MSA Live 21

Muhammad Ifwat Bin Z

Following the positive feedback we received from our collaborators yesterday, it was great to see everyone's new upgraded drawings that will be completed very soon! Can't wait to see all the drawings to be compiled into our final booklet presentation.
Well done, Group 2!! (Audrey, Vivian, Sara, Hannah)

Posted 18 May 2021 23:31

Muhammad Ifwat Bin Z

Posted 18 May 2021 23:30

Group 32 / ROCHDALE REVIVAL

Rebecca B

Following on from the ‘Re-Use Framework’ established in Week One, the team are designing two temporary interactive spaces in Albert Square to promote recycling within the construction industry in Albert Square. They illustrate examples of how the framework can create a life for the unused materials once removed from Manchester Town Hall.

The spaces aim to:

- Reuse waste materials from the Manchester Town Hall Refurbishment

- Consider what happens to the materials after the project is dismantled

- Maximise the potential for the materials ‘Re-Use’ after the project

- Use the knowledge gained from Week 1, of different material uses and the ‘cradle to cradle’ process of materials

Posted 18 May 2021 23:14

Sze Jin L

The team is tasked to select and reinterpret elements from the previous photomontage into loose line drawings. The hand drawing exercise prompts students to think about the relationship between form and geometry.

Posted 18 May 2021 23:04

Feedback from MUD and Jos Boys!

Last Friday, we met via Zoom with our collaborator MUD and Jos Boys, an architect who specialises in accessibility.

The purpose of this meeting was to present our initial ideas and work in progress drawings for feedback. We explained our initial site plans, layout, materiality, and interventions. This presentation was super helpful, and our guests were really pleased with our progress.

Jos commented:

“Thoughtful and inventive work”

“You’ve done such a lot of work between you…I’d really like to see where you take it”

The main questions our guests asked us to think about were ‘what is gardening?’ ‘what is inclusive gardening?’ and ‘how are you meeting functional needs?’

Following this meeting, we started to ask ourselves questions like ‘will this be suitable throughout all weather conditions and seasons?’, ‘are we excluding anybody?’ and ‘will our designs work on the Platt Fields site?’

We are all looking forward to seeing how this project progresses!

Posted 18 May 2021 23:02

Group 38 / MAPPING COLOUR

Developing Visuals!

Today three of our team members each developed a visual of our proposed interventions. The visuals showcase designs of vertical and stacked planters, rendered to reflect how they would look on site. Our team are so pleased with how these images have turned out and we are excited to see what else will be produced!

Posted 18 May 2021 22:57

Group 01 / POWER TRIP

Molly W

Prepping for the big virtual school trip tomorrow. We enlisted little brothers in a trial run of our paper nets, very impressed with the neat colouring on the house! We also finalised all our diagrams including the Coal to Kettle one (above), which features dinosaurs that look a bit more alive than they should! You’ll have to excuse our artistic license there, everyone likes a dinosaur surely!? Fingers crossed our little 5 year olds enjoy their class tomorrow

Posted 18 May 2021 20:45

Adeyinka Adedunni A

INFOGRAPHIC POSTER DESIGN !

Here's a sneak peak into today's infographic poster design process by the Graphic Design (GD) team ! Can't wait to see how they fit into the exhibition booth. Stay tuned for more

Posted 18 May 2021 20:45

Group 19 / HOUSE OF NEGOTIATION

Weining L

REFINING PLANS & MODELS

Every team refined plan drawings and created a perspective visual with surrounding context this afternoon. Let's take a look at BA students' great works!

House 3 - Disability campaigners who reside in a house that is exemplary for accessible design, running workshops to raise awareness of accessibility issues

Posted 18 May 2021 20:29

Group 19 / HOUSE OF NEGOTIATION

Weining L

REFINING PLANS & MODELS

Every team refined plan drawings and created a perspective visual with surrounding context this afternoon. Let's take a look at BA students' great works!

House 2 - Musicians and artists who both provide workshops and use the park for performances or creating artworks

Posted 18 May 2021 20:27

Group 19 / HOUSE OF NEGOTIATION

Weining L

REFINING PLANS & MODELS

Every team refined plan drawings and created a perspective visual with surrounding context this afternoon. Let's take a look at BA students' great works!

