MSA Live 22

Meijun L

In the afternoon of day 1, we visited the site and met our friends in Bluebell green. Excellent sketches we did!

Posted 17 May 2022 12:40

Ahmed A

Day 2: 002 Meet the Undergrads

Posted 17 May 2022 12:37

Ahmed A

Day 2: 001 Meet the Undergrads

Posted 17 May 2022 12:37

We gained insight on designing for (and with) children from our session with Harry Thorpe from Caukin Studio this morning.

He gave us useful information on the various elements needed to design engaging and exciting spaces for children. By understanding the importance of incorporating play and education in design, as well as providing spaces which engage with the children's senses, we are able to bring this forward into the design of our sensory garden. Thank you Harry!

Posted 17 May 2022 12:35

Meijun L

In the morning of day 1, we knew each other and did ice breaker! Everyone did a sketch to describe their garden. Nice start!

Posted 17 May 2022 12:33

Group 29 / THE CYCLE-PATHS

DAY 2 // Design & Construction for Placemaking Ideas

We presented a short slide to the students to allow them to familiarise themselves with various placemaking ideas as precedents.

Then, in groups, students develop their designs further from yesterday's initial sketches with their own precedents.

Posted 17 May 2022 12:20

Leona S

Day One

Starting the day in Chorlton Park, the BA students meet our team and the collaborators from CBD and Architecture Unknown for the first time! Splitting into 3 groups, each group visited their site for analysis. Each group had a member of our team, as well as a member from CBD or Architecture Unknown, so the BA students have the opportunity to understand the brief and site in further depth before beginning their design processes tomorrow. With some successful site analysis, we ended our day by gathering again in the Precinct Shop, with a reflection of the day as well as questions by BA students for our team and CBD.

Posted 17 May 2022 12:04

Songchuan Y

Day 2

Posted 17 May 2022 11:18

Natalia F

Day 1- A compilation of pictures from our site visit!

Posted 17 May 2022 11:16

DAY 1 // End of Day

By the end of the day, we had sketches of our initial ideas for the furniture, which we will bring in to tomorrow's session, where we can enhance them according to the project's desired outputs.

Thank you to our team members who participated today. Looking forward to the days ahead! :)

Posted 17 May 2022 02:17

DAY 1 // Work in progress

We continued our sketches in the building, where we also get to observe Station South's progress as a cafe/cycling hub.

Once everyone was done, we had a mini presentation where each member talked about their thoughts on the site and their initial ideas about the furniture. We had some fruitful conversations regarding the project's "vision," as well as strategies for the furniture to benefit the larger community.

We also had an online session with some people who can't make it to the site today.

Posted 17 May 2022 02:16

DAY 1 // Site exploration!

The team pushed through with the site visit, although it was raining lightly. There, we split into groups for the project. We also managed to sneak a photo of us at the Fallowfield Loop, just under Station South, before the rain started to get heavy.

While walking through the site and explaining Station South's future plans, the teams were given a map of the site so they could mark the possible placements of furniture as we go.

We took pictures and did some on-site sketches of our initial thoughts of the site. It was wonderful to see the Fallowfield Loop in use today - we saw cyclists, joggers and people taking their dogs out for a walk! These helped spark some ideas on the project.

Posted 17 May 2022 02:15

Muhammad Amir Safwan Bin M

DAY 1 // Heading to Station South CIC site

It took us around 30-45 minutes by bus to reach Station South CIC building from the Chatham building

Posted 17 May 2022 01:34

Group 08 / LET THEM FREE

MEET THE TEAM! ZHENG

Name: Zheng Zhang

Atelier: Trans

Undergraduate: University of Liverpool

Skills: Photoshop, InDesign, AutoCAD, Rhino, Lumion, Vray

Hobbies/Interests: Watching Movies, Skiing, Cooking

Fun fact: I have an extreme pursuit of food and I am also full of inspiration for homemade food.

Posted 17 May 2022 01:13

Group 08 / LET THEM FREE

Muhammad Amir Safwan Bin M

DAY 1 | ICE BREAKING & SITE VISIT

The first day is complete. We get to know each of the team members and talked about our project LET THEM FREE. We introduced the site, and talked about the goals and mission for the next two weeks for the first 2 hours. Even though today's weather was not that good, we went to the site together by bus and walked for a few minutes in the heavy rain, but we made it to the site and discussed with Stephen the planning and materials for the exhibition.

