MSA Live 21

Week 2: Outlined Schedule

Ergonomic Studies in Plan and Timeline (Monday) - Brief + Design Tasks

Step by Step Design Task and Timeline (Tuesday) - Design Tasks

Festival Spatial Arrangement Design (Wednesday) - Group Design Task

Festival Spatial Arrangement Design + Reflection (Thursday) - Group Design Task

Final Presentation + Reflection (Friday) - Outputs Uploaded + Feedback Given + Presentation to The Circus House + Create Reflective Blog Post

Posted 18 May 2021 12:31

Chin Yeung Jason C

Day 6: A step closer to our final design!

After getting feedback from the Tetley, we have decided to combine BA students' brilliant and ambitious ideas! Details are as follows.

1. Adding an extension and sensory garden to the existing building.
2.Refurbishing and utilising the roof of the restaurant
3.Expanding the restaurant, bar and kitchen
4. Adding exhibition space and children play area
5. Designing a flexible event space with removable walls
6. Relocating the storage, exhibition shelf, shop and bar.

Posted 18 May 2021 12:26

Lian L

DAY 6 Task:
Well development!
Group 1 made a good progress today by adding a sensory garden to The Tetley and reorganizing existing plan, designing a roof activity space in order to create a more flexible and diverse area to The Tetley.
Here is their achievement for today's session.

Posted 18 May 2021 12:15

Group 22 / PARKTOPIA

Laura B

Day 5 also saw the whole team meeting with our collaborator LEAF. We were introduced to some examples of research they have conducted, as well as their previous collaborations and hopes for this one.

We then presented the abstractions we have conducted so far and a template of our final document.

We received some good constructive feedback that has been implemented going forwards. This interaction with our collaborator after a week of work has allowed them to respond to our work in progress, hopefully creating a more positive and successful collaboration.

Posted 18 May 2021 12:01

Lingxi T

PROFESSIONAL MEETING!!
We presented two new schemes with external partners! The BA students were divided into two groups to present their plans. Got the partner positive feedback and evaluation! A pleasant meeting!

Posted 18 May 2021 11:53

What a great end to the week! Everyone has worked really hard this week and it shows in these final ergonomic studies. These images will be in our publication to look at in more detail along with some further information about the circus acts that they depict. As an overview of the images, however, we can appreciate some of the graphic techniques. For example, using different colours to differentiate between types of measurements in order to make the drawings clear and apparent that they are technical studies. Also the introduction of a spectator or coach to mark social distancing.

Posted 18 May 2021 11:52

As we near the end of week one, it’s necessary to think about compiling our work so far. Next week’s tasks include making the publication using the InDesign template and creating a timeline. This is why now’s the time for an InDesign workshop.
The workshop covered basic InDesign skills which will be transferable to creating studio portfolios. An overview of how to use master pages was given as this will be necessary when creating the publication.
The workshop was educational for both BA and MA students. We were all able to share tips and shortcuts that others hadn’t used before.

Posted 18 May 2021 11:36

At the end of each day we have been meeting as a whole group, presenting where we’re up to with the project and discussing it as a group. This is a useful activity as it can give each other inspiration and also act as a critique. Being critiqued and critiquing are equally important skills. We hope that these sessions will maximise the quality of our work at Cirque Du Arc as well as help to develop our skills to critique both our own and our peers' work.

Posted 18 May 2021 11:35

Group 19 / HOUSE OF NEGOTIATION

At the end of day 4 we can see the ergonomic studies coming together. Forms have been drawn in different ways using photoshop and hand drawing. Progress has been made by adding measurements to the drawings. It is interesting to see that different groups have taken the initiative to look into different scales of movements such as specific hand movements and their interactions with apparatus. We can already see how points that were mentioned in the brief have been highlighted, such as full movement transitions, the angles they move through and the different joints being marked as pivot points.

