Name: Kuolin Huang

Hometown: Guangzhou, China

MArch Atelier: FLUX

Undergraduate: Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University & University of Liverpool

Year Out: Intern, O-Office architects, Guangzhou, China

Skills: Rhino, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign

Interest: Refurbishment Project, Public Architecture, Diving, Surfing, E-game, Basketball, Food

Name: Zilang Zhao

Hometown: Beijing, China

MArch Atelier: Complexity, Planning and Urbanism (CPU Ai)

Undergraduate: Beijing University of Technology

Practice: Intern, MAD Architects.

Skill: Model making: Rhino, Sketchup, Auto CAD, D5, Enscape, Vray, Blender, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign

Interests: Parametric Architectural Design, Sustainable Architectural Design and Smart City Design, Basketball player, Film Photography.

Name: Erika-Karen Low

Hometown: London, United Kingdom

MArch Atelier: Complexity, Planning and Urbanism (CPU Ai)

Undergraduate: University of Portsmouth

Year Out: Part 1 Architectural Assistant, Model Projects Ltd, London

Skills: Revit, AutoCAD, Rhino, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign

Interests: Film Photography, Netball, Cycling

Name: Neha Bellad

Hometown Mumbai, India

MArch Atelier: FLUX

Undergraduate: Mumbai University, India

Practice: Architectural Intern, Abhikalpan, Mumbai, India

Skills: AutoCAD, Sketchup, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Lumion

Interests: Sustainable Architecture, TV series/movies, Travelling, Music and Coffee

Kasper de Graaf is a director of Design Manchester and CEO of Images&Co, a design and innovation consultancy specialising in culture and identity, with a track record of innovation in cities.

Within Design Manchester, Kasper is developing a series of collaborations with cities around the world, including Nairobi on food and climate change, Medellín on social urbanism, Shenzhen on child-friendly cities, Kitwe on creative skills and filmmaking, Puebla on marginalised cultures and communities, Aarhus on liveable cities and Barcelona on sustainable fashion.

During the 2-week project, we will develop your skills with additional digital, physical, and social skills whilst working through the various stages of design in producing the final output of a proposal for the client.

We aim to enhance your design skill and presentation through various design iterations whilst working with children during the conceptual stages, resulting in the representation of high-resolution renders through a child’s perspective.

In the first week, we plan to interact with the children of Manchester and Shenzhen to understand the children's outlooks. Conducting an online workshop for the children where they can display their imagination and creative views of what the city means to them. Which will be incorporated during the design development stages in week 2.

The Social Values aims to address the inclusivity and opportunities within the infrastructure of the public realm between children and their resilience.

Their perspective around the understanding of their city influences the meaning behind the processes and the circular design in making a social change that positively impacts the community.

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!

Day 2
Studio discussions
Understanding the brief, client requirements, collecting precedents and display of ideas
Themes and conceptual finalization

Day 2
Conceptual sketches
Planning of spaces, materiality, flow

Day 2
Conceptual sketches
Planning of spaces, materiality, flow

Day 3

MANCHESTER:
Barlow Moor Community Association

Day 3
Day on site, Manchester
Barlow Moor Community Association
Learning from the kids of Manchester.
Understanding the kids perspective of the City of Manchester, their favorite animals, their approach.
Fun outdoor session, very active, super friendly environment.

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.

Day 4
SHENZHEN:
Fringe Art Center
Online Event

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!

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.

Day 7
Revit Tutorials during the first half of the day, Sketch-up, Rhino and modelling tutorials during the second half of the day.
Productive learning day!

Day 8
Illustrator and Photoshop tutorials today,
Post production day at the studio.
Final submission days, updating the material,
Good work atmosphere.
Looking forward to compiling today!

Meet John Owens from Design Manchester

Meet Eric Zhu and Stone Liu from Fringe Art Centre, Shenzhen

Meet the Second Year Architecture Students

Meet the First Year Architecture Students

Thank you for joining us on our Side by Side journey!