HELLO! WE ARE LGBT.MCR

Reece Davey
Pronouns: He/They
Location: Manchester/London
Atelier: PRAXIS
Interests: Post-Modernism, Theatre Design, Biomimicry, Social Housing
Dissertation Title: Mind, Body and City: A post-closet analysis of post-modern New York
Experience:
B(Arch): Oxford Brookes (2016-2019)
Part 1: Architectural assistant - Bennett’s Associates (London)
Architectural Assistant - Remi C.T Studio (London)
M(Arch): Manchester School of Architecture (2021-Present)
Hobbies: Fashion, Skiing, Ballet, DJ-ing/Running events
Favorite TV series: Glee
Skills: Rhino, V-Ray, Photoshop, Autocad, Revit, physical model making

Cheng Tianmo
Pronouns: She/Her
Location: Manchester/Shanghai
Atelier: &rchitecture
Interests: Museum design, Reconstruction, Self-sufficient architecture
Dissertation Title: The transformation of industrial heritage in post-industrial Manchester
Experience:
B(Arch): Manchester School of Architecture (2016-2019)
M(Arch): Manchester School of Architecture (2021-Present)
Hobbies: Animation movies, Illustration, Classic guitar, Console games
Favourite TV series: Jojo’s bizarre adventure
Skills: AutoCAD, Indesign, Photoshop, Rhino, Sketchup, Sefaira, Sony Vegas.

Elicia Kelly
Pronouns: She/Her
Location: Manchester, UK
Atelier: MAKING
Interests: Sustainable Architecture, Inclusive design, Urban Development
Dissertation Title: Beyoncé Architecture
Experience:
B(Arch): University of Liverpool (2017-2020)
Part 1: Architectural assistant Soltkahn Architects, Berlin (2020-2021)
M(Arch): Manchester School of Architecture (2021-Present)
Hobbies: Photography, Fashion, Film, Playing the drums
Favourite TV series: Peaky Blinders & Schittz Creek
Skills: AutoCAD, Photoshop, SketchUp, InDesign, AllPlan, Lumion, TwinMotion

Erin Hughes
Pronouns: She/Her
Location: Manchester/North Wales
Atelier: &rchitecture
Interests: Conservation, Sustainable Design, Interior Architecture, Inclusive Design
Dissertation Title: How The Role of Heritage ‘Experts’ Alter Collective Understanding of The Past
Experience:
B(Arch): Interior Architecture & Design NTU (2016-2018)
B(Arch): Architecture NTU (2018-2020)
Part 1: Architectural assistant - PRA Associates (Nottingham)
M(Arch): Manchester School of Architecture (2021-Present)
Hobbies: Illustration, Reading, Dog Walking, Film
Favourite TV series: Utopia (UK), Only Murders in the Building
Skills: AutoCAD, Indesign, Photoshop, Point Cloud Surveying, ReCap, Sketchup, Sefaira, V-Ray.

Vikas Parekh
Pronouns: He/Him
Location: Manchester, UK
Atelier: FLUX
Interests: Urban Designs, Masterplanning, Green design
Dissertation Title: Social construction of sacred spaces
Experience:
B(Arch): Nottingham Trent University (2017-2020)
M(Arch): Manchester School of Architecture (2021-Present)
Skills: AutoCAD, Sketchup, Vray, Rhino, Grasshopper, Sefaira, Photoshop, InDesign
Hobbies: Tennis, Movies, Social interactions with friends and work, Gym
Favourite TV series: Money Heist, You and Friends

PARTNERS
The Proud Trust
- The Proud Trust is a haven for young people and the LGBT community. The trust aids young people in empowering themselves to make a significant impact in their communities, creating a supportive environment to connect and feel at home. They achieve this through connecting national and regional LGBT+ youth work networks, managing the LGBT+ Centre for Manchester, delivering training, organising events and campaigns, conducting research, and generating resources.

Arup
Ammar joined Arup in 2017 and worked in the London office for five years. Ammar is very interested in queer heritage, visibility in space, moving beyond the village and looking at emerging areas outside the town. He has worked on queer in public space and wants to explore his interests, further sparking how we can make the spaces safer and known as Manchester has a lot of history and enthusiasm.

MSA
Emily Crompton is a senior lecturer at the MSA, where she leads the Year 1 undergraduate programme and collaborates with the MArch atelier PRAXIS. Emily has a great relationship with The Proud Trust due to her many years of partnership with them. She has spent the last five years investigating the history and design of the Manchester LGBT+ Centre. Emily has been recording and studying the destruction and reconstruction of the LBGT+ Centre as an expert advisor on The Proud Trusts Buildings Re-Building Board. Emily enjoys looking at the city in surprising and unconventional ways, and she is constantly curious about the other side of the tale.

AGENDA
The project will be a deep dive into the history of LGBTQ+ communities in Manchester,
exploring the spaces and places that shaped these communities and have been
shaped by them. We will be putting on a digital exhibition and publishing a zine of the work
and research done by YOU!

SKILLS
You will take part in: On-Site Sketching, Archive Research, 3-D Modelling, Mapping, Curation, Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator. With workshops being run for software and techniques for you to try!