#EXHIBITION_DAY

Exhibition boards are on!! Such a great pleasure to listen to all these positive comments from the children.

Video from the exhibition in progress.

#Day_07 #Exhibition

The boards have started getting a shape!!!

We are working full speed on their completion and the exhibition on Monday!!

Check out our next post for more details on what is coming up

#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_04 GROUP_01

Our Group's task for the is to tide up our initial proposal for the competition tomorrow! The exhibition layout is done now what is left is final details and the A1 board!

Check the blog later on for the boards!

#Day_03 GROUP_01

The competition is ON! Group 1 is on fire!

After a discussion with the whole team about general observations from the consultation sessions, we split up into 3 groups, and we commenced the production of the 3 different outputs. Our collaborators - DLA Design choose the winning team next Tuesday. The winners get to see their design being built up for the exhibition on the 1st of May.

Looking forward to seeing what the other teams will come up with and if they can beat us!

#Day 02-Afternoon session

We had so much fun in our session yesterday with the school children of St. Mary's Primary School!

The children were given the opportunity to draw their school out of memory and later on design their ideal education environment.

As a final exercise, we design in groups an ideal city environment!!

Now the task is to take on board what we've learned and we noted and translate these into an ideal city - interactive exhibition for them!!

#Exercises #Update

STAGE 2
Having established the spatial understanding of the spaces at hand, we will then perform a sketching exercise where the children will be asked to represent the spaces they examined differently, using their innovative way of ordering their surroundings.



STAGE 3
We will perform a different sketching exercise where the children will be split into three groups of five. Each group will be given an A1 sheet, with an image of a specific city view (axonometric & street views), they will be asked to trace over the sheets to create what they would perceive as the perfect city for children.

Can't wait to see you all on Wednesday

#Exercises #Update

Our strategy for the workshop with the students comprise of three stages that will familiarise them with simple architectural terms that define space, improve their cognitive understanding of their everyday learning environment, and engage them through simple design tasks in creating a space for themselves by themselves.

STAGE 1
Take the children on a tour of their school campus. As they enter each space, we will perform a set of experiments and have a brief Q&A session to establish an understanding on how they start to perceive the spaces through concepts such as scale, function and materiality.

Check out the next posts for the other two stages!

#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!

#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!

#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!

#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

#Social

Hello People!! Our Facebook page just launched !! Join the team for regular updates regarding meetings and changes to the plan!

Keep checking the blog guys, is a busy week and we've got a lot of cool things to share with you!

#Social

We are officially on Instagram! Check out our page for, stories from our meetings, site visits and many more!

Keep checking the blog for updates regarding our progress and more details for meetings and collaborators!!

#Hi

Hi, my name is David, I'm 24, Welsh and initially got interested in Architecture after reading up on Frank-Lloyd Wright. I am particularly interested in future-adaptable design especially in a world with Global Warming and find our course particularly useful when the building picture round comes up at the pub quiz

#Hi

Hi everyone. My name is Yuchong QIAN, but you can call me Mike. I am from China. I completed my first two-year study at Nanjing University and moved to Manchester School of Architecture from Year 2. I got my BA degree here and went back to China for a one-year internship. I have worked in Urban Architecture in Shanghai for half a year, mainly focused on residential. Then I moved to the architecture design institute of Southeast University to have a practice on public architecture like schools, and football stadiums.
I recently came back to Manchester to do my Master and kept my BA choice: QED atelier. I am comparatively interested in the user-centred architecture, aimed to make building serve the public all-around with eco-friendly theory. I am looking forward to seeing you in April and have a great time with you and the kids.

#Update

Rooms for our presentation dates are now confirmed!
Keep an eye on the blog for full timetables and to your university email for invitations for our meet and greet session!

#Hi

Welcome all to our team!!!
We are very excited to meet you all experiment, research, design and have some FUN during our workshop event in April!
Keep Checking our blog for updates regarding key dates, new collaborations and progress!!

#Hi

Hello everyone! My name is Yara and I am Half Syrian and half Lebanese. I completed my BA in Lebanon in 2015 and took two years out. During my first year, I worked in Lebanon with ERGA, a local firm with which I worked on a mixed-use residential/ commercial compound called Beirut waterfront. I was mainly based on site which proved to be a very insightful experience. During my second year, I participated in establishing an academy of arts in Damascus, Syria which was definitely a life-changing project. This year I started my MArch with atelier QED within which I have been working on projects mainly focused on the re-use of old buildings with an innovative and environmentally friendly approach... I can't wait to meet you all and learn more about you as well.
See you soon!!!

#Hi

Hello people! My name is Panayiota, but you can call me Peny. I'm from Cyprus, and I moved to the UK a few years ago for my BA. I graduated from Northumbria Universtiy and during my year in practice I worked for the Estates of Newcastle University. I primarily focused on education projects, where I was given the opportunity to design and lead the refurbishment of the Medical Library, which situated in a 60s building.
I recently moved to Manchester for my Master, and I joined the qed atelier that promotes an environmental practice and sustainable approach to architecture.
I'm looking forward to meeting you all very soon and see what are you going to come up with!

#Hi

Hey! I am Adam. I am Cypriot, and I did my undergraduate degree at Manchester School of Architecture. During my year out, I worked for an Architectural practise back in Cyprus, which specialised in Residential sector. I worked mainly on residential projects, which included apartments, private homes and mixed-use master planning.This year I am in atelier QED.I am interested in the designs which are a friendly focus on green building, sustainable design, eco-friendly materials, affordability, material reuse, and humanitarian relief.I look forward to meeting you soon and propose a fantastic design.

#Update

We just met with the head of St. Mary's Primary School and updates regarding dates of workshops with the school kids, place of the final exhibition and much more will be on the blog very soon!

#Planning

Hey guys! We thought that you might be wondering what the plan for the two weeks is! This is a draft version; some dates are still TBC so keep an eye on the blog for updates!
We can't wait for April !!

#design

It's Brainstorming time!!
We are currently in the process of tidying up the exercises that we are looking to conduct with the kids from the St Mary's RC Primary School. We are also preparing our selves for a visit, in the next few days, to Levenshulme to meet the teaching team and discuss our ideas further!
Stay toon!! More updates on the way!

#Hi

We are really excited to meet all the 1st and 2nd years interested to join our team!! Don't be shy to ask any questions!
We are always on the 8th-floor studio feel free to pop by and say Hi!!

#News

Great News!!! We can officially confirm that we will be collaborating with St. Mary's RC Primary School in Levenshulme for the development of our interactive exhibition! Stay toon we will shortly be posting the exercises that we are planning to conduct with the year five pupils!