Meet the team

We are Harry, Henry, Abbie, Jemima, Jess and Rachael - group 26.

Harry:
- Atelier: &rchitecture
- Undergraduate degree: UWE
- Harry will bring the enthusiasm to the group. He will help advance your photoshop and communication skills, as well as offering a lovely hand drawing.

Henry:
- Atelier: CPU
- Undergraduate degree: Sheffield
- Henry is a pro at Revit, he can whip up quick model options and can get on board with a technical drawing

Abbie:
- Atelier: CPU
- Undergraduate degree: Sheffield Hallam
- Can’t imagine the Shed in the park? No worries, with Abbie on board she’ll create a render to take imagination to reality. See this live project come to life on a page. Always happy to help!

Jemima:
- Atelier: &rchitecture
- Undergraduate degree: UWE
- A Shed? Not on Jemima’s watch, Jemima will encourage you to step out your box - Jemima is looking for the most out of you.

Jess:
- Atelier: &rchitecture
- Undergraduate degree: Sheffield Hallam
- Jess loves a chat, if you need help with anything, she’s here to hash it out. She also loves a wacom drawing, so need a visual get in touch.

Rachael:
- Atelier: &rchitecture
- Undergraduate degree: UCA Canterbury
- #1 organiser, Rachael will push you to your limits to get the best out this live project. Need to word an email, she’s your girl!

Stay tuned for more project information!

Library visit

Activity: Visit
Location: All Saints Library
Date: Monday 4th May
Time: 12.10pm

In the second week our events, we will be visiting All Saints Library to browse their journal collection. This is the opportunity to find inspiration, develop your graphic style and make your mark on the final presentation! With the final document being a fold out piece, there is plenty of opportunity for everyone’s development models and drawings to be included – this means it will be a well-rounded document that everyone can feel proud of. The outcomes of this task will to be able to collate a set of precedents that have successful layouts and pick a collection to work with. The precedents will be pinned up and a process of voting will decide what layouts used in the booklet. By working with a small set of 2-4 precedents for the layouts within the final piece, there is graphic consistency whilst still allowing people to express their graphic style.

Jack badger

Activity: Talk
Location: Benzie
Date: Tuesday 5th May
Time: 10am

Jack badger is a company specialising in carpentry and masonry who specialise in doors, oak panelling, timber flooring, carving and other miscellaneous carpentry. We have planned to have a talk from Ben Naylor, a senior member of staff at Jack badger, who is already a contact for the university and has given previous talks. The shed we design will be made from sustainably sourced timber and as we are providing a ‘how to’ booklet, it is crucial that we have an understanding of timber construction. The outcomes of this talk will be to develop an understanding of construction details and have some input from Ben regarding which joinery details work best for the shape and size of shed we are designing. This talk will be beneficial for 2nd, 3rd and 5th years alike and we are very excited to learn from Ben.

Low tech sustainable design

We have identified four key areas of exploration to implement sustainable design into the shed.

Bug hotel:
- The existing site is thriving with nature and people in the local area use the park as a small retreat from urbanisation. The committee have expressed their wishes to maintain and enhance the habitat of local bugs by providing a bug hotel as part of the shed. Low tech solutions involve filling bottles with twigs, grass and moss to create mini habitats for bugs.
Rainwater harvesting:
- Rainwater collection is an easy and practical solution to ensuring that plants in the park can be watered all year round. The rainwater will be collected in water butts which the gardeners can then use to fill up watering cans or connect a hose to if a pressurised water collection system is installed.
Sustainably sourced materials:
- It is important that the shed has the lowest carbon footprint possible. We have specified that timber must be the primary material for the shed, so this means using sustainably sourced wood which is grown locally and using a supplier who plants trees to renew those cut down. We have chosen to use Tree station as their wood is almost entirely sourced from Greater Manchester, from local tree work operations that they do.
Green roof:
- Using a green roof on the shed has many benefits. The soil and plantation provide greater heat retention in the winter and slows the rate of heat gain in the summer. A green roof also provides a new ecological habitat, reducing the impact of the building on the constructions footprint and creating a long-term habitat for local plants and small animals.

Publication template

The final output of this event will be a publication consisting of four A5 documents that unfold into an A1 sheet. We are aiming for the series of four documents to detail the following:

Document 1 - Site/design research:
- Outcomes of assessing what is needed in the shed by talking to the local committee and gardeners
- Outcomes of assessing the best location within the site for the shed in order to have a water supply and electricity
- Precedents and showing an understanding of how we can create more than just a shed

Document 2 - Design ideas:
- Outcomes of speed design process
- Potential layouts of the shed
- Models, sketches and collages created as part of the design process
- Feedback and development ideas from the crit

Document 3 - Design development/ construction:
- Final images
- Construction details
- Formal plans and sections of the shed design/s

Document 4 - Iterative process (Appendix):
- Culmination of images and sketches produced that were part of the design process but not appropriate to have in the main set of documents

The publication will give a clear timeline of the design process and enable the collaborators to build the shed from our ideas and details.