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Group 02 / ENRICHING ELLESMERE
Arif Izzuddin Bin AI
Model it Out!

Tom guided each BA in learning how to use Rhino in a basic skills workshop, which led to us all creating a 3D site model of the Ellesmere Canal Yard using Rhino in order to get a better understanding of the environmental strategies and the possibilities of the site.
Posted 23 May 2022 20:52
Group 02 / ENRICHING ELLESMERE
Arif Izzuddin Bin AI
Day 6 : Digital Design Workshop (Rhino)!

It really excites the BAs to learn new software that will help them to gain a new perspective on the projects. The group had an informal software tutorial demonstrating how Rhino can be used for architectural design, led by Tom.

It will be exciting to finalize the drawings, have a software another tutorial, and compile their hard work into a presentation this week!
Posted 23 May 2022 20:49
Group 27 / DIGITAL DIVIDE
Jan L
DAY 6: 001 Poster Design Finalisations

Today the undergraduates proceeded with their poster designs and helped standardise them according to the Client's graphical guidelines. They also edited their designs to better communicate the relevant information, and finalised the posters ready for printing.

The mapping team also made progress with the interactive map; finding precedents for graphical styles linked to the posters, and also rationalising the map structure.
Posted 23 May 2022 20:09
Group 09 / COMMUNITY CALLS
Chang L
Day 6: VIDEO EDITING TUTORIAL
We had a video editing tutorial for students to produce the final video output, James introduced Adobe Premiere Pro and basic editing techniques.


Posted 23 May 2022 19:52
Group 09 / COMMUNITY CALLS
Chang L
Day 6 Schedule!






Posted 23 May 2022 19:49
Group 20 / SUB-URBAN BROOKS
Zaiba IM
DAY 05 – Model-making
After the client meeting, we are confident to move ahead with our masterplan strategies and design. Today, we divided ourselves into two groups, for sketching and physical model making. As we plan to do digital model and final design of the interventions, todays design discussions are crucial. We decided to make detailed design sketched and physical model to bring precision to our design.
Posted 23 May 2022 19:38
Group 15 / SIDE BY SIDE
Neha Ashok B
Day 6
Studio Day
Recap of the first week
Design Discussions, finalizing the design,
Model making day, splitting up the work into two groups to move forward quickly.
End of day discussions and planning the next day.
Posted 23 May 2022 18:43
Group 12 / YOUNG MAR(K)ERS
Kaiyan X
Day 6

After finalising our design last week, we started preparing drawings for our design manual. There was an Autocad workshop for students to learn about basic Autocad commands. They were then divided, so half of them worked on the plan, sections and elevations, and the other half worked on preparing files for the laser cut model. It took some time at first to get used to the new software, but everyone managed to contribute to the drawings after familiarising themselves with Autocad.
Posted 23 May 2022 18:33
Group 32 / SENSTORY
Lucy Elizabeth H
After a quick recap of where we got up to on Friday, we spent the day discussing a 'storyline' for our proposal and incorporating this into a more detailed site plan.

We're now ready to start working on the final outputs - the visual representations and the physical prototypes!
Posted 23 May 2022 18:14
Group 08 / LET THEM FREE
Abdul Muaz Aiman Bin M
DAY 6 ACTIVITY!

We started the day off by collecting boots and gloves from the Chatham building. Some of the team met on-site and some at the MMU campus. When everyone reached the site we gave an introduction and the target for the day, Stephen then showed us where all the tools were. First, we cleared the site by removing wood, the extra crates, scrap wood, and a really heavy piano. We completed the base of the exhibition by detaching crates to create a smaller base, we then secured the base and addressed any safety hazards. We then started assembling the walls by securing them to the base and bracing them using scrap wooden panels.
Posted 23 May 2022 18:14
Group 08 / LET THEM FREE
Abdul Muaz Aiman Bin M
DAY 6 | CONSTRUCTION STARTS!

Today we finished building the base of the exhibition and started on the walls, adding bracing to some of them.
Posted 23 May 2022 18:12
Group 31 / HOME FOR CITY OF TREES
Mohamad Danial Haziq Bin MH
DAY 6!!

