A tour of the Town Hall were given by Vanessa to familiarize with the place!
Posted 18 Apr 2018 20:17
Group 15 Re[Modelling] Our Town Hall
Agenda: ‘Our Town Hall’ is an ongoing project with Manchester City Council to repair and upgrade Manchester Town Hall so that it is suitable for modern use. Designed by Alfred Waterhouse and completed in 1877, the Grade I listed building is a key part of Manchesters’ built heritage. Our agenda is to investigate how modelling can be used as a tool to interpret, develop and communicate a design concept. In collaboration with Purcell, students will test and refine proposed design strategies to challenge and embrace the conflicts between heritage and inclusivity for the Town Hall. Aligning with our atelier ethos of design by model making, this will be delivered through a series of models in the B15 workshop to communicate the organisation of space. // Download Poster
An introduction to the event for the 1st and 2nd years, followed by a tour around the Town Hall.
Posted 18 Apr 2018 20:14
Meeting up together to discuss the programme and creating a strategy for the events week!
Posted 9 Mar 2018 10:48
'Remodeling is a process of providing a balance between the past and the future. In the process of remodeling the past takes on a greater significance beause it, itself, is the material to be altered and reshaped. The past provides the already written, the marked 'canvas' on which each successive remodeling will find its own place. Thus the past becomes a 'package of sense' of built up meaning to be accepted, transformed or suppressed.' (Image shot from Town Hall inner courtyard.)
Posted 24 Feb 2018 15:32
Example of modelmaking as a 'tool kit' for design process. (Image from: FLORES&PRATS Architects)
Posted 24 Feb 2018 15:18
After a meeting with the City Council and the Architects who are a part of the team of the Our Town Hall project, we were given a tour of the building to showcase some of the amazing internal spaces.
As our EVENTS project is about creating models of specific elements within the building it was interesting to see where they would fit in. We were also told that we could possibly have an exhibition space for the finished models in one of the rooms of the Town Hall.
As our EVENTS project is about creating models of specific elements within the building it was interesting to see where they would fit in. We were also told that we could possibly have an exhibition space for the finished models in one of the rooms of the Town Hall.
Posted 23 Feb 2018 12:19