Posted 18 May 2021 11:34

Group 33 / ECOTSWOLDS

Arundika Buddhini W

Day 6, Alternative Passive Design Technologies around the world

Asia is placed right next to the equator, which means it has different climatic conditions compared to Europe. So, we thought it would be interesting to find out how Asia is responding to the climatic conditions and their passive design technologies. We were able to discover that Passive house design technologies are used in a reverse way as opposed to Europe.

Sachinthanathan Shantihini is a practicing Chartered Architect and an Academic who took us through Passive design technologies and considerations in Asia and mainly Sri Lanka.

The speaker started the presentation introducing the climate, lifestyle of people and how buildings could be designed to accommodate them. And these three main questions were answered throughout the presentation.

1) How to integrate day light without the heat and glare?
2) How did they ventilate spaces without the heat and dust?
3) How did they bring the great outdoors inside without compromising on security and safety?

The presentation was quite insightful and more importantly, left us wondering what the perfect Summer Holiday would be like!

Posted 18 May 2021 11:15

Weining L

HIGHLIGHT
#DAY 7 - Refinement

10:00 Discussing Cladding Options
10:30 Refining Plans and Models
13:30 Rendering the Drawings
16:15 Debrief

Posted 18 May 2021 11:09

Group 31 / PLOT TWIST

Adam V

Group 2 continue studying how their parametric shapes interact with the existing wall and arches cut out from it. By creating 3D models within Sketchup and using Vray to export, they could understand how the junction between the two entities appears and how they contrast in styles.

Posted 18 May 2021 10:59

Group 41 / SKETCHY BUSINESS

Matthew G

DAY 7

Following on from day 6, we finished looking at similar precedence for projects that have reused materials that are also temporary structures. Here we have 2 examples of group 28s work, where the precedence mentioned has been elaborated on.

Posted 18 May 2021 10:53

Alina M

STORYBOARDING // RESULTS

We have had some amazing work produced by our students in their storyboarding task! They each had to choose a film to analyse the movement and atmosphere of each scene.

Posted 18 May 2021 10:49

Group 41 / SKETCHY BUSINESS

Alina M

STORYBOARDING // RESULTS

We have had some amazing work produced by our students in their storyboarding task! They each had to choose a film to analyse the movement and atmosphere of each scene.

Posted 18 May 2021 10:49

As our project is all about movement, isn’t it fitting that we get up and moving ourselves?
As restrictions mean that a large part of this year’s MSA Live is taking place on zoom, resulting in a lot of time being sat at a computer, we thought it would be important to include activities which meant moving about. In order to draw the ergonomic studies we asked each group to measure themselves doing some of these movements. This enabled everyone to collect data and also visualise exactly how each body part moves and transitions, really thinking about the different joints, angles and lengths.

Posted 18 May 2021 10:35

Zhengyang Z

DAY 6
Exciting development!
Group 2 made good progress today by bringing a larger restaurant to The Tetley and combining Reception, Exhibition and Shop Area to create a more flexible and diverse space.
Let's see what wonderful changes they can bring to this space.

Posted 18 May 2021 10:35

After the presentation, everyone set off to do individual research about ergonomics and how they can be presented. This allowed everyone to gain an understanding of the topic and form their own ideas. This research was then applied to one of the circus movements each group studied in the Abstract Movement Workshop and we considered the best ways to present these studies as technical ergonomic drawings. While thinking about how the body moves in more detail, we researched the health and fitness benefits involved with each movement. This is a huge part of what our partner wants to promote.

Posted 18 May 2021 10:33

Oladipo Timothy S

DAY 7 HIGHLIGHTS
10:00 - Briefing
10:10 - Poster Design & Model-Making
12:30 - Group Presentation
15:30 - Presentation to Amos
16:30 - Debrief

Posted 18 May 2021 10:32

Group 14 / RE-SHAPING MARPLE

Rebecca B

DAY 7 - SCHEDULE
TUESDAY 18th MAY 2021

10:30 Design Development with sketching, modelling and diagrams

12:00 Group Development Catch-Up

2:00 Graphically Presenting Re-Use Design

Posted 18 May 2021 10:20

Kefei Q

DAY 7!