Posted 17 May 2022 00:14

Group 08 / LET THEM FREE

Muhammad Amir Safwan Bin M

DAY 1 | ICE BREAKING & SITE VISIT

The first day is complete. We get to know each of the team members and talked about our project LET THEM FREE. We introduced the site, and talked about the goals and mission for the next two weeks for the first 2 hours. Even though today's weather was not that good, we went to the site together by bus and walked for a few minutes in the heavy rain, but we made it to the site and discussed with Stephen the planning and materials for the exhibition.

Posted 17 May 2022 00:01

DAY 1 // Ice breaker

MSA Live '22 is finally here!

After many exchanges of emails, today we had our first official group meeting where we met together and introduced ourselves.

We had a briefing about the project and its expected outcomes, also on the schedule for the entire two weeks.

We then headed over to Station South for our site visit.

Posted 16 May 2022 23:49

Group 14 / HIDDEN THREADS

DAY 1 // Introduction & Site Visit

Posted 16 May 2022 23:27

Letong H

Today we had our first meeting with the whole team. We discussed the importance of mapping to design and collaborated on a few pieces of work.

Posted 16 May 2022 23:11

Group 28 / HULME HIPPODROME

Joseph S

Day One - First meeting of the full design team. The day consisted of an introduction to the project, and an in depth analysis of Hulme Hippodrome. As a group we discussed the key design principles for the project and began to formulate research objectives to develop a more detailed brief

Posted 16 May 2022 23:03

Group 28 / HULME HIPPODROME

Joseph S

Schedule for week 2 - Week 2 will focus on a physical model and proposal images for the project. The objective of both the model and renders is to communicate the potential that the building has to offer to the local community

Posted 16 May 2022 22:56

Group 28 / HULME HIPPODROME

Joseph S

Schedule for week 1 - Hulme Hippodrome will work closely with savehulmehippodrome in the restoration of the Hulme Hippodrome. The project looks to restore the building to it's original state, with the addition of disabled access and a new commercial frontage

Posted 16 May 2022 22:53

Group 14 / HIDDEN THREADS

Xiongzhe S

Day 01 - Ice Break

After our first official group meeting and introducing different mapping approaches, we paired the students up and organised an ice break sketching in the afternoon. Each student presented their interests through the drawings and quickly got familiar with others.

Posted 16 May 2022 21:56

Group 02 / ENRICHING ELLESMERE

Arif Izzuddin Bin AI

MSA Live has officially started!!

Day 1: Meet Sue from Ellesmere Canal Yard.

We began the day by briefing the BAs on the project and the clients. Sue then joined us to talk about the site overall and its possibilities.

We moved on to our next activity, Brainstorming, after the team had a good understanding of the project and had interacted with the clients. We had to come up with a variety of ideas to see how we could create interesting programmes and architecture on the first site which is The Open Shed next to the Dry Dock. We sketch some initial site ideas and present each other's proposals.

Posted 16 May 2022 21:54

Group 03 / DE-GROWTH COLLABORATIVE

Xinyu S

Day 1 to go!

Here are some initial ideas from the day one conversation, which were made for day-2 site visit and client meeting. Each group developed and pictured one preliminary strategy, as well as discussed it with the others. Three options were made by the end of the day. The sketchings will be taken to the site the next day to confirm with the clients.

Posted 16 May 2022 21:28

Group 03 / DE-GROWTH COLLABORATIVE

Xinyu S

Day 1 to go!

A fantastic first day as the team got to know each other and introduced the project brief. The undergraduates started by brainstorming with defining strategies and concepts.
After lunch, we worked in groups to enhance the ideas and illustrate them, which will be brought to the clients for tomorrow’s site visit and meeting.

Posted 16 May 2022 21:28

Jack G

Posted 16 May 2022 21:28

Jack G

Posted 16 May 2022 21:27

Day 1 - Parxx and Rec met MSFG through an online call. MSFG introduced their charity as well as the problem issues they aim to address: the lack of inclusion of teenage girls in parks. With their previous research guiding them, they advised Parxx and Rec on the common themes to making that came up when conducting workshops with teenage girls. After their presentation, MSFG and Parxx and Rec had a Q&A on other potential factors that may encourage the inclusion of teenage girls.

Posted 16 May 2022 21:03

Group 23 / LIVING UP

Agrima S

MSA Live has officially begun!!

Day 01 - Meet the Client + The Big Draw

We began our day by meeting the BAs and introducing them to the project and the clients. Followed by this, we had a meeting with the client and the occupational therapist.