The new week is here and we are getting closer to our upcoming exhibition with the City of Trees!
As part of the finalization process, the students focused on each zone's design. In group discussions, we gathered ideas from the precedences and proposed ideas such as Furni-Techture, pavilions built with the polytunnel frame, container design, cart design with furniture, and new brick construction. We will present our designs to the City of Trees on Thursday at their headquarters!
Posted 23 May 2022 17:59
Group 08 / LET THEM FREE
Abdul Muaz Aiman Bin M
DAY 6!
Posted 23 May 2022 17:52
Group 08 / LET THEM FREE
Abdul Muaz Aiman Bin M
WEEK 2 SCHEDULE!
Posted 23 May 2022 17:51
Group 25 / GREEN CORRIDOR GATEWAY
Rachel Amy P
We also moved the tyres from next to the 'mud cafe' to the edge of the desire line path to create a boundary line between the kids' play area and the vegetable patches.
Posted 23 May 2022 17:40
Group 27 / DIGITAL DIVIDE
Youssef Mohamed Ahmed Shafiek M
DAY 5 : 001 The Halfway Point

Today we finished the first week of MSA live. The teams received feedback from our client on their initial drafts for the posters and interactive map.

The interactive map group continued making good progress using the software and produced icons of different landmarks across Manchester to use on their map.

The poster team received some feedback from our client and began developing their posters.
Posted 23 May 2022 17:27
Group 04 / PARXX AND REC
Sally-Ann So Kei H
Day 6 - Presentation with Make Space For Girls and members of Hulme Council
Today, the BA students compiled their developed interventions as applied to Hulme Park into a presentation. This presentation was then presented to Susannah from Make Space For Girls and Pauline and Ekua, who are members of the local council. As part of the students' visualisation of their ideas, they included sketches, digital models and 3D models.
The students received positive feedback from both MSFG and the council members. As part of the feedback, the students were asked to consider features such as the provision of safe toilets, the consideration of lighting, the inclusion of a food and beverage area for those who wish to make a day trip to Hulme Park and other such considerations. Other more practical considerations were posed such as: the cost of the project and where funds may be obtained in order to build the interventions, the ease of maintenance, and whether we could implement features to make these interventions net carbon zero.
Pauline invited us to create an exhibit showcasing these different intervention types on the 4th of June, as part of a Jubilee Bank Holiday event. Located in Hulme Park, our presence at this event will be critical in gaining feedback from the local community around Hulme Park with regards to how they would like to make their park more welcoming to girls. In preparation of this event, we have decided to change the outputs slightly, initially we sought to prepare rendered perspectives and models of interventions applied to Hulme Park by the end of the two weeks. As of the invitation to this event, we will still model an intervention, but we will also create A1 posters featuring different types of interventions, to be printed out.
Posted 23 May 2022 17:26
Group 23 / LIVING UP
Charlotte K
Taking it to the final design!

Day 06 - Finalising our design and building our document. !

Day 06 started with a client meeting with Debi and her team, in which we discussed their feedback to Friday’s design proposals. This helped to clarify and confirm changes including defining which spaces are public and private, and the addition of some spaces such as a medical room. Additionally, we were able to finalise the different types of units and their exact dimensions so we could adapt and solidify our design into a final masterplan. Debi shared how valuable it was to be asked what matters to them in design and for a project to be built from their experiences, which is wonderful for our group to be a part of.

Following this our group split into two teams, one focusing on masterplan changes digitally, and narrowing down into details. Our other group worked on site analysis drawings, text for the bio and precedent pages to put into our design document for Youth house co-op.

Our next steps are to further develop our design document, and finish our digital plans, so we are ready to build a 3D digital model of our proposal.
Posted 23 May 2022 17:26
Group 30 / THE GREEN GATEWAY
Olivia W
DAY 6: MSA LIVE

The students concentrated on finalising the designs for greening the chosen shop frontages.
We brought together ideas from the precedents and as a group finalised designs to propose ideas such as additional green landscaping features, seating and cycle storage
Posted 23 May 2022 17:23
Group 17 / CARLTON CLUB 2032
Yunqi Z
Day 6: Planning

We divided students into two groups: Advertisement Team & Visuals Team.
Visualisation team mainly focus on modelling/drawing presetation to show how they image these spaces to be used in the future;
Advertisement Team need to create ideas to grab the attention of customers and the community to promote opportunities for the club.