Posted 18 May 2021 09:39

Group 36 / COLOUR THE CITY

Muhammad Ifwat Bin Z

Following the marketing talk in the morning was an informal work sharing session where all students have presented their sketch developments to the Invisible Manchester team in order to advance the projects forward and get input on their progress. This accurately describes our aim to encourage two-way communication, allowing us to explore how the booklet progresses and collect feedback to ensure the outputs meet the collaborator and our group vision.

Posted 18 May 2021 09:39

Group 36 / COLOUR THE CITY

Muhammad Ifwat Bin Z

Lauren Rosegreen, Sales and Business Development Manager from the Invisible Manchester team, joined us this morning to share with us about her role in the Invisible Manchester and a few presentations on the importance of marketing and how to reach nearby local businesses who will be willing to sell our colouring booklet. Students also had a short introduction about posting our regular work progress and project-related updates to Invisible Manchester's official Instagram profile throughout our Week 2 event.

Check out our group's progress on their Instagram!:
@invisiblemanchester

Posted 18 May 2021 09:39

Music is what joins the city. Introducing Karaoke pods on different parts of city was well received by the external partners. Further developing their designs, this group is working on the structure of the pod. The material focus is SIPs and translucent facades. – Work by Kerryn Arianne Karishma Peters, James Baker, Rana Pauliana Budianta

Posted 18 May 2021 01:04

INFOGRAPHIC POSTER DEVELOPMENT!

Meanwhile the Graphic Design (GD) team have gotten started with the infographic poster concepts.
Here's a poster on the different institutions and universities within the chosen cities that offer courses within the built environment.

Posted 18 May 2021 00:56

Emphasising on flexible furniture, this group is focussed on how to sustainably use pipes as the centre of their structure. The pod is to be used as a regular seating but can be further reorganised to form a skating arena. Paving the way for modern furniture, they are focussing right now on the core structure of the pod. - Work by Virginia Italia, Regina Anna Jedrzejek, Fanta Dembele

Posted 18 May 2021 00:55

Focussing on bridging the gap between generations, they are currently working on structural development on their designs further. Materiality of the project is a mixture of timber and ropes of recycled material. Different types of games to get the people to have fun and interact with one another is their spotlight on the pod. - Anita Luburic, Ke Han Oh, Oliver Chard

Posted 18 May 2021 00:52

In-Situ and Building bridges pendle organised a community consultation in Pendle to get the residents amped up to understand their issues more. We from the Space invaders team were able to attend and interact with residents to know more about their prejudices and take on things. It was quite insightful and hence enjoyed by all.

Posted 18 May 2021 00:46

DESIGN DEVELOPMENT

After the quick model making, the Model Making (MM) team then embarked on some developed designs for the exhibition booth. Stay tuned for more!

Posted 18 May 2021 00:41

Group 29 / BIT BY BIT

Abdullah J

DAY 6 HIGHLIGHTS!!

Group 3 - Home screen and Building Elevation group

This is the building that represents the course ‘ how to find a hostel’ it takes elements of luxury from various hotels as well as elements from hostels themselves. In this sense we try and convey the typology of a place to stay, but also try to give the convey the same quality seen in the architecture of the hotel as a proposition for the hostel. As a group we would like to see hostels just as well designed and prominent as places where the wealthy stay.

Posted 18 May 2021 00:28

Group 05 / MODULARCH

Lok Hang Harry C

Day 7! We will continue developing our scheme and aim to finalize the layout of each module by today.

10:00 - Briefing
10:15 - GA Drawings Development
11:30 - Finalize Drawings
13:00 - Lunch
14:00 - Design Code Catalogue
15:30 - Review Progress
16:30 - Debrief

Posted 18 May 2021 00:27

Group 29 / BIT BY BIT

Abdullah J

DAY 6 HIGHLIGHTS!!

