MSA Live 25

Day 10
The final day!!

What an exciting and productive two weeks it has been! Thank you to everyone who contributed to this workshop!

Day 10 - 23.05.25 - And Scene...
And alas, apart from completing the publication, we celebrated all the accomplishments, achievements, and engagement from everyone in the team with pizza and some games!

We hope that you (the reader) have enjoyed the journey and process of the Bradford Takeover project! We want to thank everyone on the team, including all the BA and MLA students, for engaging and adding their flair to the project. But we would also like to massively thank our lovely collaborator, Jade, for being a great client and for all her efforts to make our MSA Live project smooth sailing for everyone!

Written by Gabriel Tallara

Action week-day 9
Today was the last day of our action week and we were honoured to have two employers from Grose Hill Allotment Association to attend our final presentation. we presented our design ideas, design results, physical models and a brochure to introduce the project to the employers. The employers were very satisfied and interested in our design, and gave us more feedback on the materials and functionality of the space to be remodelled. The msa live session was very interesting and helpful for everyone in the group to follow up on the design, especially in terms of teamwork and meeting the employer's needs.

It’s been an incredible journey collaborating with Canon Burrows Primary School to transform the Valley into a vibrant, safe, and accessible outdoor learning space. Fueled by our shared passion for sustainability and environmental education, we’ve worked together to breathe new life into this underutilised area, creating an interactive environment where students can connect with nature and the wider community can benefit.

Each member of Group-25 brought their unique skills from sustainable design to community engagement and educational planning, building a shared vision that we hope will leave a lasting, positive impact for years to come.

Thank you for following our journey. Here’s to many more projects that make a difference!

Signing off, Team Group-25 of 2025!

Day 10 Intensive Week - Community Party

We finished the portfolio work at home, discussing over teams and the rest of the group had a well earned rest for the morning! We then met at the church at 3pm for the community opening of the planters. Reverend Anna had provided snacks and said a beautiful speech to thank us all. We had a wonderful afternoon chatting to local residents, who were all very impressed with our efforts and were looking forward to planting.
We would like to thank Anna and the whole community at Monton Unitarian Church for their support and energy for the project, it has been hard work but we have truly enjoyed every moment. We can’t wait to see what Blooms at the old Bowls green!

[Day 10] Wrap Up

This marks the end of our MSALive25 journey.

A huge thank you to everyone for your hard work and participation throughout these intensive two weeks. We've learned so much, grown as a team. We couldn’t have done it without each and every one of you.

A special shout-out to Ross and Lisa from Life Leisure for providing this incredible collaboration opportunity and for their ongoing support throughout the project.

And lastly, don’t miss our exhibition later on to see the final outputs of our hard work! See you all in the exhibition!❤️

05.23 _ THE FINAL PUSH

It’s the final day, and the team came together with full momentum—determined to bring all our ideas to life and present them in a clear, engaging format. With everyone now working as one unified group, we focused on finalising the digital model and producing high-quality renderings to communicate the depth and detail of our proposal.

The atmosphere in the room was energetic and collaborative as we refined every element—from spatial layouts to façade details—to ensure the final visuals reflected both the creativity of the children’s input and our architectural thinking. Rendering became the key focus, allowing us to produce a comprehensive visual narrative that ties together weeks of work, workshops, and design development.

As the day drew to a close, we wrapped up our outputs and gathered for a final group photo—marking the end of MSA Live Group 03’s journey. It’s been 2 full weeks of learning, collaboration, and creativity, and we’re proud of the outcome we’ve created together.

MSA live last day!

Regarding our last day, two weeks of development and design, we started with the site visit and with the good co-ordination and co-operation with all the members, we managed to complete the project and put everything together on the last day.

Thanks to the BA and MLA members who worked together on this project, they were very active in coming up with ideas and had good inputs that were implemented into the project, which was essential for us to successfully complete this project.

We hope that our participation in the project has really helped the customers of Gorton centre by providing them with new ideas.

Thank you very much！

Finalll!

We had a meeting with out collaborator and they were really pleased with what we did. And then we went for pizza to celebrate!

Thanks to all of our groupmates, It was a pleasure working with you!

And that’s a wrap!

2 weeks later and we have completed the forest school project! We have loved the experience and working with our collaborators at the Burnside Centre. We’re excited to see our ideas implemented on site :)

Day 9/10 – May 22/23: Booklet Binding

The final days of this project were spent very productively in the completion of the booklet, which the collaborators were extremely excited about. We were so happy to see it!

We were hopefully optimistic and thought we could finish it on Thursday night, this was not the case. However, coming back well rested on Friday morning we had another look at the booklet and finished in a timely manner :P

Just want to say thank you for everyone involved in the project and we couldn’t have asked for a better group. You all did amazing work and we’re so proud of everyone and what you achieved. We created a fun and meaningful design which we hope can one day become a reality!

Final Day – Pizza, Reflection, and Celebration!

As the build phase wrapped up and the Possibility Machine stood proudly completed, we ended MSA Live on a well-earned high. With tools down and the final touches in place, we gathered one last time as a full team and not around models or materials, but around boxes of pizza!

Using the remainder of our project budget, we treated the BA students to a celebratory lunch as a small token of appreciation for their incredible energy, creativity, and commitment over the past two weeks. Between bites and laughter, we reflected on everything we had achieved together, from wild early concepts to fully realised, community-ready design.

This moment of pause gave us time to acknowledge the collaboration, resilience, and shared effort that powered the project forward. Thank you to every student, tutor, and contributor who helped bring the Possibility Machine to life. What a journey!