Both team use the same proposed space models to cooperate together to develop scheme more completely and plan for the final presentation.
Posted 23 May 2022 17:20
Group 25 / GREEN CORRIDOR GATEWAY
Rachel Amy P
We began building moguls on site today!
Posted 23 May 2022 17:17
Group 17 / CARLTON CLUB 2032
Yunqi Z
Day 6: Team Building 2.0

Marshmallow Challenge: We play a game which is to build the tallest free-standing structure with a marshmallow on top. It is a great way to encourage team members to collaborate, problem solve and to model design thinking such as testing and iterating. By constantly trying something new, receiving immediate feedback and implement the new learnings in the next prototype, Innovative ideas will continue to emerge.
Posted 23 May 2022 17:16
Group 22 / MUD BUDDY
Harry C
DAY 6 - PLANTER DESIGNS!

Here hows some of the creative planter designs team 2 worked on throughout the day. This activity helped the undergraduate students develop their Rhino skills whilst developing the design, with help from our MArch team members Connor and Lewis.
Posted 23 May 2022 17:12
Group 33 / PERMAPLAY
Julian N
Day 6 - First day of final package preparation

This morning we split the group into three teams to focus on the production of a model, a drawing package, and a short document for the community Garden. These teams went off to begin to present the consolidated design by finalising a digital masterplan, detailing and diagramming areas of educational play, and begin the base of the site model.
Posted 23 May 2022 17:12
Group 22 / MUD BUDDY
Harry C
DAY 6 SCHEDULE!

We began week 2 of the action weeks by dividing into teams to refine our week 1 research and develop our design using 3D software.

Team 1 produced final site context/ analysis and brief drawings for our output document and Team 2 worked on planter designs to compliment the building design.
Posted 23 May 2022 17:09
Group 04 / PARXX AND REC
Sally-Ann So Kei H
Day 5 - Starting to Finalise Designs
The intervention on the football field has more active features, including a netball field, skate park, and gym equipment. The netball field doesn't have the standard dimensions and guides to give it an informality of play. The change of levels in the hill and the stepped seating provide a better view for the people on top and give slight privacy to the adjacent zones. There is a fully floored beginner-friendly skating area with a pingpong table and a small bump to practice different tricks. The hut shaped features are for private activities with friends. The swing zone integrates both communal and singular swings. The overall zoning plan of the intervention tried to imitate the bean shape of the existing skating park. There will be a connecting multifunctional ribbon feature that goes up and down. Lastly, the colour scheme of the intervention is the same as the other one, creating continuity and coherence between the two designs despite the different functions.
Posted 23 May 2022 16:54
Group 04 / PARXX AND REC
Sally-Ann So Kei H
Day 5 - Starting to Finalise Designs
The BA students designed a seating intervention near the swing set. They chose to add a seating area near the swings because when visiting the swing on site, those not using the swing were standing around just watching so it’d be nice to have seating close to the swings for onlookers, and in general, it’s good to have more seating around the park. The area includes a shelter, round benches and colourful seating of different levels. It is comprised of round shapes to reflect the shape of the swing set.
Posted 23 May 2022 16:54
Group 04 / PARXX AND REC
Sally-Ann So Kei H
Day 5 - Starting to Finalise Designs
The BA students designed a swing seating area which incorporates fun and functionality, it gives people a place to come together and meet but it also has an aspect of play in it. They made this organic circular shape with a curved opening which invites people to come in, but it almost seems natural and not forced. The circular shape creates a sense of community and togetherness, and follows our common theme which is circular shapes, they have also decided to stick to one colour scheme to link the interventions which are in separate parts of the park.
Posted 23 May 2022 16:52
Group 04 / PARXX AND REC
Sally-Ann So Kei H
Day 5 - Starting to Finalise Designs
The BA students came up with the idea of stepped seating in order to help engage the current swing set with the rest of the park more. They liked the idea of the steps also being utilised as an area that people can socialise on and around.
Posted 23 May 2022 16:52
Group 04 / PARXX AND REC
Sally-Ann So Kei H
Day 5 - Starting to Finalise Designs
Based off the initial collaborative designs formed on Day 4, the groups came together to make the two interventions more cohesive through colour and form - adopting a warm pinks to oranges to yellows palette as well as agreeing on forms that follow an organic and curving form. They also formulated a couple of ideas for the entrance of the park. This would help make it more inviting so people will be more likely to enter, therefore making it a safer area for teenage girls.
Posted 23 May 2022 16:50
Group 14 / HIDDEN THREADS
Eleanor N
WEEK 2 DAY 1_GUEST SPEAKER!