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

the second group continued working on the splash screens and refining them. The focus for the second group today was to choose a unified style, and beginning to design the splash screens based on the unified style. All the artworks that are produced are representative illustration of Manchester but in an abstract manner rather than a specific one.

Posted 18 May 2021 00:27

Group 29 / BIT BY BIT

Abdullah J

DAY 6 HIGHLIGHTS!!

Group 1 - Achievement icons and Learning platform group

After having finished the icons last week, the first group focused today on creating the general design layout of the app - specifically, the layout of the courses in the app. This included them using all the assets created by all the second group and combining them together to create a more uniform design.

Posted 18 May 2021 00:24

MODEL MAKING EXCERISE

The Model Making (MM) team embarked on a 10mins model making exercise, to get quick ideas on the common themes for the exhibition booth from the initial team brainstorm.
Here are some of the interesting concepts drawn from 'journey' and 'materiality' themes.

Posted 17 May 2021 23:54

Posted 17 May 2021 23:53

INITIAL BRAINSTORMING !

To kick start the week, the entire team started brainstorming ideas and styles for the final exhibition booth and the infographic posters using Pinterest, sketching and Miro. After this we then broke into a Model Making (MM) team and Graphic Design (GD) team to further develop designs.

Posted 17 May 2021 23:44

Group 08 / MAKE BUILD

Trisha P

[12:38] Elisabeth Adele Frobisher

DAY 6

Publication Production: Layout

The publication subgroup started the day by discussing what the publication was and planning how the final work that we worked on last week as well as the work to be produced further in this week would be arranged. The different ideas from both the MArch and BA students about the types of pages and where each page should be placed was very effective to finalise the layout of the Publication.

Posted 17 May 2021 23:33

Matthew G

DAY 6

We have been identifying similar precedence for projects that have reused materials that are also temporary structures, this created the awareness for what type of Pavilions we were starting to design. Here we have 2 examples of group 28s work, where the precedence mentioned has been analysed working out how the cradle-to-cradle approach would work with its project.

The objective is to identify how it would become a break space in the Albert Square whilst reusing and repurposing materials from the MCR Town Hall.

Posted 17 May 2021 23:27

Jordan B

DAY SIX:

The second week sees the BA work toward implementing their material frameworks in designing a temporary pavilion for outside of the Town Hall, utilising Albert Square.

Both teams set out to brainstorm and gather precedent, with the help of the MArch, to create a brief, a material pallet, and a flow diagram for how their pavilions can be built, and how the materials are then re used thereafter.

Posted 17 May 2021 23:12

Group 07 / PLAY BOX

Billie P

DAY SIX ...

Today four groups became two. We have merged ideas to create two clearly distinct programme concepts; a community garden and a wellness centre.

The wellness centre group have chosen to drive their design with a focus on the senses. This decision has generated some interesting ideas for canopies, a new approach to play and for creating a sensory journey through the site.

The group has explored how creating a number of individual tree-like canopies could achieve the desired protection against Manchester's typically rainy weather but also allow adequate light into the courtyard.

Posted 17 May 2021 22:44

Group 40 / ARCHIVING ALBERT

Jordan B

IN SUMMARY:

We should be designing for demolition, and planning for a systematic sorting of materials during disassembly to make it easier to repurpose them.

Here we found that often the architectural design process is rewarded if the product is deemed sustainable at the point of completion. However, we see many buildings laden with tonnes of plastics and non re-usable materials. This should be factored into whether a building can be deemed sustainable in the full lifecycle of the building, and its materials.

Posted 17 May 2021 22:08

Group 16 / WOAH + GMHAN

Shrida V

Welcome to Week 2 with Group 16! This week is all about using the research information and content from the previous week and updating it on the WOAH Website. The goal is to publish the website by the end of this week.