House 1 - Formerly homeless running a soup kitchen with produce from the community garden

Posted 18 May 2021 20:18

Group 32 / ROCHDALE REVIVAL

Yilin Z

Today, we run an abstract drawing workshop to discuss the techniques Dan Slavinsky presents in his architectural drawings. Students are tasked to create a thin line drawing as the base to add on abstract elements. By challenging the innovative artistic method to present their strategies, students are expected to have a deeper understanding of their schemes and be clearer of the aspects they would like to focus on.

Posted 18 May 2021 20:15

Ismael Z

From the research of relevant precedence in regards to the reusability of materials from the town hall, the design group has now started to work on their pavilions, breaking off into various teams and creating a cohesive narrative of coming together as explored within the initial concept of the recycling logo.

Below are some of the concepts they have designed, reusing the materials from the town hall site, creating quirky seating areas and interactive public spaces.

Posted 18 May 2021 20:07

DAY 7 HIGHLIGHTS!!

Group 3 - Home screen and Building Elevation group

After feedback from the client we discovered that our first elevation, a doorway labelled working girls home, is actually the doorway into the building where Lifeshare have been based for years. Taking this revelation into account we have decided to reuse that detail as the first building facade earnt and seen in the homepage, after getting past the loading screen for the first time. We hence decided to create a new building for any course content that the Ragged University may provide, for this we looked at iconic elements of university buildings. The final building facade we will produce is perhaps the most refined yet, using everything we have learnt in illustrator including: gradients, the width tool, the shape builder tool and many more.

Posted 18 May 2021 20:05

DAY 7 HIGHLIGHTS!!

Group 2 - The Avatar clothing and the splash screen/loading screen group

Once the layout of the loading screen was decided on, the group then discussed the general manner in which the app will load and how the colour scheme will work together.

Posted 18 May 2021 20:04

DAY 7 HIGHLIGHTS!!

Group 2 - The Avatar clothing and the splash screen/loading screen group

Once the second group finalised the splash screens, they have then began to work on the loading screen and have come up with many different iterations and colour schemes that were aimed to match with the overall app scheme. The theme that was used for the loading screen icon was of symbol to Manchester. This is to reiterate that this is a Manchester app created by locals and is for Manchester.

Posted 18 May 2021 20:02

DAY 7 HIGHLIGHTS!!

Group 1 - Achievement icons and Learning platform group

Following on yesterday, the first group continued on adding more the the general layout of the app and refining the other elements. They then started to link the pages in the app together using Adobe XD to provide them with a testing environment to see what elements work well together and what others do not work as well.

Posted 18 May 2021 19:59

Group 07 / PLAY BOX

Billie P

DAY SEVEN ...

Today our two teams have challenged their graphic and CAD skills in the production of material to be presented on Thursday. Skills learnt in workshops have been applied to create illustrator diagrams, photoshop visuals and orthographic drawings in autoCAD.

The wellness centre is progressing and now features a multifunctional hall, club house, cafe and amphitheatre. Producing site analysis and concept diagrams in adobe software has helped solidify the group's approach and can now inform the production of orthographic drawings and visuals.

Posted 18 May 2021 19:45

Group 16 / WOAH + GMHAN

Shrida V

Today the team used the research from the last few days to create a graphical presentation of the information. Simultaneously, the website team updated the 'get help' section of the website. The BA cohort designed simple icons and symbols that are easy to understand, making it easier for the audience to read, interpret and absorb the information presented while elucidating the causes and effects of homelessness. The ability to present information in several different ways is a skill that will help to prepare a visually appealing final output.

Posted 18 May 2021 19:42

Group 07 / PLAY BOX

Billie P

DAY SEVEN ...

Today our two teams have challenged their graphic and CAD skills in the production of material to be presented on Thursday. Skills learnt in workshops have been applied to create illustrator diagrams, photoshop visuals and orthographic drawings in autoCAD.

The community garden team have settled on a programme and site arrangement, allowing them to now develop details such as the main entrance to the site. Here, the plan footprint of the containers has been used to inspire the entrance frame, to which graphics are then applied.

Posted 18 May 2021 19:40

Group 40 / ARCHIVING ALBERT

Inclusive Design!

