Group 12
SMART COMMUNITY

Students will be helping to design and visualise a new community arts space to the rear of The Tetley centre in Leeds. The museum has been a communal platform for emerging local artists since 2006, holding free exhibitions and providing an integral creative outlet for the local community and beyond. Staffed by volunteers, the centre offers a public platform vital to the arts and culture scene within the UK. Students will use their architectural skills to assist in the creation of further space of significant social value to the local community.

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Max Ferguson F / Yoanna B / Jobey K / Darshan V / Kamila B / Angel Maria C

Jobey K
Jobey Keene

Atelier: &rchitecture
BArch: MSA
Experience: 5Plus, AndArchitects
Skills: Adobe, Rhino and Modelmaking
Interested in: Sustainability and socially driven architecture.
Posted 1 Mar 2021 17:32
Darshan V
Darshan Varsani

Atelier: Advanced Practice
BArch: MSA
Skills: Adobe, Lumion, Sketchup, Rhino and Modelmaking
Interested in: How sustainable design can be integrated into architecture …More
Posted 1 Mar 2021 17:54
Max Ferguson F
Max Frost

Atelier: &rchitecture
BArch: MSA
Experience: Gagarin Studio
Skills: Photoshop, Illustrator, Hand Drawing
Interested in: Social housing and community focussed projects. …More
Posted 1 Mar 2021 18:30
Yoanna B
Yoanna Barzeva

Atelier: &rchitecture
BArch: University of Huddersfield
Experience: LP Design
Skills: Adobe, ArchiCAD, Lumion and Collage Art
Interested in: addressing socio-economic …More
Posted 1 Mar 2021 18:41
Kamila B
Kamila Bochenska

Atelier: &rchitecture
BArch: Wroclaw University of Science and Technology
Experience: Interniship at RYSY Architekci
Skills: ArchiCAD, AutoCAD, Adobe, Lumion …More
Posted 1 Mar 2021 18:43
Angel Maria C
Angel Cunningham

Atelier: USE
BArch: MSA
Skills: Photoshop, InDesign, Sketchup, AutoCAD
Interested in: Approaching design from a user-focussed perspective, to find more exciting …More
Posted 1 Mar 2021 18:57
Max Ferguson F
Meet the Collaborator

The Tetley is an art gallery and social hub on the south bank of the river Aire in Leeds, providing a platform for local artists and workshops for both the …More
Posted 1 Mar 2021 19:03
Yoanna B
Social Value

The new extension of the Tetley will act as a hub for a new community and will offer opportunities to develop new skills and support mental health and employability. …More
Posted 2 Mar 2021 11:01
Darshan V
Skills

Model Making & Sketching

Model making in both physical and digital form and sketching will be a key part of the project to initially understand concepts that really benefit …More
Posted 2 Mar 2021 15:09
Max Ferguson F
We had a great morning session to kick off the project, getting to know each other as well as getting to grips with the project brief. We got stuck into understanding the gallery typology, …More
Posted 10 May 2021 15:03
Max Ferguson F
We finished up todays work by trying to put together an image of the communities that we want this extension to properly serve. We split up and each developed a character that would …More
Posted 10 May 2021 23:13
Max Ferguson F
After everyone in the group had a go at putting together these user profiles, and trying to understand what the extension could do for them, we used sketching exercises to try turn …More
Posted 10 May 2021 23:14
Angel Maria C
Key Drivers
Following on from day 1 of the project, some key drivers for the design were established from the students' precedent and site analysis. These were accessibility, green …More
Posted 11 May 2021 15:11
Yoanna B
After establishing the key drivers of the design, we started the early concept development by sketching different aspects of the proposed extension for the Tetley, which will be at …More
Posted 11 May 2021 16:31
Darshan V
Team 1

Following on from the morning activities, group members were put into two groups whereby individual ideas were combined. Team 1 focused on the programmes of the gallery …More
Posted 11 May 2021 18:58
Darshan V
Team A

Using the landscape and circulation as a key driver for the concept team A explored this through a series of sketches. The key part of the concept is addressing the threshold …More
Posted 11 May 2021 19:04
Yoanna B
GUEST SPEAKER

Today at 10:00 am, we will be joined by Derek Horton, who is is an artist, writer, teacher and curator and is a regular visitor to exhibitions at the Tetley since it …More
Posted 12 May 2021 09:20
Kamila B
Derek Horton joined the Smart Community team today to provide us with a professional perspective on the art galleries in Leeds.

First, Derek told us about his experience of running …More
Posted 12 May 2021 19:45
Yoanna B
MAKING ATMOSPHERES

Today’s activities began with a presentation from the fifth years understanding how to present interim process and being able to identify and showcase core concepts …More
Posted 13 May 2021 22:27
Kamila B
Today, students worked in groups to prepare for the presentation and meeting with Bryony Bond, Tetley’s Artistic Director.

In the morning, the students organized the work they …More
Posted 14 May 2021 17:18
Darshan V
Week 1 Summary

Using the user profiles and thinking about how these characters may navigate the extension and the wider city has allowed for exploration of designs that really consider …More
Posted 16 May 2021 16:29
Max Ferguson F
We spent today taking our existing concepts, and pushing them into 3D, to see how they interacted with the wider site, as well as the park. This was a great opportunity to see how sunlight …More
Posted 17 May 2021 17:15
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 …More
Posted 18 May 2021 18:32
Jobey K
Todays task was to continue developing both group's designs to the point of achieving a core selection of visualisations. The day began with the fifth years giving advice as to how …More
Posted 19 May 2021 16:17
Jobey K
Thursday began with a photoshop tutorial from Angel who explained how adjustments can be made to images to provide depth and realism. She walked us through using brushes, masks and …More
Posted 21 May 2021 08:42
Jobey K
Team A had the opportunity to present their work to our MSA LIVE partner Bryony this afternoon. They presented through their development from the meeting last Friday, explaining their …More
Posted 21 May 2021 15:19
Jobey K
Team 1 also had the opportunity to showcase their work to Bryony, our MSA live partner. Similar to the other group, they talked through their development work and how they got to their …More
Posted 21 May 2021 15:20
Yoanna B
At the end of week 2, both groups produced astounding visuals that reflected all of their design decisions during this two-week period. Both designs engaged with the immediate and wider …More
Posted 21 May 2021 15:45
Yoanna B
THE END

This two-week collaborative project has come to its end. We want to thank BA1, BA2 and all of our guest speakers that made this project come to life. A huge and special thanks …More
Posted 21 May 2021 15:52
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