The team spent the day creating illustrations which will be combined with the research from last week and updated on the website.

Keep reading to see our progress into the final web design!

Posted 17 May 2021 22:07

Syahirah Hanis Binti AG

Today, the Heritage Team had a thorough discussion to decide our catalogue format as well as the content for each sections based on all of our Week 1 research. We went over from the graphic style for all visuals planned up to text placement and effects to be applied. To kick start our catalogue, each one of us are assigned to edit photos of landmarks and sculptures, as well as creating a short introductory paragraph in Indesign. These are then collated in our publication document by Kostis (BA1), who will apply necessary interactive elements as agreed by the team. We also had short sharing sessions on how to create interactive buttons in Indesign by Kostis, as well as using the camera raw filter in Photoshop by Farah (M.Arch). At the end of our meeting, everyone took a page each to work on for tomorrow, before our review session with our collaborator, Ms. Tamara Karim (Lendlease) on Wednesday.

Posted 17 May 2021 21:18

Group 18 / ARCHIKIDS

Athena P

It’s a brand-new week!

Our team member Wiki (Wiktoria) started off the day with an AutoCAD tutorial.We learnt how to use multiple AutoCAD tools as well as how to export drawings to scale.

The tutorial was also recorded so all the students could look back at it while working on their own plans & elevations of the pods!

Tune in tomorrow to see how we have progressed!

Posted 17 May 2021 20:37

Group 07 / PLAY BOX

Billie P

DAY SIX ...

Today four groups became two. We have merged ideas to create two clearly distinct programme concepts; a community garden and a wellness centre.

The community garden team have spent the day developing a water harvesting system to supply the produce garden. The ingenious parasol system can be positioned dependent on the weather to provide shade or to collect rainwater.

This process has encouraged the team to develop skills in advanced CAD software.

Posted 17 May 2021 20:35

Ismael Z

This week we are leading a design project for the proposal of a temporary exhibition to be displayed at the grand opening of MTH in 2024! The "RE-USE" MSA LIVE group will take what they have learnt from their research week which identified the possible application of some of the materials found within the disposal of the historical conservation project and repurposing them through their created frameworks as part of a recycling initiative.

Posted 17 May 2021 20:31

Rebecca B

DAY 6 - SCHEDULE
MONDAY 17th MAY 2021

10:00 Design Brief Introduction

10:30 Quick Fire Precedent Analysis

12:00 Design Groups Initial Design Ideas

2:00 Design Development

Posted 17 May 2021 20:27

Group 35 / SKYSCRAPERS THE LIMIT

Matthew G

Here is week twos schedule, it is closely related to the previous week where we created a framework to analyse the sustainability of materials and identifying how we can reuse the elements extracted from the town hall.

This week we will use the framework to help us create temporary Pavilions outside the MCR town hall. This will be located on the Alberts Square. Using the research from last week we will apply this to the methodology of the Pavilion, where the identification of how the structure will be created, where the materials are taken from, and the cradle-to-cradle approach will be specified in the output.

We are all looking forward to seeing how the rest of the week goes with the outcome of the Project.

Posted 17 May 2021 20:24

Group 07 / PLAY BOX

Billie P

SITE VISIT ...

Today we were able to make our first physical visit to the site - socially distanced of course. We were able to photograph the site and surroundings, whilst developing a greater understanding of the site's scale.

The visit highlighted the quality of Chorlton Park and the lush green foliage on the site. Some overgrown planting will need to be cleared, but established, mature trees and bushes provide ample opportunities.

Posted 17 May 2021 20:24

Ryan D

Today the model-making group transition to 3D model making. Focusing on creating the 3d model of a highrise, which would show students how work develops from a physical model to a digital model leading towards the final outputs.

Stay tuned to see how this work progresses over the coming week!

