Hi I’m Miwa, from Japan and did my undergrad at Tokyo Metropolitan University.

I’m in the Architecture and Adaptive Reuse course. I especially like building retrofit. I'm excited about working on this project with new group mates in MSA Live.

We visited Stalybridge and toured the town centre. Our culture group focused mainly on the heritage that provides the backdrop to Stalybridge and the infrastructure group looked at the business situation and transport links in the town. We also explored the site for a new tram station, which is planned to extend from Ashton and connect to Manchester city centre and Stalybridge in 2040. We will summarise the tram station proposal in the publication at the end of this project. At the end of the site visit we walked through Cheetham Park and had a view of the city centre from the top of the hill.

We will be working on the publication on campus tomorrow.