Over the past couple of days, a few of our team members have considered how visitors will navigate through the Platt Fields site. We have focused specifically on how Platt Fields can be updated to facilitate wheelchair access. We have incorporated new routes into the site plan and researched suitable pathway materiality’s. We all agree that it could be beneficial to differentiate areas (market, allotment, workshop, circulation) using a distinct materiality.

Posted 18 May 2021 19:39

Group 17 / KEEN FINGERS

Grace C

Day 7: Consolidating our final designs.

Day 7 involved our pairs consolidating their designs in the morning and starting to create their axonometric drawings this afternoon. These final axonometric drawings will describe each element of the scheme to the clients.

The tiles displayed in this post have been created by each member of our team and will be used to render our axonometric and visuals to follow in the next couple of days. They display the vibrant and collaborative nature of the scheme and we are really excited to see the finished drawings come together tomorrow!

Posted 18 May 2021 19:36

Group 34 / LIVE WIRES

Soniamaria L

The site visit allowed the design team to experience the space. It exposed us to the local dynamics and the place’s culture.
The site turned out looking and feeling a lot different from what we had envisioned. As a result, the group visit of the site allowed us to get a better sense of scale and contributed to gathering details that will strengthen our design responses. The site visit was crucial to creating design solutions sensitive and responsive to a place's characteristics and the partners' needs.

Posted 18 May 2021 19:25

Farah Nadhiera Binti MF

EXISTING COLLECTIONS BY FARAH FUAD (M.ARCH STUDENT)

Farah's work looks into the existing collections in the Town Hall. There are over 3,000 hidden 'gems' ranging from sculptures to silverwares in the Town Hall yet they are not well known or discovered much from the public in general.

Posted 18 May 2021 19:25

Group 02 / MIXED SPACE

Yuxin J

We have a meeting with our client, Sam. BA students show their design work and share their ideas. Then, Sam gives some feedback of the project and comes up with more details about the work.

Posted 18 May 2021 19:04

Group 14 / RE-SHAPING MARPLE

Kefei Q

The collection of people's ideas about landscape design today, lots of works with sketches and digital model!

Posted 18 May 2021 18:58

Group 40 / ARCHIVING ALBERT

Farah Nadhiera Binti MF

CONFLICTS & CONTROVERSIES BY CHARLOTTE FARRELL & CHARLOTTE ELLIS (BA STUDENTS)

Complementary to Sam's work, Charlotte Farrell and Charlotte Ellis are currently working on the 'Conflicts and Controversies' page which emphasised the role of Manchester Town Hall and Albert Square as a place to congregate the people of Manchester together during difficult times. Poet Tony Walsh read his poem 'This Is The Place' at Albert Square following the Manchester Arena attack in 2017.

Posted 18 May 2021 18:55

Group 40 / ARCHIVING ALBERT

Signage Development!

Today two of our BA students looked at signage designs and potential locations on site. We believe that signs are a necessary navigation and information technique that will be hugely beneficial for less-able Platt Fields visitors. Our students produced some fantastic inclusive designs that incorporated images, braille, audio recordings, and embossed lettering. The designs were envisioned to be readable to anyone, from young children to visually and hearing impaired individuals. The signs will locate the main interventions and all growing produce on site.

Posted 18 May 2021 18:53

Farah Nadhiera Binti MF

HISTORICAL EVENTS BY SAMUEL JONES (BA STUDENT)

As we move towards the deadline before meeting our partners, we observed some really high quality outputs from the team members! Sam is currently working on the 'Events' page which outlines key historical moments and turning points in Manchester Town Hall and its relationship with the wider context.

Posted 18 May 2021 18:52

Group 12 / SMART COMMUNITY

Max Ferguson F

Today we had the chance to chat with local architects Gagarin Studio about their work in West Yorkshire, particularly community projects like the Orange Box Young People's Centre in Halifax. We discussed how a single project can be a catalyst for wider change, and how you can accomodate a wide variety of stakeholders, users and actors within a single project.

We also chatted about representation techniques, and how as architects we can successfully communicate a project to an audience without having to use plans and sections, which can often be quite exclusionary. We discussed who our audience was in this project, and how we can properly tailor the extension and the gallery spaces for a Leeds audience, using local heritage and arts culture as a jumping off point for the project and the visuals.

This was a great chance to have some last-minute feedback on how our projects were developing, and what we could do to really push them into being successful schemes that encapsulate what makes Leeds and it's art so special.

