Atelier | Making
Skills | Revit, Photoshop, Illustrator, environmental design, model making
Hobbies | I love painting and drawing!
Fun fact! | I love nature and animals, and have rescued over 30 animals

Atelier | &rchitecture
Skills | Photoshop, InDesign, Revit, CAD, design and technical skills, and can speak German
Hobbies | I am a crazy dog person and love going on walks with my dog. I also love to sit back with a beer (the German genes in me) and paint when I get the time.
Fun fact! | I have watched the TV series FRIENDS probably 10+ times and can recite quotes from most episodes.

Atelier | Some Kind of Nature
Skills | SketchUp, Lumion, Photoshop, Illustrator, woodwork, sketching
Hobbies | 3D printing, playing the guitar, skateboarding, walks and architecture
Fun fact! | My fun fact is that I hate coming up with fun facts, however, "I love food, and the most exotic thing I've eaten is Kangaroo"

Atelier | PRAXXIS
Skills | Revit, Enscape, Grasshopper, 3D modelling, drawing, infographics, visuals
Hobbies | Travelling, photography, walking, horse riding, and spending time with family and friends
Fun fact! | I have appeared on a TV programme

Atelier | Some Kind of Nature
Skills | AutoCAD, SketchUp, Photoshop, InDesign, Blender3D, graphics, 3D modelling
Hobbies | I like to draw, sing and play my ukulele!
Fun fact! | I love watching horror gameplays but I am terrified of horror movies

The project is to design and construct low-maintenance pollinator-friendly gardens and seating on a strip of land next to the Debdale Sports Centre. The Manchester Dragoneers would like to use this area for social events, including having refreshments after paddling, while being able to care for nature and the ecosystem. We also hope to paint a mural on the wall alongside the site.

The client will provide us with some resources to use in our design, including old boats that we can reuse for planting or seating!

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.

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

The team came up with several concepts for seating and gardens using recycled materials. Benches and planters would be constructed using wood planks, cinder blocks and tires sourced from various facilities. The old boats on site would be recycled into seating, planters or ponds.

Another rainy day but the group still managed to do quite a bit of work! Today we focused on turning the old boat into seating and a planter, while others worked on completing the benches for the site. Second last day of MSALive... Look forward to the project finale tomorrow!