Posted 17 May 2021 20:15

Group 25 / IN THE OCEANS OF DIVERSITY

Giorgos P

Interior Design Exploration

Today MArch and BA students collaborated to find ideas for the interior design of the BBPendle ground floor, based on the precedents that our group found yesterday. The outcome was a flexible space providing opportunities for meetings and social events, reflecting at the same time the multicultural identity of the Pendle community.

Posted 17 May 2021 20:14

Group 05 / MODULARCH

Thomas David O

GUEST SPEAKER // SUMMARY

DAY 6 – modulARCH were joined by Carol Western and Emily Colgan from Manchester City Council (our external collaborators) to review sketch plans along with environmental, structural and materiality strategies.

This proved to be an important meeting as we assessed the project’s outcomes so far and how best to progress the schemes further as we enter week 2 of the Live Project.

With feedback from our external collaborators, we continue to develop plans and strategies in more detail.

Posted 17 May 2021 20:13

Group 35 / SKYSCRAPERS THE LIMIT

Ryan D

Today we focused on showing the BA students the benefits of learning structure and structure within the course.

As for the other groups, they were tasked with creating their task outputs. Here you can see the internal environments group creating a series of atmospheric vignettes.

Posted 17 May 2021 20:09

Day-5
On Friday 14th of May, the MSA CONNECT team had the great opportunity to meet Mr Mark Williams from the company Boardroom Knowledge and the University of Hertfordshire. Mark is a Chartered Engineer with 40 years of experience working for industry-leading organisations in property and construction. Today Mark provides valuable insight to each organisation he works with on proper professional practice. We were lucky to receive a lecture from him on the finer points of networking practice wherein he also provided case studies for students in the scheme to gain better insight into how to most effectively network. Students had to work in groups and apply the scenarios presented by Mark, in a practical exercise.

Posted 17 May 2021 19:50

Day-4
MSA CONNECT team had the great opportunity on Thursday the 13th of May to welcome Maia Ardalla from Blueprint for All. Maia has delivered a talk on the topics of inclusivity, career advancement, networking as well as her experience as an alumnus of the charity. Maia talked about her career path from the BA at MSA to her current role as well as her plans. We were grateful to have such a wonderful guest from whom everyone had to learn. This provided a fantastic opportunity for students to learn about the unique programmes of Blueprint for All. We greatly hope those eligible will get involved in the Building Futures Programme. It is a wonderful opportunity for students from disadvantaged backgrounds to get support in achieving their future career goals.

Posted 17 May 2021 19:49

The MSA Connect team presents ALUMNI EVENT as part of the MSA Live Projects 2021. This event showcases a journey from past to present featuring speakers of various backgrounds. We invited four alumni speakers to delve into the past, taking us through a range of experiences that ultimately led to their current roles. Following speaker presentations, a panel discussion will then focus on the present, examine the way we approach careers in times of crisis, and apply the skills learned at university.

Posted 17 May 2021 19:47

Day-3
On Wednesday the 12th of May, the MSA CONNECT team worked together with the BA students on CV design. We had discussions around our CV’s, was what to be improved and how to organise and detail sections when there is yet no relevant experience.

Posted 17 May 2021 19:42

Day-2
On Tuesday the 11th of May, the MSA CONNECT team worked with the BA students to evaluate how they want their future careers to progress. They were asked to draft posters demonstrating their personal expectations and aspirations for what kind of architectural work they would like to be involved with in the future.

Posted 17 May 2021 19:41

Group 30 / OUR PROUD PAST

Day-1
On Monday the 10th of May, the MSA CONNECT team introduced the BA students to CV making, LinkedIn profiles and networking. The purpose of this session was to set the knowledge basis, which students will use later to develop their own versions and help them connect to the wider MSA alumni network.

Posted 17 May 2021 19:40

Tim S

Zine Activity

Creating a zine is a key part of our project, allowing us to present a visual history of the LGBT centre in a way that is easy to digest for those reading it. Additionally, we wanted to be able to give something back to The Proud Trust; by creating this Zine design it could potentially be printed and sold at the physical exhibition, helping to raise money for the Proud Trust charity, supporting their continued work with the Manchester LGBT community.