Posted 18 May 2021 18:32

Group 18 / ARCHIKIDS

Bethany S

Three Designs!

Alongside creating AutoCAD plans, we also used SketchUp to model our developing designs for each of the pods. This allows us to visualise our ideas in 3D and look further into the structure and spatiality of the pods.

The team have created amazing designs and we are looking forward to developing them further.

Posted 18 May 2021 18:00

Group 14 / RE-SHAPING MARPLE

Juliet Sara T

Day 7 – 2nd Tutorial with Ian Fisher

In the morning, we had another tutorial with Ian Fisher, who is a Landscape Architect. We presented the progress we had made on the master plan of the site, in which we focussed on the landscaping around our new building proposals and the main entrance to the park. We also talked about our strategy towards the canal edge, in terms of adding bridges and pathways through, as well as our approach towards the busy Station road to the north of the park, which involved widening the pavement.

He gave us lots of detailed feedback and tips about landscape design. He encouraged us to place an invisible grid on the masterplan of our site, Marple’s Memorial park, and use that to guide the landscaping features as our current masterplan lacks structure. Ian also talked about the importance of the hierarchy of spaces and reducing our focus on the vehicle and its associated car parks. Overall, it was a highly valuable session that gave a great introductory insight into landscape design.

Posted 18 May 2021 17:56

How we share ideas!

At the start of last week, we set up a Miro board to allow our team members to share their work and ideas. This Miro board, along with Microsoft Teams is how our team communicates. Throughout each day, we all upload what we have been working on and we constantly refer to previous uploads.

Miro is the perfect software to talk through our ideas whilst we are in a group video call. It enables us to look at everyone’s work at once, whilst being able to draw and add comments on screen.

Posted 18 May 2021 17:52

Group 39 / PAVING THE WAY

Matthew G

DAY 7

From the researching of relevant precedence in regards to the reusability of materials from the town hall, we now have started to work on the designing of the pavilions, braking off into 2 teams where we are closely working together.

Here is one of the concepts we have designed, reusing the materials from the town hall, and framing unique bespoke items within recycled steel box mesh frames. This narrative is to create a place to dine whilst celebrating the opening of the Town hall in 2024.

Posted 18 May 2021 17:47

Razaw O

Getting lost in Chorlton!
Luckily the sun stayed out when two of us voluntarily went on a site visit to see the routes in person. We tried to imagine our creative interventions, including umbrella-lined boulevards and birdwatching shelters, but were distracted by the amazing cafes! Other than the ice cream, our favourite spot was Chorlton Park (although the community gardens and leafy green streets were close runners up).

Posted 18 May 2021 17:38

Group 35 / SKYSCRAPERS THE LIMIT

Ryan D

Today we were given an interesting tutorial about the use of rendering and photoshop to show atmosphere within a space. Here we see the use of VRay to demonstrate the kinds of lighting quality you can achieve.

Additionally, we were given the task of creating our own spaces to see how we would represent our own version of the same template.

Posted 18 May 2021 17:35

Group 09 / ARTISAN STUDIO

Aaron S

During the 7th day of our MSA live project, the team further developed their designs moving towards a more detailed approach from the initial conceptual ideas in preparation for our final presentation to the client and members of the council on Thursday.

Posted 18 May 2021 17:31

The team at site F are looking to expand on the existing sporting facilities within the area, providing the addition of an outdoor gym space, tennis courts and play area for the local community. The new additions will sit alongside the river creating 2 key activity zones which will bring people to the area. Further down the river the group are also incorporating an outdoor exhibition space nearby a local gallery where local artists can display their work.

Posted 18 May 2021 17:31

Group 37 / PAY INN DISPLAY

The site E team are taking a contextual approach to design, looking to bring the existing bars and cafes in the area down to water level, providing some outdoor seating for their guests as well as incorporating some greenery to a well built up area. The site has no existing walkways so building out onto the water has been a focus for the group in order to provide an adequate route for pedestrians and cyclists. The group are also addressing a series of bridges across the site, exploring how they can be occupied and become a means of attracting people to the area.

