NAME: Anisa Begum

ATELIER: PRAXXIS

RESEARCH METHODS GROUP: DEEP cutting EDGE: Deep Mapping of Manchester Edgelands

UNDERGRADUATE: BSc (Hons) Architecture: University of Salford …More
Posted 14 Mar 2022 19:30
NAME: Eleanor Nurse

ATELIER: Flux

RESEARCH METHODS GROUP: Urban Anti-Urbanism in the 20th Century

UNDERGRADUATE: Manchester School of Architecture

PART 1 EXPERIENCE: I …More
Posted 14 Mar 2022 19:31
NAME: Letong Huang

ATELIER: Continuity in Architecture (CIA)

RESEARCH METHODS GROUP: An Environmental History of Cement

UNDERGRADUATE: Sheffield Hallam University

PART 1 …More
Posted 14 Mar 2022 19:31
NAME: Marwa Dulaimi

ATELIER: PRAXXIS

RESEARCH METHODS GROUP: Prefigurative Architecture

UNDERGRADUATE: University of the West of England (Bristol School of Architecture)

PART …More
Posted 14 Mar 2022 19:32
NAME: Xiongzhe Shi

ATELIER: MAKING

RESEARCH METHODS GROUP: Designing for Welfare

UNDERGRADUATE: University of Liverpool/ Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University

EXPERIENCE: …More
Posted 14 Mar 2022 19:33
SOCIAL VALUE.

HERITAGE AND CONSERVATION: The digital resource we create will serve as a space where the community can engage with the heritage of Salford in a creative, enticing …More
Posted 14 Mar 2022 19:34
INTRODUCTION TO THE SITE:
Islington Mill was built in 1823 and is a Grade II-listed, six-storey Georgian mill building located on James Street, in Ordsall, Salford. Islington Mill …More
Posted 14 Mar 2022 21:20
SKILLS:
This project involves a variety of skills and activities in which you can participate and we strive to explore the history of Islington Mill and Salford using graphical representations. …More
Posted 14 Mar 2022 21:22
1 DAY TO GO!

We are really excited to get started with the Hidden Threads Project...
We will be meeting Monday at 10am at Geoffrey Manton GM223 so be ready to have some creative …More
Posted 15 May 2022 17:59
DAY 2!

We've had a fantastic day so far discovering the area around Islington Mill and tracing its history - making use of the beautiful sunshing sketching outside. Already there's …More
Posted 17 May 2022 15:12
DAY 2

Tracing the layers at Islington Mill...
Posted 17 May 2022 16:10
DAY 3...SITE VISIT!

Today we went on a site visit with Bernadette, the external partner for the project and architect for Islington Mill. We learnt about the journey Islington Mill …More
Posted 18 May 2022 16:01
DAY 3...SITE VISIT

The sun was shining for our site visit at Islington Mill this morning - we even went up on to the roof to see how the Salford skyline has changed over the last …More
Posted 18 May 2022 16:35
DAY 4 - Exploring research trajectories

Sub-team 1 is interested in the material history of Islington Mill and tracing its journey through material change. They have been busy working …More
Posted 20 May 2022 11:55
DAY 4 - Exploring research trajectories

Sub-team 2 has been hard at work researching the construction of mills and how that relates to Islington Mill's changing use over the last …More
Posted 20 May 2022 12:00
DAY 4 - Exploring research trajectories

Sub-team 3 are fascinated by the entanglement of Mill heritage and artist & LGBTQ+ spaces as well as the growing concern surrounding gentrification …More
Posted 20 May 2022 12:04
DAY 5 - End of Week One!

Friday was a fantastic day to sum up the first week and there are some great developments in each sub-team with research starting to translate into exciting …More
Posted 23 May 2022 00:18
WEEK 2 DAY 1_Workshop with External Partners

We've kicked off the second week with a fantastic workshop with Bernadette, Heritage Architect working on Islington Mill and Stef, the …More
Posted 23 May 2022 15:11
WEEK 2 DAY 1_GUEST SPEAKER!

This afternoon we were joined (online!) by a guest speaker, Steve Taylor, a PhD Candidate at MMU. We learnt about his research topic and progress - how …More
Posted 23 May 2022 16:47
DAY 7!

There is some wonderful work emerging - today we focused upon developing the creative heritage work based upon the client's feedback from yesterday. As the work progresses, …More
Posted 24 May 2022 22:39
DAY 7_COLLABORATION, COLLATION, CREATION!

A view into the work so far... the team is working hard translating heritage research of Islington Mill and Salford into some beautiful, …More
Posted 24 May 2022 22:43
DAY 8_Decision Time!

Today we gathered in co-works to present to eachother our progress and to work together to ensure each sub-team overlaps and visually reads cohesively. We held …More
Posted 25 May 2022 22:55
DAY 9_1 DAY TO GO!

The team is hard at work compiling and making the finishing touches to our digital resource. Today we will be preparing for tomorrow's presentation to Bernadette, …More
Posted 26 May 2022 12:21
DAY 9_FINISHING TOUCHES!

Day 9 was spent making those final edits and changes to the collages, maps and posters and compiling them into the resource. Stay tuned on the blog on day …More
Posted 27 May 2022 09:17
DAY 10_Presentation!

We've got the biscuits ready...it's presentation time! This morning we are joined by Bernadette from BB Heritage Studio and Stef, General Manager at Islington …More
Posted 27 May 2022 11:05
DAY 10_PRESENTATION TO THE EXTERNAL PARTNERS

This morning we had a great presentation to the external partners from Islington Mill where we explained our process, documentation …More
Posted 27 May 2022 14:50
DAY 10_PRESENTATION DAY

Each sub-team did a fantastic job of presenting their work from the last two weeks to the external partners. We have identified scope for Islington Mill to …More
Posted 27 May 2022 15:08
DAY 10_THANK YOU!

A huge thank you to the undergraduate students, external partners, guest speakers and all the individuals who advised us in our planning of MSA Live - Hidden Threads. …More
Posted 27 May 2022 15:11
DAY 10_OUR DIGITAL RESOURCE!

Our platform is live...come and see our work!

https://www.figma.com/proto/0tDWS9GSFWfLOGiwQYsz4j/Untitled?node-id=0%3A3&scaling=min-zoom&page-id=0%3A1&starting-point-node-id=0%3A3

AND …More
Posted 27 May 2022 18:47
Thank you everyone for your hard work...

HIDDEN THREADS is live, come check out our MSA Live project!

Posted 28 May 2022 14:10