Group 04
THERMAL OASIS

Embark on Thermal Oasis, a transformative community endeavour, crafting a bespoke temporary sauna facility, providing restorative experiences for individuals who want to recharge, restore, and reconnect. We will make sauna use available to groups that would not usually have access due to income or understanding of the benefits. Hot and cold treatment builds mental resilience and gives people the skills to manage stressful situations in a less reactive way. Dive headfirst into research and design skills, where you will work in groups to develop a sauna before presenting your design ideas, models, and sketches to the client. We will encourage model-making, quick iterative design ideas, as well as creative Adobe skills to create collages and technical drawings.

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Maisie M / Ding L / Joseph H

-MEET THE TEAM-
-CANDICE-

Hi, I’m Yuxin Ma from Flux Ateliar and you can call me Candice. My hometown is China and I graduated from University of Nottingham Ningbo China. I have had 3 months full-time experience as Part I Architectural Assistant in Foster+Partners in Shanghai. And my hobbies are Latin dancing and painting.
Posted 10 Mar 2024 21:07
-MEET THE TEAM-
-DING LU-

Hi, my name is Ding Lu, but you can call me Ding. I come from China, and completed my undergraduate study there. I have three years of working experience, from scheme design to the construction phase. I love photography and collecting fountain pens (which took up most of my income). No one says you can't own pens without learning calligraphy
Posted 10 Mar 2024 21:09
-MEET THE TEAM-
-JOE-

Hello I’m Joe, you’ll see me around the SKN MArch 1 studio. I’m originally from Leicester, but have spent a year travelling around Australia backpacking. Prior to studying, I worked for a surveying practice, drawing and design small shops and extensions then moved on to study my Undergrad at De Montfort University, before gaining a year’s experience at a Leicester based practice. Favourite music genre is Techno / Tech House.
Posted 10 Mar 2024 21:10
-MEET THE TEAM-
-MAISIE-

Hi I'm Maisie from the PRAXXIS atelier. I'm from Cheshire and studied my undergrad at Manchester. I have a years experience working for the Manchester office of Ellis Williams Architects where I worked primarily on education projects as well as a pair of new archive buildings. I like to travel a lot for concerts (I recently saw Blink-182 in Berlin) and my friends like to describe my music as 'dad rock'.
Posted 10 Mar 2024 21:16
-MEET THE TEAM-
-TOM-

Hi I’m Tom, originally from Manchester. I did my undergrad at the University of Nottingham and took several years out in between to work and travel. I have 2 years experience at Manchester-based Jon Matthews Architects and after this went on to travel Asia and live in Sydney Australia. Favourite music genres are chilled rnb/soul and European house/minimal
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-Day 1-

On our first day of the action weeks we welcomed our undergraduate students to Group 4!

Today involved getting straight onto site for a tour from our collaborator in order to get to grips with the design brief as well as to experience the user navigation of the site. We heard from our collaborator what needs to be included within our designs - can't wait to see what the design groups come up with!
Posted 8 May 2024 11:17
-Day 2 & Day 3-

A busy few days in uni this week for Group 4! Our undergrad students have been working hard in developing initial concepts for the thermal sauna and surrounding site - the tracing paper and markers have been out and we're seeing some great collaboration between the students.

A slight change of plan to our action week, instead of community outreach on Wednesday, we have moved to displaying the students' work on the site on Friday for a pre-planned event due to low footfall in the site. Looking forward to seeing everyone's presentation boards and hearing people's feedback -- hopefully this will be good guidance for next week.
Posted 10 May 2024 11:59
Community Outreach Presentation - Group A
Posted 10 May 2024 14:10
Community Outreach Presentation - Group B
Posted 10 May 2024 14:12
Group sketch-up and adobe workshops in preparation to present to the client tomorrow
Posted 15 May 2024 12:14