Posted 18 May 2021 17:27

Lucy W

We started Day 7 by presenting the work from yesterday’s 4 site analysis groups. It was great to see a contrast between clean CAD lines (such as showing transport routes) and delicate sketches (that portrayed some key views of the site). Next, we all jumped into fleshing out our initial ideas for the concept proposals. We broke off into two groups to start mind-mapping key themes and furthering the site analysis from yesterday, in order to understand what the needs of the site are, and how our proposals might add value to the Farmers Arms. After discussing some ideas and seeing lots of fantastic sketches, we’ll now reign these in to fit into the local context and area. Tomorrow, all our students will be bringing all sorts of materials that can be found to start creating some maquettes and models to bring these ideas to life!

Posted 18 May 2021 17:26

Group 41 / SKETCHY BUSINESS

Today the Blue Line team focused on visualizing our programme, creating a series of images which demonstrate how the themes from week 1 and our site specific design for week 2 come together to create a cohesive scheme.

The group working on site B are looking at incorporating water sporting activities into their site and the river as a whole to draw people to areas they may have not explored before via boat. They are also looking to include some wetlands style greenery and pavilions to provide some biodiversity to their outdoor seating spaces.

Posted 18 May 2021 17:23

Eva F

STORYBOARDING JOURNEY RESULTS

This afternoon we created storyboards from the photos we took of our journeys this morning. Some storyboards focused on landmarks along the way and others focused on people or specific details on the journey.

It was great to see everyone's drawing styles used to show their individual journeys! Telling a story with a drawing is an amazing skill and something which will help prepare for the final outputs.

Posted 18 May 2021 17:19

Group 21 / INSPIRE BRADFORD

Catherine Zena P

Master-planning Representation – Creating Visuals // The Inspire Bradford team have been working within two groups today as we develop our visual representation of the master-planning proposal.

The visual group have been working predominantly with photomontage techniques, hand drawing and sketching to represent key areas of the proposals. This has included creating both night-time and daytime scenes of the streets of Little Germany, showing how different spaces are lit and inhabited at different times. Images have included showing the proposed art mural walls, overhangs through the streets and activity within new public squares. Drawings have been shared on the team Miro board so we can collaboratively see the project develop and share ideas and improvements.

This image was created by Zahra (BA 02) showing the proposed street interventions on the Little Germany masterplan.

Posted 18 May 2021 17:19

Group 21 / INSPIRE BRADFORD

Catherine Zena P

Master-planning Representation – Drawing Strategies // The Inspire Bradford team have been working within two groups today as we develop our visual representation of the master-planning proposal.

The strategy group have been working to develop diagrammatic and figure ground drawings of the masterplan. This has involved individually working to represent different aspects of the proposals including demolition drawings, building use, access and arrival point figure grounds, locating areas of key interventions and refined masterplan drawings. The processes have been documented on the Miro board meaning the team can share ideas and take inspiration from each other. Techniques have been developed in Photoshop, Illustrator and Procreate combining a mixture of hand drawings with software to develop drawings and visually represent ideas.

The above image was created by Ollie (BA 02) and identifies key areas of social intervention.

Posted 18 May 2021 17:18

Group 21 / INSPIRE BRADFORD

Catherine Zena P

Day Seven // Tuesday’s Timetable
10:00 – 12:30 Masterplan representation – defining our strategies and visually representing ideas.
13:30 – 14:00 Sharing master-planning strategies and visuals.
14:15 – 16:30 Continuing to develop visual studies of the masterplan and the key spaces we’re proposing.

Posted 18 May 2021 17:12

Group 26 / OWNHAUS

Adwoa Samantha-Jo Georgina B

DAY 7 // PROJECT 3 X MSA LIVE OWNHAUS GROUP PRESENTATIONS

Today we had a great opportunity to listen to a presentation given by Rob Evans and Lisa Kinch from Project 3 Architects on their concept and ideas for ownHaus. It was very insightful and awesome to see some similarities with the massing that was produced yesterday.

The group also presented their ideas to Rob, Lisa and Steve who gave some valuable advice on how to move on further and finalise the concept.

Posted 18 May 2021 17:11

Group 25 / IN THE OCEANS OF DIVERSITY

Henrietta Ffion W

Day 07: SketchUp Workshop

The MArch students led a SketchUp workshop to introduce the BA students to the world of 3D modelling. After finalising the plans, drawing in 3D has allowed us to communicate our ideas in section and axonometric projection. This session was very beneficial to the students who were able to learn all the shortcuts to make 3D modelling a useful tool in the design process. Learning to drawing 3D CADs can speed up the design process and can provide speedy and efficient presentation of a scheme. We will use the final 3D designs to present our idea to our collaborator in our publication.