This afternoon we were joined (online!) by a guest speaker, Steve Taylor, a PhD Candidate at MMU. We learnt about his research topic and progress - how music and arts venues work within contemporary cities and how architectural typologies can affect the way they operate. We also received some valuable tips on employing creative methodologies to conduct research as well as some great case studies which we can incorporate into our mapping exercises.

Thank you Steve!
Posted 23 May 2022 16:47
Group 24 / CHERISH THE TERRACE
Guney T
DAY 5
CONSULTATION & SITE VISIT

Final day of the week included a site visit which was accompanied by a design team consultation with Homebaked, Project Manager, Investors and local residents for general feedback and comments. Which was followed by a site visit around the boundary of Home.
Posted 23 May 2022 16:42
Group 15 / SIDE BY SIDE
Neha Ashok B
Day 5
Studio Day
Working on smoothening out the final sketches
Adding colors, editing the lines drawings to finalize the portfolio layout.
Addition of 3D models, materiality.
Productive Friday leading to the final week!
Posted 23 May 2022 16:28
Group 26 / CO.LIVING
Zeyu C
Day5: Keep working！
Posted 23 May 2022 16:20
Group 26 / CO.LIVING
Zeyu C
Day 4: Everyone presented the work they have done so far and the March students shared some ideas and gave suggestions to the BA students to improve their work.
Posted 23 May 2022 16:15
Group 26 / CO.LIVING
Zeyu C
Day 3: We started to research some precedents using sustainable strategies or ecological cycle systems and share them with each other, and we also used some digram or sketches to show why we chose them and how they work.
Posted 23 May 2022 16:15
Group 26 / CO.LIVING
Zeyu C
Day 2: We divided all BA students into two groups. Group A focus on positive development and solutions we need to think of some strategies and sustainable ideas about how to achieve the biological goals in this project. Group B focus on the site design development which would provide some diagram and graphics to show the shape and volume of the community and what kind of function would be in this community.
Posted 23 May 2022 16:05
Group 26 / CO.LIVING
Zeyu C
Day1: We spent getting to know each of the undergraduate students and introducing them to the brief and our plans for the project. We divided all the students into two groups. The first group focuses on sustainable development strategies and ecological systems stuff. The second group was responsible for the functionality, volumes and the planning of the landscape.
Posted 23 May 2022 15:52
Group 07 / SEEDS OF JOY
Yi-Cheng T
Day 06 - Design Development

After a relaxing post-deadline weekend, the undergraduates reflected on the comments from the Friday session and further developed their group designs using drawing, collage and detailing.
Posted 23 May 2022 15:52
Group 10 / URBAN ACUPUNCTURE
Monika E
The three groups presented their mapping exercises and design collages to the clients from Castlefield Forum. The ideas were appreciated by the collaborators and they also gave inputs to the students about what more they can expect out of this project! The group continued to work on more urban intervention ideas in the second half, and proposed design variations for different cost ranges.
Posted 23 May 2022 15:44
Group 07 / SEEDS OF JOY
Yi-Cheng T
Day 06 - Design Development

After a relaxing post-deadline weekend, the undergraduates reflected on the comments from the Friday session and further developed their group designs using drawing, collage and detailing.
Posted 23 May 2022 15:33
Group 18 / IN OUR NATURE
Mayce A
DAY SIX

