archival and footage from the actual show for inspiration for our final outcome.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjNhW2mR1lM

26//Detroit – Manchester - Zones of Urban Experimentation

Schedule: We have finalised our plans for the Events weeks! The schedule of key activities divides our team into two groups: Team A and Team B. Team A will be primarily focusing on the development of the magazine and Team B will be working on creating the short film.

Check your university emails and the Facebook group for further information on how the groups will be allocated.

25//Detroit – Manchester - Zones of Urban Experimentation

Risk Assessment: We have just completed our risk assessment after having a very informative discussion with the technical staff at MSA. We want everyone to stay safe during the Events especially when we visit various sites in the city centre of Manchester.

Please check your emails for the Risk Assessment!

DESIGN ALERT!

The team have been looking at branding ideas for the desk space. We've been thinking of making it a statement piece by being creative with the material, and implementing it into the desk itself - it's a change from your usual stickers and badges.

DESIGN ALERT!

We've been looking at flexible and efficient storage spaces for the MSSA desk, as well as the materiality. Take a look here where there's an idea of integrating a book nook into the seating. We're thinking about attaching wheels to the underside so it's also easier to transport away from the space.

With our A Northern Soul posters dotted around Benzie building, we hope there is beginning to be a buzz over the exciting charrette!
The Manchester School of Architecture are looking for a team to represent at the upcoming 2018 RIBA A Northern Soul Charrette.

We're looking for a team of 10 students from across all years of the MSA to be part of our exciting plans for the day - Friday 20th April, with a surprise venue and brief to be revealed!

You'll be joining students from 12 other Northern schools of architecture for an exciting and rewarding day of team building, design and networking.

If you'd like to get involved, email northernsoulcharrette@gmail.com before Friday 13th April

#reimaginingmcr #northernsoulcharrette

#Update

Hello People, we have split the team into three groups for the development of the design outcomes for our competition!

We are very excited to see your designs and ideas! A few weeks left until April!

The collection continues! Don't forget to keep your 2L drinks and milk bottles, clean and with caps!

Hey Guys,
Just a reminder that the first meet and greet meeting is on Wednesday at 11am in studio CH713. Looking forward to seeing everyone :)

Look out for our posters now displayed around the Benzie building looking for a team to represent The Manchester School of Architecture at the upcoming 2018 RIBA Northern Soul Charrette.

We're looking for a team of 10 students from across all years of the MSA to be part of our exciting plans for the day - Friday 20th April, with a surprise venue and brief to be revealed!

You'll be joining students from 13 northern schools of architecture so this will be a fantastic opportunity for networking as well as an enjoyable day of team building and designing!

If you'd like to get involved, email northernsoulcharrette@gmail.com before Friday 13th April

#reimaginingmcr #northernsoulcharrette

#WORKSHOPS

As part of the workshops, we will be having a go at kirigami which is a form of paper modelling. This technique is a different way of thinking about modelling that will bring together architecture and craft.

Keep an eye on the blog to find out what other workshops we will be doing during the events programme!

Welcome to Events 18!

My name is Stephanie Papalla and I’m a 5th year member of the Work bench team! I am from Cyprus and I graduated my undergrad from Manchester school of architecture in 2016! I did my year out at a local firm -mainly handling housing projects - at my hometown Larnaca. Aside from architecture I love traveling and exploring new places. I’m really looking forward to getting to know you all and working together during the events weeks.

Riso Printing Examples on colored papers. A3 is the maximum paper size for the printing.

Riso printing Color Gradients. Excited for the workshop!

#Update

Hi Guys, to ensure the success of OUR event and to provide you with all the necessary materials we are fundraising to cover some of the expenses.

We believe that our project will enhance our understanding, as future architects, on the importance of an inclusive environment. Investigating subjects like scale, materiality, and access we are aiming to conclude on statements and suggestions on how we could change the way we develop the built environment.

We will much appreciate it if you share the link below to any friends, family, industry-related parties that might be interested in supporting our event or even interested in learning our findings from our workshops.

https://www.youcaring.com/researchregardingchildrensengagementwithinthecity-1132710?utm_campaign=buttonshare&utm_medium=url&utm_source=copy&utm_content=cf_cp_01




Thank you so much!

As part of 'Northern Soul', you will be in charge of curating an exhibition made up of work produced during the official Northern Soul Charrette Day on Friday 20th April, where MSA will be hosting 13 Northern Schools of Architecture.

You will be tasked with both digital and physical curation. From displaying models, sketches and drawings to suit your chosen narrative as well as digitally documenting the process and final output through various digital media.

#reimaginingmcr #northernsoulcharrette

#Update

We finish the week with some housekeeping work to make sure that everyone stays safe during our events in April! We just completed our risk assessment and had a very informative conversation with the technical team of the university!

We hope everyone has a good weekend and don't forget to check our blog on Monday for more news and details!

Name: Tamsyn Rootsey
Atelier: USE
Graduated: Norwich University of The Arts
Experience: Hudson Architects Ltd. NPS Property Consultants, Norwich
Bio: Avid collager, movie watcher and intense food eater, however Architectures the game, forever looking for inspirations the game (Double pointing fingers)

As you can probably gather, it has been a very productive week for the events team. We are well underway with the production of formal documentation required by the participating collaborators and an exhaustive risk assessment is nearing completion. In other news, our little Leandro's have been underdevelopment and will be featuring soon... watch this space.

Great first meeting with some of the Merz '18 Team discussing the itinerary, accommodation, risk assessment and the transport to the Cumbria for our events week trip.

Bid Images - Images in order to get final sign off, of design from client in order to release funds.