Posted 18 May 2021 17:08

Group 18 / ARCHIKIDS

Athena P

Plan Development!!

Today we took our hand-drawn sketches and used them to create plans of the 3 pods on AutoCAD.

Drawing out the plans on AutoCAD allowed us to check dimensions and make any adjustments required easily and quickly.

The team made an excellent start!
Take a look at some of the drawings we have created so far.

Posted 18 May 2021 17:08

Giorgos P

Preparation for Feedback Session with our Collaborators

Today the team collaborated all together on finishing the design of the ground floor area before start preparing the presentation sheets for tomorrow's feedback session with our collaborator. This will give us the chance to get initial feedback from our collaborators, on our design before the final deadline on Friday.

Posted 18 May 2021 17:00

Group 01 / POWER TRIP

Molly W

Miro madness!! We’ve been beavering away, working on our diagrams, exhibition boards and website. This is our home base where we plan everything. You can see each others’ cursors flying around which is great for co-ordinating everyone but also makes you really feel connected to each other, something sorely missing in these weird Covid times. Having said that, we are one step closer to normality with the pubs opening inside today! We’re planning a social on Wednesday for more team bonding.

Posted 18 May 2021 16:56

Group 15 / PLAY BY THE BEECH

Premdyl Singh S

Day 7

What has group ‘community built’ been upto today?

"By finalising our concepts the day before, it was time to make it a reality! By drawing it on AutoCAD we were able to identify potential weaknesses and strengths of our scheme in a more feasible and recognisable way. By drawing to scale, the drawing guided us into make informed decisions about site responses and zoning that creates high areas of interactivity. Including our concepts, we took into account of our client’s comments, thus directing our iteration of the play area to be more inclusive in user groups and the arts.”

Posted 18 May 2021 16:39

Group 01 / POWER TRIP

Molly W

Meet our Guides! Colin Coal, Kelly Kettle and Ellie Electricity will help explain how electricity is created and add some fun to our diagrams. We found out from our lecture this morning, that characters are a really good way to engage small children. Thanks to Olivia and Megan for the very informative presentations on exhibition and graphic design for children!

Posted 18 May 2021 16:19

Group 27 / CONNECTED COMMUNITY

Henrietta Ffion W

Day 06: Guest Speaker!

We were very fortunate to have a mini crit of our designs with architect Mathew Benson from Storah Architecture. Mathew very kindly gave the BA students an insightful introduction to his career progression, providing understanding of the general career projection within the architectural industry. Mathew also explained current site accommodation conditions and the varying uses of different programmes, informing the students of the current limitations and lack of well being provisions; suggesting that even a kettle for a cup of tea was a luxury to most site accommodation. Moving forward, our students will consider how minor amendments can have a major impact to site accommodation provisions.

Posted 18 May 2021 16:17

Wenze X

DAY 7

On the seventh day, the improved design from every BA student was introduced first, based on the recommendation given previously. Additionally, in this stage, more detailed information is shown. More students show their design in 3D models with chosen material to further express their ideas. BA students also started to think about the section, elevation drawing.

Looking forward to their final output.

Posted 18 May 2021 16:14

Group 41 / SKETCHY BUSINESS

Eva F

STORYBOARDING JOURNEY

Today we began with an exciting new storyboarding exercise! We started by going for a walk taking and photos to document a chosen journey. Students were free to choose whatever journey they liked - to the shops, through a building, ANYTHING!

The purpose of this is to enable unique storyboards to be drawn of individual journeys. This is a great way to practice storytelling through sketching!

Posted 18 May 2021 16:11

Group 08 / MAKE BUILD

Cameron S

Our InDesign top tips session went well this morning with everyone including BA and March students learning something new from each other.

