Group 20
REVITALISING THE TOWN HALL

‘Revitalising the Town Hall’ is about the creation of a conceptual artistic installation that allows people to learn about the Town Hall while it is being renovated. The installation will be designed to interact with the public and convert the energy of the human body into electricity which will contribute to powering up the Town Hall. A chance to collaborate with Purcell Architects who have a vast experience in historical buildings, sustainability and community interaction is provided.

Tianyi W / Yimeng Z / Junfu X / Shuo P / Kaja Marta S / Yan C

Kaja Marta S
MEET THE TEAM

We are a group of 5th yeah MArch students who will be working with you on revitalising Manchester Town Hall.

Our group offers diverse skills and Events experience. …More
Posted 11 Mar 2020 14:45
Shuo P
SOCIAL VALUE

The installation we are proposing is to provide social interaction between the society and the town hall during its closure. We will let multi-generations to engage …More
Posted 15 Mar 2020 01:14
Tianyi W
MEET THE COLLABORATOR

We are collaborating with Purcell Architects, who were funded in 1940s by a conservation expert Donovan Purcell. They have a vast experience at working with historic …More
Posted 15 Mar 2020 01:23
Shuo P
THE GROUP MEETING

Welcome you to join our team! Following our meeting with collaborator when we had a quick glimpse of the site, we have come together to discuss our session plan. …More
Posted 15 Mar 2020 01:36
Kaja Marta S
PROFESSIONAL SEMINAR

Dave Wakelin, who is a Sustainability Associate Director at Mace as well as Craig Dick, a Construction Manager at Lendlease have been working with Purcell Architects …More
Posted 16 Mar 2020 19:14
Yimeng Z
OUTPUT: CONCEPTUAL INSTALLATION

The main concept of our project is to create an interactive installation which could help to transfer the kinetic power generated from people‘s …More
Posted 16 Mar 2020 19:47
Yan C
EVERYTHING WILL HAPPENED HERE:

Manchester Townhall,
Albert Square,
Manchester
M2 5DB
Posted 16 Mar 2020 21:07
Tianyi W
SITE VISIT

We have organised a internal visit of Town Hall on 28th April to let our group members take a glance of the interior and the live site before designing. The tour is hosted …More
Posted 16 Mar 2020 21:09
Junfu X
PRECEDENTS

The mock-up room is going to become an exciting place for the public to interact with the new-built installation. During this process, the energy of the human body is …More
Posted 16 Mar 2020 21:45
Junfu X
HAND DRAWING TOOLS

Hand drawing can be regarded as an important way to advance your designing process. It expresses your ideas quickly and effectively, and it allows you to review …More
Posted 23 Mar 2020 15:31
Junfu X
HAND DRAWING SKILLS

Different types of drawings will have different types of expression methods. Our workshop will mainly teach you how to use hand drawing to quickly express your …More
Posted 23 Mar 2020 15:32
Junfu X
DESIGNING SKILLS

In addition to drawing skills, in our group you can also learn five common design methods and ideas we have teased out. These methods will help you to think more …More
Posted 23 Mar 2020 15:33
Tianyi W
INTENSE WEEK ONE

During the first week, the whole group will visit the town hall and attend an seminar held by mace staff. After a brief tutorial of the essential software for BA …More
Posted 23 Mar 2020 19:15
Tianyi W
INTENSE WEEK TWO

After an informative week, the second week is more productive. Each of the sub-group will have half of members to do physical model, while the other half undergoing …More
Posted 23 Mar 2020 19:19
Yimeng Z
MOCK-UP ROOM: EXISTING CONDITION

The MOCK-UP room is located on the fourth floor of the Town Hall, which is a room we could enter during the construction process.
Posted 23 Mar 2020 21:25
Tianyi W
PPE PRE-REGISTRATION

Both BA students and MA students need to go to the mmu AV store in person to register in the system for online booking access of PPE before the intense week …More
Posted 23 Mar 2020 21:42
Yimeng Z
MOCK-UP ROOM: LAYOUT

The mock-up room is a square space which is about 4.8X9.25m and 3.6m height. In addition, there are three windows and two doors connect to the corridor. This …More
Posted 24 Mar 2020 00:58
Yan C
'Learn and design through making' is an essential approach for studying architecture. As one of the major outputs in this event, we aim to produce 2 high-quality physical models to …More
Posted 24 Mar 2020 01:03
Tianyi W
WHAT IS INSTALLATION ART?

The term “installation”, which appeared in the 1970’s, generally applies to works created for interior spaces (ie. gallery, museum); outdoor works …More
Posted 24 Mar 2020 01:04
Yimeng Z
CASE: THE SUSTAINABLE DANCING FLOOR

The dancing floor shown above is converting kinetic energy into electricity which is powering up its LED lights at the same time. Through this …More
Posted 24 Mar 2020 06:33
Shuo P
SITE VISIT: DATA COLLECTION

During the site visit, we would like the group to collect site information comprehensively through various methods, such as measurement, photography, …More
Posted 24 Mar 2020 16:34
Tianyi W
FORMAL REVIEWER FROM UOM

Dr Kim Förster is an Architectural studies Lecturer in the University of Manchester and member of the Manchester Architecture Research Group (MARG). His …More
Posted 28 Mar 2020 11:16