Within the 2 week project, we will help you learn new digital, physical and social skills in addition to helping you improve on any software or physical skills you may already have …More
Posted 8 Mar 2022 13:02
We are working with Hulme Community Garden Centre to re-design a children’s mound at the garden.

Promoting sustainability: Re-design of the children’s mound would involve the …More
Posted 8 Mar 2022 13:07
Hulme Community Garden Centre (HCGC) is our external collaborator. HCGC is a unique community-led project, established 20 years ago and underpinned by organic principles, promoting …More
Posted 13 Mar 2022 18:52
Name: Mohsin Ali

Atelier: &rchitecture

Undergraduate: Manchester School of Architecture

Work Experience: Part 1 Architectural Assistant, Design Studio - North

Skills: AutoCAD, …More
Posted 13 Mar 2022 18:52
Name: Rucha Valimbe

Atelier: Complexity, Planning and Urbanism (CPU)

Undergraduate: Manchester School of Architecture

Work Experience: Junior Architect, SSH Design

Skills: …More
Posted 13 Mar 2022 18:53
Name: Julian Ng

Atelier: Continuity in Architecture (CiA)

Undergraduate: University of Kent

Work Experience: Architectural Assistant, Barrie Ho Architecture Interiors LTD …More
Posted 13 Mar 2022 18:53
Name: Jianxuan Wang

Atelier: Some Kind of Nature (SKN)

Undergraduate: University of Liverpool

Work Experience: Architectural Assistant, OLI Architecture

Skills: AutoCAD, …More
Posted 14 Mar 2022 11:34
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 …More
Posted 16 May 2022 16:44
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 …More
Posted 16 May 2022 16:46
Day 2 (Morning) - Concept Development

Concept development by the BA students this morning. Three distinct concepts based on permaculture design were developed by the students. The …More
Posted 17 May 2022 17:26
Day 2 (Afternoon) - Mock Critique

In the afternoon, BA students created presentations to showcase their site observations, design framework and concepts. This was followed by discussions …More
Posted 17 May 2022 17:28
Day 3 - Client Meeting

In the morning, Julian presented some of his work as a short tutorial on visual communication in preparation for a meeting with the client this afternoon. …More
Posted 18 May 2022 17:00
Day 3 - Student's Work

The first team delivered a presentation on sensory-inspired play as consisting of "action" and "creative" playscapes integrated into the existing site. The …More
Posted 18 May 2022 17:01
Day 4 - Design Consolidation

Today we began by consolidating our three options from earlier this week. This meant highlighting differences and similarities in the work, and adapting …More
Posted 19 May 2022 16:59
Day 5 - Design Consolidation

This morning we began by sketching a detailed site plan of the play area. BA students measured widths and dimensions to design the four different elements …More
Posted 20 May 2022 17:35
Day 6 - First day of final package preparation

This morning we split the group into three teams to focus on the production of a model, a drawing package, and a short document for …More
Posted 23 May 2022 17:12
Day 7 - Second day of final package preparation

Today, the modelling team added some movement elements to the site model - exploring access up and around the mound. The layout team …More
Posted 24 May 2022 17:17
Day 8 - Third day of final package preparation

In the first half of the day, the modelling team finalised the 1:100 site model incorporating all the play structures on site. The …More
Posted 25 May 2022 17:31
Day 9 - Fourth day of final package preparation

Today we consolidated work for the Construction manual output. This involved finalising the exploded axonometric diagrams and construction …More
Posted 26 May 2022 17:26
Day 10 - Final Presentation

PermaPlay finished their project today! This morning kicked off with a final presentation to the client, showing our final design, construction manual, …More
Posted 27 May 2022 15:51