Posted 18 May 2021 16:07

Group 04 / FORGOTTEN CITIZENS

Laura Jane A

GUEST SPEAKER: Mathew Benson
We are pleased to be able to introduce the ‘Can We Fix It?’ Team to Mathew Benson, a qualified architect at Storah Architecture. Mathew began his architectural career in Scotland following his undergraduate degree from the Mackintosh School of Architecture at the Glasgow School of Art. Following this, he returned to Yorkshire, for his postgraduate degree at Leeds Becket University. Mathew has continued to gain a wealth of experience within the construction industry following his education, having worked in a multitude of architectural practices of varying sizes. During his practice experience, Mathew has worked on three Civic Trust Award winning projects and collected two Regional Building Control Awards. His work has also been published within the Architect’s Journal and one project was a finalist in the Grand Design Awards. We are looking forward to chatting with Mathew and gaining a professional insight to the construction industry.

Posted 18 May 2021 15:46

Group 03 / CIRQUE DU ARC

Madeleine A

As The Circus House is celebrating their 10th birthday, we are creating a graphic timeline of their life. We started by looking into the history of The Circus House and the other two event spaces, the NIAMOS and the Klondyke and the key events that have taken place over the last 10 years. We also began to look at timeline precedents and what would suit ours. This led to a design charrette in which everyone drew up a quick proposed layout. We then came together to decide which elements form each one we could take into the final layout.

Posted 18 May 2021 15:46

Jake G

Day 7

In todays afternoon session we have been using Miro to draw simultaneously on our masterplan proposals in order to finalise the design.

Posted 18 May 2021 15:45

Group 03 / CIRQUE DU ARC

Madeleine A

Looking back at our Ergonomic Circus Studies post from Friday (Day 5), you can see how the same movements have been considered in plan view.
There have been a range of different focal points:

- Different ways to practice a handstand (eg. against a wall or using a mirror) and how this could work in a room, in a covid safe manner.
- The forward and backward movement of a juggler which would only be visible in plan, as well as the outward arm spans.
- The added area having a spotter would take up.

Posted 18 May 2021 15:45

Group 03 / CIRQUE DU ARC

Madeleine A

Continuing from the Ergonomic Studies that we did last week, a short presentation was given to show examples of ergonomic drawings in plan and perspective views from above. The presentation also considered the interactions between the trainee and the trainer. Photos from The Circus House’s website were chosen as precedents to support this.

The next task is to look into the spatial arrangements for each activity and draw them out.

Posted 18 May 2021 15:44

Nurhassanah Binti K

WEEK 2
Colour the City #DAY7 schedule

10.00 a.m.: Morning catch up and briefing
10.15 a.m.: Colouring booklet development and marketing

1.00 p.m.: Lunch break

2.00 p.m: Colouring booklet development and marketing
4.30 p.m: Review of #DAY7
4.45 p.m.: Run-through #DAY8 schedule
5.00 p.m: End of #DAY7

See you on the next day!

Posted 18 May 2021 15:41

Group 07 / PLAY BOX

Noson Eliyahu P

DAY SEVEN...WORKSHOPS AND SKILL DEVELOPMENT:

Today we had our final three workshops to help our students. The first workshop covered presentation techniques, with tips to ensure clear and concise work that also looks great! The second workshop was all about Adobe Illustrator. This is a handy tool that can be used in combination with other editing software previously learned. The last workshop covered the basics of Lumion as a powerful rendering software.

We aspired to teach software that is commonly used in the working world and hope that these workshops have proven useful for our group. Now with the end of the project nearing, we are excitedly waiting to see what the students will produce!!

Posted 18 May 2021 15:38

Nurhassanah Binti K

HIGHLIGHTS OF #DAY6

It was an hour-plus of insightful sharing from this morning's session with Lauren Rosegreen, Sales and Business Development Manager from the Invisible Manchester team. She gave deeper insights into the importance of marketing for the team.

After the talk with Lauren, we continued to brew for a more insightful discussion with the Invisible (Manchester) team regarding the drawings produced by Colour the City team. So happy to receive positive feedback from them!

"Amazing work!"
"Love the clouds and birds."
"Love the details on the buildings!"

Posted 18 May 2021 15:35

Daniel C

Name: Leonard Rus Gherghelas
Year Group: BA1
From: Spain
Currently Located: Manchester
Interests: Painting, martial arts, politics

Posted 18 May 2021 15:33

Group 32 / ROCHDALE REVIVAL

Daniel C

Name: Megan Chan
Year Group: BA1
From: Hong Kong
Currently Located: Hong Kong
Interests: Taking pictures on my film camera and cooking

Posted 18 May 2021 15:28

Group 33 / ECOTSWOLDS

Holly M

This week we have begun the process of putting our research findings onto paper. BA students have been sketching out innovative technologies that through our research, we believe the client will be able to utilise. This was also an opportunity to work out how to agree on styles of graphics for the final versions. Students have a variety of skills and knowledge of different software, which has made these sessions extra exciting for the team!

