Hello everyone! My name is Chris and I am from the Flux Atelier.

I'm from Malaysia and this is my first year here in Manchester, I completed my undergraduate in UCSI University Kuala Lumpur and have worked in architecture, landscape and interior studios as a Part 1 Architectural Assistant.

I am interested in residential and small-scale design that has a personal touch and narrative that creates a unique experience. I am excited for the Stockport project which presents a unique opportunity to learn more about creating community spaces!

On the 7th February 2024, our team members had a site visit at Deanery Way North alongside our collaborators, Stockport Council!

The site visit allowed our team to have a better understanding of the current conditions of the site, and provided a wonderful opportunity to assess possible solutions for the project. It was also a fruitful session with the collaborators as we get to exchange diverse perspective and expertise, fostering a rich exchange of ideas and insight.

We're grateful for this opportunity to learn from our collaborators and understand the site better, and we can't wait to visit in spring again!

After the site visit, our team sat down together to brainstorm ideas to ensure our project is aligned to the expectations of the collaborators and to explore the possible proposals. The outcome of the meeting allowed us to come up with a solution which will include a permanent landscape proposal and a temporary one. This team meeting also allowed us to allocate tasks and divide up responsibilities among team members!

We also had meetings with our tutor to make sure our progress timeline is up to date , and to get feedback on our project proposal. This allowed us to fine-tune our proposal and get constructive feedback regarding this project. The team is really happy with our project proposal and we hope to work with you during the action weeks!

We started off the morning with a portfolio sharing session for our BA1 and BA2 Team members to discuss their own personal design approaches and methods. It was a fruitful morning session as it allowed all team members to learn from each other and explore opportunities to translate current design knowledge that can be applied to our MSA Live project.

After the portfolio review session, both the permanent and temporary team continued developing their design proposals through 3D modelling, which allowed a better representation of the how each proposal functions on site. Both teams progressed quickly and it was a fulfilling process to see how everyone's idea were brought to life!

It has been an exciting morning full of conversations and discussions that helped to boost the team's morale, and we can't wait to share the progress of the team this afternoon!

The afternoon's session began by continuing to model the proposals, working towards the next exciting step of the process! The developed model allowed the students to start producing diagrams of the site in use and how the proposal has developed from the initial sketches. It was incredible to see the progress made over the last week from initial sketches to the proposals you will see at the end of the week!

The groups have begun to populate the booklet with amazing hand and digital sketches. With both teams taking a different approach to capturing the design process, the permanent team opting for digital representations of sketches and the temporary team sticking to trace. This decision was made to play and experiment with the idea of temporality within our representations.

The afternoon concluded with a presentation from both teams to show the progress of each proposal and to strategise for the remainder of the week! What an amazing end to a day seeing boxes being ticked from both teams!