Group 26
HYDE & SEEK

Tameside Council needs help with its wayfinding in Hyde. More specifically, from the train station and bus stop to the town centre. Our mission is to look at the urban landscape to improve the wayfinding and encourage more people to visit Hyde. This will be done in various ways based on research analysis of the site. This live project will make a large impact on the whole city, so we need to the best of the best!

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Yuxin D / James David W / Yifan Y / Catriona D

James David W
Name: James Wilde (MArch 1)
Atelier: CPU[ai]
Background about us: I am actually from Hyde so it is really interesting to have a project based on my home town.
Where I studied as …More
Posted 8 Mar 2024 18:17
James David W
Name: Yifan Yang (MArch 1)
Atelier: Some kind of nature
Background about us: I am interested in sustainable building design and community architecture. I think this project provides …More
Posted 8 Mar 2024 18:31
James David W
Name: Yuxin Deng (MArch 1)
Atelier: Some Kind of Nature
Background about us: I am originally from China, I completed my undergraduate programme. Currently, I am a member of SKN Atelier …More
Posted 8 Mar 2024 18:35
James David W
Name: Cat Dodd (MArch 1)
Atelier: Some Kind of Nature
Background about us: I am from Winchester and spent the last two years with a company specialising in school design.
Where …More
Posted 9 Mar 2024 14:48
Yuxin D
Team Meeting
On February 6th, our group met with our mentor Matt who gave us a lot of inspiration. Afterwards we had a team meeting where we discussed the poster concept and worked …More
Posted 10 Mar 2024 23:34
Yifan Y
Site Visit

Our project aims to connect the heart of the city - the city center - with its main transport hubs: the main railway station and bus station. Through site visits, we've …More
Posted 11 Mar 2024 00:54
Catriona D
Second Client Meeting

Our team met with our collaborators last week to update them on where we've got to with planning our action weeks. We sent them our proposed poster to get some …More
Posted 11 Mar 2024 09:22
James David W
DAY 1

Today marks the first day of MSA Live 24. We met for the first time, and after a short icebreaker activity, broke off into two groups to travel to Hyde; one by train, and one …More
Posted 7 May 2024 14:37
Yuxin D
DAY 1 REFLECTION

On the first day we travelled to Hyde in two groups; one by train and one by bus. Together we explored the key nodes and main routes from the bus and train stations …More
Posted 8 May 2024 14:22
Yuxin D
DAY 1 CONT.

On returning to Manchester, and after a well deserved lunch break, the group broke into 4 and undertook a SWOT analysis, discussing their experiences and observations from site.
Posted 8 May 2024 14:58
Yuxin D
DAY 2

We conducted a site analysis based on the site research on the first day, where we analysed the site's history, demographic, traffic and other information, from which we all …More
Posted 8 May 2024 15:43
Yuxin D
DAY 3 CONCEPTUAL DESIGN

All of us were divided into four groups to focus on the conceptual design of path, poster, signage and installation. The groups were rotated every 45 minutes …More
Posted 9 May 2024 10:55
Yuxin D
Action Plan Week 1&2
Posted 9 May 2024 14:01
Yuxin D
DAY 3 CONCEPTUAL DESIGN WORKS

After a day of discussion and investigation, we presented our ideas for path, poster, signage and installation through hand drawing and collage. We …More
Posted 10 May 2024 11:04
Yuxin D
DAY 4 PRESENTATION

We presented everyone's concepts to the client and discussed with them to get a lot of helpful feedback. According to their comments, we will adjust and finalise …More
Posted 10 May 2024 11:21
Yuxin D
DAY 5 DEVELOP THE CONCEPTS AND PROPOSALS

We split into two groups and continued to focus on the Installation+poster and Signage+paths designs separately. We adjusted the initial …More
Posted 13 May 2024 15:29
Yuxin D
DAY 6+7 DESIGN FOR FINAL OUTPUTS

Members of the two groups worked on the final outputs of Installation+poster and Signage+paths, expressing them through illustrations, renderings, …More
Posted 15 May 2024 15:53
Yuxin D
DAY 8 PRESENTATION TO CLIENT

We presented the completed designs from the last few days to the client today and they were very impressed with the ideas and outputs from everyone. …More
Posted 16 May 2024 15:40
Yuxin D
DAY 9 FINAL PRESENTATION

On the last day we presented the final output to the clients, including posters, renderings, illustrations and so on. The clients were very positive about …More
Posted 17 May 2024 14:42
Yifan Y
DAY 9 FINAL OUTPUTS

With the sign and the modifications on the ground we hope to improve the difficulty of wayfinding in Hyde. The signage uses the standard blue color of the area …More
Posted 17 May 2024 15:06
Yifan Y
DAY9 FINAL OUTPUTS

Inspired by the mural in the town centre shopping centre we thought that producing a graphic map could be a more interesting way of improving wayfinding. In order …More
Posted 17 May 2024 15:12