Posted 18 May 2021 15:27

Beena N

Today we will be developing the montages created yesterday, refining them further to create a line drawing in the style of Dan Slavinsky. We will have a tutorial by Theo Fisher to walk you all through how you can make one within your groups. We hope that you all enjoy today's task and hopefully it will get you all thinking a little differently about compositions and abstract drawing!

Posted 18 May 2021 15:24

Group 10 / HOW WOMEN BUILD?

Rianna G

Group 03 analysed the third wave of feminism (1990-2000). The data after 2000 is slightly inaccurate, therefore this is where the data stops. The ratio of men to women is improving, however it is still 2/3 male to 1/3 female. However, as a collective we found this was a great improvement compared to the first wave percentage of 8.5%. The group found it shocking how imbalanced these figures were, especially considering the year 2000 was not that long ago.

Posted 18 May 2021 15:22

Group 10 / HOW WOMEN BUILD?

Rianna G

Group 02 looked at the second wave of feminism (1960-1990). While the ratios of women to men are still extremely low, the number of women enrolling in these courses was increasing. This may be a result of women’s rights improving. Another factor would be Manchester Metropolitan University merging with the University of Manchester in the 1990s, to create the Manchester School of Architecture, causing a rise in admissions. It was also noted the amount of women studying landscape architecture was higher than architecture.

Posted 18 May 2021 15:18

Group 10 / HOW WOMEN BUILD?

Rianna G

Each group were asked to analyse the data provided by our collaborators, documenting every person who had enrolled and graduated from Manchester universities (excluding University of Manchester), in architecture or landscape architecture, from 1852 to 2005. Group 01 were given the years for the first wave of feminism (1852 to 1960). The group found that 8.5% of enrolments were women. Out of those women, 40% studied landscape and 60% architecture. This ratio of men to women would be expected for this period, as women’s rights were still progressing. However, we found it surprising that the second world war did not have a drastic effect on admissions, a small increase in women and decrease in men was documented.

Posted 18 May 2021 15:15

Group 08 / MAKE BUILD

Cameron S

Having fun learning filming techniques, speed ramping and transition effects to put together B-Roll sequences for the physical portfolio video tutorial. Here is a little gif as a teaser of what we’ve been making today.

Posted 18 May 2021 15:11

Yesterday the group split into our smaller teams to conduct some brief site analysis before moving onto some precedent studies. We selected some new precedents alongside some of the work from the previous week to see what arrangements work best on our sites since they are all very different. We will use this work moving forward to build on last weeks established frameworks and develop a more detailed masterplan.

Posted 18 May 2021 14:27

Group 18 / ARCHIKIDS

Millie Jessica Tracy E

Sketchup Tutorial!

Following on from the skills we practiced in AutoCAD, today we had a SketchUp workshop by our MA student, Millie.

The session involved importing our drawings we have produced in AutoCAD into sketchup, so we can model the pods in 3D. SketchUp can also be a great tool to continue the development of the designs as it becomes easier to visualise the the design!

We can't wait to see each pod start to take form...

Posted 18 May 2021 14:17

Ismael Z

Waterhouse has many buildings located all around England predominantly building within the second half of the 19th century. His buildings were largely in the Victorian Gothic Revival style.

Some of his projects included The Natural History Museum, which showcases various exhibitions, including your favourite dinosaurs, volcanoes and mammals. Don't miss Andy's clock, the Wildlife Garden and the popular earthquake simulator.

Newsham Park Hospital opened its doors in 1954. The hospital developed its psychiatric department and received an influx of patients with severe mental problems. The hospital officially stopped taking new patients in 1988, and by 1992 all remaining patients and staff were relocated.

Alfred Waterhouse is also famously known for the creation of Manchester Town Hall and many many more...

Posted 18 May 2021 13:10

Jordan B

DAY SEVEN:

The MArch students turned their attentions toward setting the basis for the MSA LIVE publication. The discussion revolved around what was the message that we wanted to send.

Check back later in the week to see how we got on!

Posted 18 May 2021 13:08