After the team understood the project and interacted with the clients, we started with our next activity - The Big Draw. We got to brainstorm different ideas in small groups to see how can we design an interesting master plan. We did this by using to-scale cutouts of module homes and placing them on site.

Looking forward to visiting the site tomorrow and the weeks ahead!

Posted 16 May 2022 20:58

Group 16 / DRAGONSCAPES

Jonathan Q

Day 1 of MSA Live Dragonscapes begins!
With our project officially kicking off we started the day with a presentation of the site, clients and overview of the project, before setting off with concept sketching and discussions. Working as a group, we had plenty of ideas on ways to use the limited materials and budget available to us to upcycle and create a great garden area and mural. We finished the day by discussing our favourite ideas for how to use the site, ready to begin visualisation and masterplanning tomorrow!

Posted 16 May 2022 20:21

Group 19 / THE PIT STOP

Joanna Marie B

Day 1 - Landmark Pictionary!

Posted 16 May 2022 19:44

Group 19 / THE PIT STOP

Joanna Marie B

Week 2 - Brief plan for the week!

Posted 16 May 2022 19:43

Group 19 / THE PIT STOP

Joanna Marie B

Week 1 - Plan for the week!

Posted 16 May 2022 19:40

On our first day, Green Corridor Gateway met our partners, Vicky and Kate, for an online introduction and leader training talk to ensure our safety on site. In the afternoon we visited the site for a tour from Kate, and then met partners Jen and Cathy and their kids to hear about their aspirations for Bluebell Green. We took photos, drew sketches and discussed their plans for the garden.

Posted 16 May 2022 19:22

Jan L

DAY 1: 002 Visit to LIFESHARE/MDC

With so much of daily life now being conducted online (from Doctor's appointments, to job interviews and banking), we learnt just how vital MDC's work is - and how wide-ranging the proposed digital map and non-digital campaign can be.

Posted 16 May 2022 18:29

Jan L

DAY 1: 001 Visit to LIFESHARE/MDC

Today we listened to LIFESHARE's Zara Bobat share her experience of what the Manchester Digital Collective does for the digitally-excluded. Ranging from SIM-card provision to digital drop-off centres and free WIFI hotspots, the charity provides a vital lifeline to those experiencing digital poverty, or simply wishing to begin their online skill-sets...

Posted 16 May 2022 18:24

Group 12 / YOUNG MAR(K)ERS

During the afternoon, we split into three groups to explore the various spatial, environmental and material qualities of the site. Ideas were presented using a variety of media such as sketching and collage.

Posted 16 May 2022 18:03

Kaiyan X

Day 1

Hello! We spent the first day getting to know the rest of the team, followed by a brief introduction to the project. The team is then split into groups to brainstorm ideas and research precedents. Some ideas experimented with folding techniques and other ideas incorporated the use of wheels. As a group, we discussed interesting elements from each idea that could be further developed. There were lovely sketches produced from the team. This was a great start to the project!

Posted 16 May 2022 17:20

Group 22 / MUD BUDDY

Harry C

DAY 1 - The MUD Buddy Brainstorm & Site Visit.

We compiled our individual responses to the brief, gathering relevant site information and research precedents. The brainstorm includes a huge variety of sketches from our BA students who seem very excited about the MUD Buddy project!

Posted 16 May 2022 17:00

Group 33 / PERMAPLAY

Julian N

Day 1 (Afternoon) - Design Discussions

This afternoon, we had a guest lecture from MSA tutor Joe Dempsey. He shared his own work with Hulme Community Garden, and his ideas and thoughts on material and Degrowth-driven design. After his lecture, we discussed key opportunities and constraints of the site, and important design drivers around permaculture.

Posted 16 May 2022 16:46

Group 33 / PERMAPLAY

Julian N

Day 1 (Morning) - Site Visit

A site visit to Hulme Community Garden this morning. We met the team, viewed the site, and learned about the social and ecological values of the garden to the wider community.

Posted 16 May 2022 16:44

Group 22 / MUD BUDDY

Harry C

Day 1 of the action weeks has officially begun!

This morning we met our BA1 and BA2 students on site at the Platt Fields Market Garden. We introduced the team to our project and had a little brief meeting with the team at MUD.

After having a tour around the garden we got straight to work and measured the existing space set for regeneration. We reconvened in our studio space after lunch and did a group ice-breaker activity to get to know each other better!

We then shared our individual responses to each other and collected these on a large collage to make more sense of the project. We then debriefed for the day, with information on what to bring/ prepare for Day 2!

