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 …More
Posted 16 May 2022 16:03
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 …More
Posted 16 May 2022 16:03
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’ …More
Posted 16 May 2022 16:13
The day started with a Digimap workshop and students were divided into groups. Group 1 decided to focus on studying the demographics of Castlefield- age groups, population density, …More
Posted 17 May 2022 16:32
The historic mapping of Castlefield shows the various key developments of the area from the Roman forts to the industrial revolution to the present day use of the site. Today the group …More
Posted 17 May 2022 16:33
Today, group 3 conducted a study into the land use and context of Castlefield. By identifying the various building uses, we got a feel for the existing 'zones' (residential, commercial …More
Posted 17 May 2022 16:34
So far, we have hosted two workshops for the team - one by Maddie covering the use of Digimap, including tips on how to put a map into Photoshop for graphical purposes; and another …More
Posted 18 May 2022 15:53
Today, the groups continued with the work they started yesterday looking at the history, demographics and land use/context of the site. By polishing up the information which was researched …More
Posted 18 May 2022 15:54
Today we allocated specific sites to each group, and we began to brainstorm design ideas for the different locations. We thought about interventions which would be free for Castlefield …More
Posted 19 May 2022 16:08
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 …More
Posted 23 May 2022 15:44
The groups decided to make their design ideas come to life today! The students started working towards producing the final visualisations and began work on sketch up and other rendering …More
Posted 24 May 2022 16:10
The groups continued the work from the previous session: creating visualizations, sketches and iterative testing of digital model prototypes. A costing exercise was also conducted to …More
Posted 25 May 2022 15:54
Today we had our final presentation with Calum and Nena from Castlefield Forum. We showed them our final designs and renders for each of the three sites and explained the concepts behind …More
Posted 26 May 2022 16:10
The BA1 and BA2 team worked towards preparing the images for the publication: putting the finishing touches in and detailing them out. The year 5 students setup up the layout for the …More
Posted 27 May 2022 14:51