Before we started work on the Zine, we spent time introducing the team to the concept of a zine and showed examples that we liked. After that to get thoughts and ideas rolling we set a research task to collect precedent images of existing zines, so that there was plenty of inspiration to draw from.

After this, the team began to produce the pages for the Zine, combining the historical research with the images into eye catching pages. To split the content up, we are following different decades with each group focusing on different sections. We are looking forward to being able to share this work with everyone as even after the first day there is exciting content being produced.

Posted 17 May 2021 19:28

Group 30 / OUR PROUD PAST

Tim S

Website Intro

Today we introduced the team to the format of the website, led by Jacques Lachetta. We decided to use a website building company called wordpress, who's features make it adaptable for the style of website you want to build.

The workshop led by Jacques focused on the key principles of uploading and editing web pages. The team will be responsible to uploading all the content that has been produced, into an exciting and captivating website that will share the history of the LGBT+ centre as well as work produced by the youth groups of the centre and members of the team.

As a group we then decided on a visual theme and identity for the site, deciding on fonts and colour schemes. Whilst the zine was designed to create a visual feast for the eyes, with every page different to keep the reader’s attention, the website was planned to be more cohesive, allowing for linking from the exhibition and a coherent style to allow for the information to be easily digested.

Posted 17 May 2021 19:28

Group 30 / OUR PROUD PAST

Tim S

InDesign Tutorial

Today we have started to produce the pages for the Zine (see post for more details). As the team had varying skills on InDesign, we split into our groups again and had tutorials to teach the basics as well as interesting tips and tricks!
We are all excited to start seeing the Zine coming together and look forward to sharing it soon.

Posted 17 May 2021 19:27

Group 34 / LIVE WIRES

Pardis N

At the end of last week, we started to finalise our designs through a series of sketches. Today we have been exploring, discussing, and experimenting our ideas through 3D modelling. Visualising our ideas, and putting our proposals into the wider context, made us think about construction and modularity methods which we will be exploring further this week.

Posted 17 May 2021 19:18

Group 26 / OWNHAUS

Aadil N

DAY 6 // BUILDING MASSING

The following diagrams highlight proposed amenities, which aim to create a dynamic, public facing programme for the community to enjoy. Additionally, these services will provide jobs and income for the ownHaus community.

We also highlight proposed greenspaces, utilising the seclusion of the site to create spaces for all to enjoy. These shared spaces encourage interaction and outdoor activities, benefiting all ownHaus residents, regardless of age, physical ability, income etc.

Posted 17 May 2021 19:12

Group 26 / OWNHAUS

Aadil N

DAY 6 // BUILDING MASSING

As we commence week 2 of MSALive, we began developing the massing of our proposal.

As we will be using standard 6mx6mx4m modules, the site was divided into a grid and we generated a form based on site parameters such as sunlight, views and noise.

The diagrams above showcase the currently proposed Residential spaces, as well as the buffer zone used for acoustic insulation.

Posted 17 May 2021 19:07

Group 19 / HOUSE OF NEGOTIATION

Weining L

CREATING PLANS & MODELS

According to the initial development last week, three teams for different users were assigned. 'House 1' (by Mathilde, Weng and Pak) is based on the idea of formerly homeless running a soup kitchen with produce from the community garden. 'House 2' (by Darya, Deekshita and Maria) is for musicians and artists who both provide workshops and use the park for performances or creating artworks. 'House 3' (by Jakub, Andreea and Eyob) starts with disability campaigners running workshops to raise awareness of accessibility issues. MArch students presented some examples and shared the key points of architectural drawings. After that, BA students in each team discussed proposals and divided tasks this afternoon. They worked on their plan drawings and sketch models through sketching, AutoCAD and SketchUp.