Posted 16 May 2022 16:44

Group 18 / IN OUR NATURE

Yicheng W

DAY ONE

MSA Live is underway and today we met our design team! Unfortunately, due to typical Manchester weather we had to postpone our site visit to the Tib Street car park until tomorrow when the sun is (hopefully) shining again. Nevertheless, we cracked on in the comfort of the warmth and dry and got to introducing ourselves.

After some explanation of the project to our team, we got to brainstorming different ideas in small groups to see what fun things we could design on the rooftop of the car park. Here are some sketch ideas from our team, as well as us all working hard together.

Posted 16 May 2022 16:42

Group 18 / IN OUR NATURE

Yicheng W

DAY ONE

MSA Live is underway and today we met our design team! Unfortunately, due to typical Manchester weather we had to postpone our site visit to the Tib Street car park until tomorrow when the sun is (hopefully) shining again. Nevertheless, we cracked on in the comfort of the warmth and dry and got to introducing ourselves.

WOW!

Beautiful drawing by a member of our team of our site with some different programme ideas.

Posted 16 May 2022 16:33

Group 30 / THE GREEN GATEWAY

Froilan John P

Day 1: MSA LIVE

Introduction to The Green Gateway Project!

Ice breaker activities to bring the group together and communicate better during introduction stages.

Year 5’s introduced the brief, the client, and the final outputs. We also provided an overview of the next 2 week schedule, which described how the group will be split up into different teams to create the brochure, VR model and physical model.

Posted 16 May 2022 16:27

Group 15 / SIDE BY SIDE

Neha Ashok B

Day 1
Meet the team
Activities: Students and Side by Side
What Side by Side means?
What do we expect from the 2 weeks
Understanding child perspective, discussing the weeks plans,
Gathering precedents and design preferences.
Ready to collaborate!

Posted 16 May 2022 16:24

Group 10 / URBAN ACUPUNCTURE

We visited the site to take some photos and measurements. It was great to see the children playing outdoors and in the classrooms. It was lovely to see our poster in the reception too!

We had some useful discussions about the 'vision' for the project, as well as ways in which to provide connections to the wider community.

Posted 16 May 2022 16:23

Monika E

We chose three spots to focus on for our mapping study: ‘The Triangle’ (intersection between Duke Street and Beaufort Street), ‘The Bowl’ (Castlefield Bowl) and ‘The Street’ (Spinners Way). Their locations on opposite sides of the A57 offer opportunity to link together the community across the divide which the road causes. Each area has a very different feeling, so hopefully our interventions will all be contrasting too!

Posted 16 May 2022 16:13

Group 07 / SEEDS OF JOY

Yi-Cheng T

Day 01 - Model Making

In the afternoon, the students worked together to make a 1:200 site model.

Posted 16 May 2022 16:07

Group 10 / URBAN ACUPUNCTURE

Monika E

The main stops on our tour were St John’s Gardens, the intersection between Duke Street and Beaufort Street, Castlefield Bowl, and Spinners Way. These areas all have their own unique characters – each with different advantages and disadvantages too! By visiting these places one after the other, we began to think about the opportunities each one has…

Posted 16 May 2022 16:03

Group 10 / URBAN ACUPUNCTURE

Monika E

Today, the team came together for the first time! We began our week with a tour of Castlefield, exploring the landmarks and getting to know more about the area. Along the way, the tour stopped at our favourite spots (which we learned about from Castlefield Forum) so we could begin to think about how we might improve these areas and enrich them for local residents.

Posted 16 May 2022 16:03

Christina MacRae talked to us about her relationship with Martenscroft and her research into listening to children and investigating sensory-motor learning. She also introduced us to the German pedagogue Froebel and his 'gifts', which were created to support children's learning and development in his kindergarten in Germany.

The talk was very insightful, and gave a useful introduction into the ways in which children learn through interaction and curiosity. Thank you Christina!

Posted 16 May 2022 15:30

Group 24 / CHERISH THE TERRACE

Meet the team!

After introducing ourselves to each other, we headed over to Martenscroft to meet up with our collaborators.

Posted 16 May 2022 15:09

Group 07 / SEEDS OF JOY

Yi-Cheng T

Day 01 - Ice Breaker

Today we had our first official group meeting where we met together and did introductions. As an ice breaker, we paired the students up and asked them to draw a portrait of one another. Each student presented their drawing and explained their interests in architecture.