Planters and seating area studies.
The initial sketches show different designs that integrate both functionality and sustainability - including solar panels, water collection tanks and reusing materials.
Posted 23 May 2022 15:30
Group 14 / HIDDEN THREADS
Eleanor N
WEEK 2 DAY 1_Workshop with External Partners

We've kicked off the second week with a fantastic workshop with Bernadette, Heritage Architect working on Islington Mill and Stef, the general manager of Islington Mill. Each group presented their work and thoughts so far and have received some really useful feedback for working going forward. It's brilliant to see research starting to translate into some extremely creative drawings and maps that will be useful for making the heritage of Islington Mill accessible to the public.
Posted 23 May 2022 15:11
Group 16 / DRAGONSCAPES
Abbigayle Y
Day 6 of MSA Live Dragonscapes! The design team met on sight to collaborate their ideas and began construction.
Posted 23 May 2022 15:02
Group 15 / SIDE BY SIDE
Neha Ashok B
Day 4
SHENZHEN:
Fringe Art Center
Online Event
Posted 23 May 2022 14:45
Group 15 / SIDE BY SIDE
Neha Ashok B
Day 4
Studio day with our friends from Shenzhen
Online session
Learning from the children of Shenzhen,
Understanding their views of the city, the imaginative minds of children,
colorful day and learning experience.
Posted 23 May 2022 14:45
Group 01 / LGBT.MCR
Elicia K
DAY SIX!

Today everyone is continuing to work on their individual outputs. The Archive group are gathering texts and creating detailed profiles. The Making group are creating photo collages, gathering images, making models of important buildings and creating maps of queer spaces in Manchester. The Curation team is building an indesign document, designing the front cover, and creating the contents page, ready for the team to drop their work into. So far it has been a super productive day, looking forward to seeing all of the outputs!
Posted 23 May 2022 14:35
Group 13 / VERY MUCH
Georgia S
Day 6

The students came in and worked collaboratively on the model and continued with their work from last week :)
Posted 23 May 2022 14:20
Group 19 / THE PIT STOP
Joanna Marie B
Day 6 - Year Out Presentation
To kickstart week 2, two of our MArch student Peter and Joanna created a presentation individually of an insight of their experiences and the projects during their time as a Part 1 Architectural Assistant.
Posted 23 May 2022 14:10
Group 34 / UPCYCLE
Norzafeera Binti NM
DAY 5 // Group 2 Model Making

Design development by Cameron Ward, Xingyu (Song) Song and Mia Kavanagh
Posted 23 May 2022 14:01
Group 34 / UPCYCLE
Norzafeera Binti NM
DAY 5 // Group 1 Model Making

Design development by Eva-Madalina Crutan, Gabriela Esguevillas and Sarah Priestley
Posted 23 May 2022 12:31
Group 07 / SEEDS OF JOY
Yi-Cheng T
Day 05 - Initial Concept Development

Each group continued to explore their concept ideas through sketching, modelling and CAD. Each group presented their ideas to the team leaders and the other group to receive feedback on how to develop their designs further.
Posted 23 May 2022 11:58
Group 07 / SEEDS OF JOY
Yi-Cheng T
Day 05 - Initial Concept Development

Each group continued to explore their concept ideas through sketching, modelling and CAD. Each group presented their ideas to the team leaders and the other group to receive feedback on how to develop their designs further.
Posted 23 May 2022 11:57
Group 34 / UPCYCLE
Norzafeera Binti NM
DAY 5 // Model Making at B15 Workshop

After each group had finalised their AutoCAD drawings, we went straight to the B15 workshop for laser cutting. It took us roughly 3 hours for the laser cut to complete and we assembled right after it was done.

We would like to thank Scott, Paulina and Angus from B15 for helping us out throughout the entire process.

We had so much fun assembling the prototypes :)

Posted 23 May 2022 11:46
Group 30 / THE GREEN GATEWAY
Froilan John P
DAY 5: MSA LIVE

Master Planning

The students finalised the masterplan for Chorlton, ready for the final masterplan map to be created next week.