OUR COLLABORATORS//

MANCHESTER TOWN HALL// Project
‘Our Town Hall’ project is the current scheme underway which aims to safeguard and repair the existing Town Hall and Albert Square. The scheme hopes to boost public access and ensure that the building and square continues to play a role as the heart of the city.

PURCELL// Architects
Heritage architects who are currently working on the town hall

PLANIT-IE// Landscape Architects
Currently working on the landscape for Gary Neville’s St Michaels skyscraper scheme

MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL// Client

We will be working alongside these collaborators who will provide us with key information and guidance from their own research into Albert Square and the project. This will be a good opportunity to meet with architects and landscape architects and get an insight into how they work collectively on one project.

MEET THE PROJECT COORDINATORS//

NAME// Symmon Sandher
FROM// Solihull
GRADUATED// University of Manchester 2016
EXPERIENCE// Bluesky Design Services
ATELIER// USE
BIO AND INTERESTS// Hi guys! I’m Symmon and I have been a student at MSA since I started my undergrad in 2013. I then completed my year in practice at Bluesky Design Services in Stockport. My experience focused on the educational industry, being involved in a number of school, sixth form college and university projects. Aside from architecture, one of my main interests is art and I particularly enjoy portrait drawing. I’m really looking forward to getting to know you all and working together during the events weeks.

#News

We are excited to be able to confirm that our exhibition will take place on the 30th of April at St. Mary's primary school main hall!!

More news on the way!!

#Brainstorming

Team meeting today to arrange final details and confirm outstanding issues!

Check out our next post for the location of our exhibition

MEET THE PROJECT COORDINATORS//
NAME// Aadil Sidat
FROM// Blackburn, UK
GRADUATED// UCLAN
EXPERIENCE// Glenn Howells Architects
ATELIER// Use
BIO AND INTERESTS// Hi all, My name is Aadil Sidat but just call me Adz. I did my undergraduate at UCLAN and moved on to work in Birmingham at Glenn Howells Architects working with the English National Ballet. I then took a year out to travel and work in graphic design. Currently I am in USE but spent some time with CPU. I'm interested in a variety of activities and I look forward to meeting you and having a great time in the 2 weeks.

Hello people! Thanks for turning up earlier, this is the itinerary as promised. Have a look through it and begin to familiarise yourself with the movement that is, DADA...

Today we had our second meeting with Ella & Karen from Manchester Histories. We showed them the Soapbox design which we had developed with the help of some of the second years, discussed some more ideas, and talked about the next steps for the project!

MEET THE PROJECT COORDINATORS//
NAME// Huzaifa Mulla
FROM// Leicester
GRADUATED// De Monfort University (2016)
EXPERIENCE// HN Concepts
ATELIER// USE
BIO AND INTERESTS// Hi Guys! Just a little bit about myself: Completed my undergrad at De Montfort University moved to Manchester at the start of the year, I love to travel been to fair amount of places. I have worked more on residential projects, extensions, new builds etc. I am particularly interested in Kinetic architecture and adaptable design especially in a world where everything is changing. I cant wait to meet you all and learn about you as well. See you soon!!!

MEET THE PROJECT COORDINATORS//

NAME// Laura Haigh
FROM// Leeds, UK
GRADUATED// University of Manchester 2016
EXPERIENCE// CAD Architecture
ATELIER// Use
BIO AND INTERESTS// Hi! I now work part time at my year out practice which gives me good experience while completing my masters degree. My interests outside architecture include graphic design, fashion and music. I particularly like Modernism and my favourite building is the Barcelona Pavilion by Mies Van Der Rohe. I look forward to meeting you all!

MEET THE PROJECT COORDINATORS//

NAME// Natalie Liassi
FROM// Limassol, Cyprus
GRADUATED// De Montfort University 2016
EXPERIENCE// Kyros Lontos Architect
ATELIER// Use
BIO AND INTERESTS// Hey! Looking forward to meeting all of you. Here are a few words about me: I am currently completing my masters degree and I am a huge art enthusiast, and any other creative medium as such. I especially like Neo-futurism and the Brutalist movement. However, I truly admire Gothic architecture and therefore my favourite building is Sagrada Familia in Barcelona.

FACEBOOK GROUP NOW LIVE//
Join the group for regular updates regarding meetings, plan changes and to keep up to date with our progress so far.
https://m.facebook.com/groups/1202850366518995?id=1202850366518995&ref=content_filter

Hello everyone!

As our Events program is fast approaching it’s perfect time to get to know each other better! Stay tuned for our next posts!

Small comic looks cute. Prnted using RISO printer

Discussion we had earlier on using RISO printing. @bookbinding workshop

#ALMOSTTHERE

A big shout out to all who have donated so far, we have almost reached our goal and really appreciate your support!

If you would like to make a donation, please follow the link below:
https://www.youcaring.com/events2018-1119412

The Corner House - Tatler News Theatre, designed by Peter Cummings, opened in May 1935 with a seating capacity of 300. cinematreasures.org/theaters/2677

In contrast to the currently disused section of Cornerhouse on Whitworth Street West, No.70 Oxford Road (the building formerly occupied by Cornerhouse) has been transformed into Manchester Metropolitan University Arts and Culture Hub. It now hosts a programme of theatre, film, and creative writing.

I have found a picture of Cornerhouse's Screen 1 from 1970's when it was the Tatler Porn Cinema. Image Reference: Save Oxford Corner Campaign.

Amazing continued support from local companies as we continue to source material for the build! We are well under way now and our materials stockpile is building up at the Wai Yin Welcome Centre.