Let's have a look at their works in progress.
The draft sketches and drawings look great. Well done, everyone~

Posted 17 May 2021 18:31

Group 14 / RE-SHAPING MARPLE

Kefei Q

Day 6 - Refining the Landscape
The afternoon session was dedicated to explore landscaping options within our masterplan in order to present a convincing narrative. This will help to create new connections to the rest of Marple and expand the usability of the park. In smaller groups, we focused on different parts including the most public entrance to the park and a new, more pedestrian friendly entrance to the west. Making the park more accessible will help it become the heart of Marple and a real focal point, something the residents in the morning desired strongly. We will continue refining these ideas over the next couple of days!

Posted 17 May 2021 18:17

Group 17 / KEEN FINGERS

Grace C

Day 6: Presentation day.

Today we had a great meeting with our Clients , Laura Sanderson and Colette Crosdale.

We had a chance to share our outputs from last week and get some fantastic feedback. We are now looking at creating a potting shed with a raised platform stage, an arch way welcoming everyone into the park and some planter benches.

These blog post images summarise the colourful style we are looking to replicate. Today we developed the idea of creating ceramic tiled forms, each tile having been decorated by a different member of the parks community.

The main message which came from the Beech Road park committee meeting is that this park is for everyone. This invitation to create your own tile which will become part of a semi permanent structure within the park will create a collective sense of ownership.

Posted 17 May 2021 18:14

Group 14 / RE-SHAPING MARPLE

Dilan V

Day 6 - Community Engagement

In order to further understand the significance of the project and to get more of an insight into Marple, we spoke to 4 members of Marple Civic Society, who are also residents of Marple. Interestingly, the issues raised by them were elements that we had already considered and so we were able to have a discussion over possible remedies. This session was particularly useful for all students as we do not get the opportunity for community engagement often. Their feedback will be used as we continue to refine our project.

Posted 17 May 2021 18:12

The Culture team created a montage that brings together their proposal with new elements which were developed in response to the feedback from the collaborators. Their montage describes a journey a user would take following their designed mosaic footpath and highlighting the experiential elements of their installations, showing how they may look inside with suggestions for materiality.

Posted 17 May 2021 18:03

The Community team created a montage that brings together their proposal with new elements which were developed in response to the feedback from the collaborators. Their montage describes a journey a user would take when arriving at the tram stop or by walking into the area. They montage describes a journey and the activities that you would see when arriving to their proposal that leads to the Church.

Posted 17 May 2021 18:00

Group 20 / HAVE WE KILLED THE PLANET?

The History team created a montage that brings together their proposal with new elements which were developed in response to the feedback from the collaborators. Their compilation highlights the journey to through their installation from "Start to End" leading to the Church.

Posted 17 May 2021 17:58

Charlotte Emma S

From our discussions in last weeks sessions, using animation to engage the audience was an important aspect for our workshop. Therefore as most of us are new to this type of visual, Kareem conducted a workshop on After Effects and making videos from 2D visuals. This was a great opportunity for the team to learn some new skills and take a break from research and independant drawing.

Posted 17 May 2021 17:56

Group 20 / HAVE WE KILLED THE PLANET?

Charlotte Emma S

This morning started off with a presentation to Scott Mcaulay of our work so far. We showed the Miro brainstorming as well as our research into our 3 main topics. We then showed our storyboards from Thursday and Fridays session and described our narrative for the workshop. The feedback was very positive and it helped with practicing our presentation skills for later in the week.

Posted 17 May 2021 17:55

After receiving feedback on their proposals students were asked to design mood boards that capture the new elements they would like to introduce into their design and develop further. Each group considered the sustainability of their selected materials, use of colour, how it supports safer cities and how it encourages biodiversity. The mood boards created allowed students to gather images and inspirations for their final task of the day, creating a montage of their designs and new additions they would like to develop.

Posted 17 May 2021 17:55