This involved creating visuals of our vision and zoning areas on the high street.
Posted 23 May 2022 11:26
Group 34 / UPCYCLE
Norzafeera Binti NM
DAY 5 // Fixing fixing fixing

After we had done a test run of the prototypes, each group was required to make a bit of adjustment to the slot/ connection so that it can fit perfectly well.
Posted 23 May 2022 11:08
Group 29 / THE CYCLE-PATHS
Leona S
Day Four

We started the day with an online meeting to discuss our goals and what assistance the students may need. The students then met up in their respective groups to carry out AutoCAD plans and begin on drawing sections before our second meeting of the day. After lunch they presented their work and precedent research on efficient bike storage and discussed planning requirements, drawing conventions and presentation styles for the following days.
Posted 23 May 2022 11:07
Group 03 / DE-GROWTH COLLABORATIVE
Xinyu S
Day 5 to go!

Time to practice!
Models and drawings of three schemes were made to concrete the concepts and ideas. The new undergraduate members have learned more about digital design and collaboration through this process. Slides were also made for the presentation to clients and engineers the next Monday.
Posted 23 May 2022 01:38
Group 04 / PARXX AND REC
Nur Azureeni Binti D
OUR LOCATIONS FOR WEEK 2!
Posted 23 May 2022 00:37
Group 14 / HIDDEN THREADS
Eleanor N
DAY 5 - End of Week One!

Friday was a fantastic day to sum up the first week and there are some great developments in each sub-team with research starting to translate into exciting drawings, timelines, maps, textures and more! Each team presented their thoughts so far and the mapping techniques they will be exploring in the second week.
Posted 23 May 2022 00:18
Group 25 / GREEN CORRIDOR GATEWAY
Rachel Amy P
Presentation Day! We visited Bluebell Green on Saturday morning to present our final masterplan to the FCSP community and receive their feedback and comments. We will update the masterplan based on these comments and begin working on site next week!
Posted 22 May 2022 13:47
Group 03 / DE-GROWTH COLLABORATIVE
Xinyu S
Day 5 to go!

This is the day to practice out!
On this day, the team members were divided into three groups to materialize the three proposals. Through modeling and technical detail drawing, the undergraduate members consolidated the digital skills they learned yesterday.
Models and drawings were made into presentation slides to prepare for the conference with clients and engineers next Monday.
Posted 22 May 2022 00:03
Group 32 / SENSTORY
Lucy Elizabeth H
The site plans done by our team!

Each one had it's own strengths, so our next steps are to combine these ideas and create a final proposal to move forward with in Week 2.
Posted 21 May 2022 15:08
Group 32 / SENSTORY
Lucy Elizabeth H
In the morning, we conducted our final design competition of the week, which explored "taste". Then, after reviewing everyone's proposals, we began to work on the final site plan!

At first, everyone created their own site plan, with each one considering the zoning of different senses to create an interesting journey through the site. Then, we came back together as one group to see how we could bring everyone's ideas together for the final proposal.
Posted 21 May 2022 14:20
Group 32 / SENSTORY
Lucy Elizabeth H
The explorations of “taste” from our team!

Research was conducted into what plants would be needed in order to explore sweet, salty, sour and bitter flavors. The way these might appear on site was also considered - proposals included a small greenhouse, and a train with planting in each of the carriages.
Posted 21 May 2022 12:05
Group 18 / IN OUR NATURE
Christopher W
DAY FIVE

To round off the week, we wanted to show you some of the great sketch designs that everyone had come up with! It’s great to see all the amazing ideas for the car park roof top, and what that disused space could be transformed into in the future. We are all looking forward to developing the project now in line with the clients feedback and designing a really incredible space for the Northern Quarter.
Posted 21 May 2022 11:33
Group 12 / YOUNG MAR(K)ERS
Zhiyuan X
Day 5

Today was the final day of week 1. This week was filled with collaborative exploration and experimentation for the mobile gallery design.