Posted 16 May 2022 14:29

Guney T

DAY 1
MEETING THE TEAM

The first day included a digital introduction from our collaborators in Homebaked alongside social activities to break the ice and get to know the team better. Precedents was gathered to progress the brief and continue the development.

Posted 16 May 2022 13:35

Group 05 / THE BAGULEY HALL

Fangfei L

DAY 1

Today we also introduced the concept of Collective Memory.

Collective memory can be used as a theoretical framework to help with the proposals and outputs.

Posted 16 May 2022 12:26

Group 05 / THE BAGULEY HALL

Fangfei L

DAY 1
Today we introduce ourselves to each other, give a brief introduction of the Baguley Hall and our output.

Day 1 task:
Site analysis of the Baguley Hall, find precedents that are useful to develop future proposal.

Posted 16 May 2022 12:20

Mohamad Danial Haziq Bin MH

Site Visit!

Posted 15 May 2022 21:00

Mohamad Danial Haziq Bin MH

WEEK 2! : Activities Plan for the Week

Posted 15 May 2022 20:59

Mohamad Danial Haziq Bin MH

WEEK 1! : Activities Plan for the Week

Posted 15 May 2022 20:58

Group 16 / DRAGONSCAPES

Shu Yi Amanda L

The schedule for Week 1 will be focusing on the designing and preparation phases of this project.

Posted 15 May 2022 20:43

Group 14 / HIDDEN THREADS

Eleanor N

1 DAY TO GO!

We are really excited to get started with the Hidden Threads Project...
We will be meeting Monday at 10am at Geoffrey Manton GM223 so be ready to have some creative discussions and uncover some hidden histories of Islington Mill!

Photo: A throwback from our site visit in March, a taste of things to come!

Posted 15 May 2022 17:59

Site Visit: Some Important Areas!

Posted 15 May 2022 15:32

Schedule for Week 2: Compile & Model

Posted 15 May 2022 15:31

Schedule for Week 1: Analyse & Distill

Posted 15 May 2022 15:31

WEEK 2 // Activities Plan for the Week

Posted 15 May 2022 02:44

Group 21 / NEIGHBOURHOOD SWATCH

WEEK 1 // Activities Plan for the Week

Posted 15 May 2022 02:43

Emily B

So you might be wondering… what is a 15-minute neighbourhood?

The key concept of a 15-minute neighbourhood is that residents can access all of their needs within a short walk or cycle from their homes. The concept is built from four pillars;

1. PROXIMITY

2. DIVERSITY

3.DENSITY

4.UBIQUITY

The aim is to create self-sufficient neighbourhoods that are well connected without relying on car usage.

The result of this will be to make life more livable for residents by making neighbourhoods safer, inclusive, diverse, quiet, less polluted and economically vibrant.

This is just a short introduction to the concept of 15-minute neighbourhoods. Please feel free to read around the subject and we will be researching the concept in more detail at the start of the two week project.

Posted 14 May 2022 20:11

Group 21 / NEIGHBOURHOOD SWATCH

Emily B

Join our Teams Group! We have sent you a link to join the Neighbourhood Swatch teams collaboration group. This will allow us communicate quickly and efficiently throughout the two week project. Also, we will have students joining by video link throughout the project which will allow us to keep everyone involved as much as possible. Please go to your emails and click on the link to join the group. If you have any issues please email one of the March 1 students.

Posted 14 May 2022 20:03

Group 21 / NEIGHBOURHOOD SWATCH

Emily B

Welcome to Neighbourhood Swatch, Group 21 collaborating with the Chorlton Traders Association. We are looking forward to meeting you all on Monday. Keep an eye out for more posts with information about the project, timings and equipment. If you have any questions please feel free to email any of the March 1 students...

Posted 14 May 2022 19:58

Group 16 / DRAGONSCAPES

Shu Yi Amanda L

Our first meeting with the team and the client took place out on the water! We were given the opportunity to join the Dragoneers on their dragonboats on Saturday morning. It was a lovely sunny day out on the lake, and we were able to see species like Canada geese and their goslings, coots and mallards up close from the boats. There was even a dragonboat race at the end! This was a great chance for the team to get to know the client over tea and cakes, and to see the site in person and learn about the brief.

Posted 14 May 2022 11:14

Our Site: Bluebell Green in Chapel Street Park

Posted 12 May 2022 22:33

Our Site: Bluebell Green in Chapel Street Park

Posted 12 May 2022 22:33

Week 2 Activities

Posted 12 May 2022 17:25