Today we were finally able to finalise the design, taking forward inputs from the undergraduates and our external collaborators at TASC and Didsbury High School. We have also started exploring construction techniques for the final form.
Posted 20 May 2022 23:41
Group 11 / NUKE-FREE MANCHESTER
Samruddhi S
We are at the half-way point of our MSA Live (whew! the days have just flown by huh) and now have to discuss our draft posters with our clients. The meeting is conducted online through zoom. The clients have several helpful inputs to share, and we shall commence with these minor tweaks to create that most elusive object of all----- the perfect poster (fingers crossed!)
Posted 20 May 2022 23:19
Group 08 / LET THEM FREE
Qinze S
DAY 5| PROTEST DAY

We started the day off by finishing exhibition posters and information boards. We then headed to the protest to save Ryebank fields which took place on campus at All Saints Park. We engaged with the locals that were also protesting. We also spoke to one of the reporters for MMU news explaining the project and why the exhibition is important. The protest carried on at the rooftop of the Grosvenor East building.
Posted 20 May 2022 23:00
Group 08 / LET THEM FREE
Qinze S
DAY 5 !
Posted 20 May 2022 22:59
Group 11 / NUKE-FREE MANCHESTER
Samruddhi S
Day 4 begins with a short debriefing by the year 5 students, and then it's all hands on deck to complete the posters for the clients' approval on day 5. The colour schemes, fonts, and styles are uniformised while allowing the students to maintain their styles and approaches. Fingers crossed for the meeting with clients!
Posted 20 May 2022 22:51
Group 23 / LIVING UP
Kian H
End of the first week of MSA Live.

Day 05

Day 5 started on the evening before with us finalising our massing models and supplementing the visual information with sketches and small physical models.

In the morning of day 5, we gathered all our work into a single portfolio presentation and ran through the client meeting with the undergrads.

In the afternoon, our client, Debi, and her party arrived to run through our two separate presentations for each potential model.

Following this meeting, Debi and her party were able to discuss the two potential models and decide which they would prefer to proceed with and what alterations they would like to see.

We're now all looking forward to getting back to develop our design to meet our clients expectations.
Posted 20 May 2022 22:45
Group 11 / NUKE-FREE MANCHESTER
Samruddhi S
It's Day 3 and posters ahoy! With guidance and advice provided (where needed) from year 5 leads, the undergrads of Nuke Free Manchester have started working on posters, the concept for which was finalized on day 2.
It's full steam ahead for the meeting with clients on day 5 where draft posters are to be submitted for approval.
Posted 20 May 2022 22:35
Group 09 / COMMUNITY CALLS
Chang L
Day 5: THIS WEEK!
We are all excited to be involved in this community project. The schedule for the week included a community workshop, third party interview and initial design development. We spent time abstracting key ideas from local residents and transferring these into different visualizations.
Posted 20 May 2022 22:29
Group 01 / LGBT.MCR
Elicia K
DAY FIVE!

This morning we had a meeting with ARUP - our partner in this project. Mr Anmar presented his current work and some of his research findings. This was extremely insightful and informative. We appreciate all of his help and support with the project so far, and look forward to working with him throughout the rest of the project.
Posted 20 May 2022 21:57
Group 35 / PATH
Hiu Tik L
PATH's team attends the bookbinding workshop to study how the variety of printing techniques enhances the graphical identity and the process of making the poster. In addition, the Town Hall representative gives us site-specific feedback during the presentation of apprenticeship posters. It helps to pin down the direction of poster design while learning what we need to improve in next week.
Posted 20 May 2022 21:51
Group 09 / COMMUNITY CALLS
Chang L
Day 5: DISCUSSION YOUR DESIGN CONCEPT
During the morning session, the undergraduates were asked to make a short presentation on their design concept.
Posted 20 May 2022 21:47
Group 09 / COMMUNITY CALLS
Chang L
Day 5 Schedule!







Posted 20 May 2022 21:45
Group 01 / LGBT.MCR
Elicia K
DAY FOUR

Here we have attached some images of magazines and newspapers found in the archive. Each student went through a few boxes of materials each. Taking photos of any relevant pieces. We managed to find some incredible material and we are looking forward to using it in our magazine.
Posted 20 May 2022 21:42
Group 01 / LGBT.MCR
Elicia K
DAY FOUR!

Today, we were fortunate enough to visit the Manchester Central Library Archive! They had kindly prepared a large amount of LGBTQ+ historic archive material for us to look at.
Posted 20 May 2022 21:38

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