—Team 30
Possibility Machine 🍕✨

Day 10: Presentation & Signing off

After our glorious noodle-fuelled lunch, we headed back to campus for the grand finale, the presentation. Mike, our client, was well chuffed. He couldn’t believe we pulled it all off in under 10 days. (And no, we didn’t touch the weekends, weekends are sacred. That’s sofa and snack time, not spreadsheets and stress time.)

The Dandelion site dropped on us out of nowhere, but we still managed to deliver. We didn’t even step foot on site, but thanks to Alexander (our CORE undercover agent), who visited last Friday and handed over everything like a mission-critical drop, we had all the images and plans we needed.

All in all, these two weeks were intense. Not just the workload, the coordination, the pace, the personalities. Herding cats might have been easier. But we made it, and we’re honestly pretty proud of ourselves for smashing it out on time.

Massive thanks to the MSA Live team and our mighty Team 38 legends. You know who you are, absolute heroes!!

Day 10 - Reflecting on SnA Proposals

As we wrapped up MSA LIVE, we wanted to include a snippet of our BAs proposals -s each concept contributes to a renewed identity for SnA and connects to St Helens' wider growth plans and rich heritage.

All three proposals focus on reimagining the space with vibrant canopies stretching across the street, designed to draw in both locals and visitors through their Instagrammable charm. Think fairy lights, light projections, bold banners, and striking façades in the signature pink, yellow, and blue of SnA.

These interventions not only energise the space visually but symbolise a brighter, more connected future for the area - celebrating creativity, community, and possibility.

MSA Live Group 01 The Half Time Hub

Signing Off.

Julienne from the team of Half Time Hub wishes everyone well!

Good-Bye for now!

:)

THANK YOU!

The Final Post to Our Blog...

After 10 incredibly productive and inspiring days, we have officially finalised our MSA Live project for The Shed at The Landing. During the Action Weeks, our team progressed from initial introductions, site visits, and analyses to detailed design development, experimentation with building materials, and community engagement.

Throughout the project, collaboration was central to our efforts. The diverse mix of students from five different cohorts brought a wealth of perspectives and skills. This interdisciplinary approach not only enhanced our design process but also ensured our design choices were holistic, practical, and sensitive to the site's social and environmental context.

A heartfelt thank you to our collaborators at The Landing, the volunteers who participated in the workshop, and all the students who joined us for the Action Weeks and dedicated their time, energy, and creativity to this project.

We are proud of what we've accomplished as a team and can't wait to help build The Shed at The Landing one day.

Final Proposals!


The final designs explore a range of different ideas showcasing themes; adaptability, modulation, flexibility, representation, organic and adaptive reuse. They explore the threshold of public and private, allowing for secure and exposed spaces. The Canal and River Trust pushed the idea of getting the public close to interact with the water, which is the focus of many of the final designs produced, this has been done through ramps, viewing platforms and cutouts.

We have pushed the students this week to communicate their ideas through renders or collages. A range of styles have been displayed, which were all well received in the final presentation to the clients. The students should be proud of the work they have produced throughout the two weeks.

Day 10 - Publication and Handover!

The teams hard efforts came together today! We pulled together the final publication document and issued all our work to the collaborators for immediate use in Lindow Moss! A great two weeks!

Thank you all for these incredible two weeks! Great job everyone!! You are all talented young architects, and it’s been a joy to work as a group!

And that's a wrap!

A huge thanks to all the members of Tyldesley Spark for contributing to the project. Thank you to our client, 'For Tyldesley', for collaborating, engaging and supporting us throughout the Action Weeks. Finally, a special thanks to the MSA Live staff who have worked hard behind the scenes to organise such an amazing programme.

We would like to extend our thanks to our BA students; Francesco, Joseph, Nicola, Raihan, Yumiko, Arena, Auriane, Layla, Noemi and Zhu. Working together on this fun project has been made better by your hard work and excitement to learn!

Additionally, we would like to show our gratitude and appreciation for our tutors, Jason and Emily. Your guidance and advice has helped create a group project that has been a joy to experience.

Finally, to our collaborators. The experience of joining together on such an impactful and important project for such a special park and community has been an honour and privilege. Thank you Marc for your advice and enthusiasm throughout our time working together!

Sincerely Friends of Hulme Park

DAY 10
Presentation to the Client

Today marked the end of our journey with the project, and it couldn’t have finished on a better note. We presented our final design to the client, and his response was genuinely encouraging. He not only appreciated our work but told us he could see it becoming a real, tangible project. Even more exciting, he invited us to walk through the space in the future, a gesture that truly meant a lot to all of us.

It was incredibly fulfilling to know that we managed to bring his vision to life, and even more so to make him feel heard and understood through our design. Meeting him and working alongside his ideas has been a privilege; every detail he shared throughout the process contributed meaningfully to the final result. We’re grateful for the experience, the insights, and the connection we formed. It was the perfect conclusion to an inspiring collaboration.

From concept to craft, our physical models capture our design intentions, translating drawings and digital visions into tactile, scaled realities.

The exterior model brings our shipping container music stage to life complete with integrated storage, green roof, and much needed ramp access. The model also highlights our hydraulic mechanism, designed for easy operation for the stage openings.

The interior model showcases our reimagined music classroom: from accessible, colour-coded storage and calming quiet nooks to the sensory corner and hexagonal acoustic flower panels. It’s a miniature world of music, movement, and care crafted to reflect the everyday needs of Delamere’s students and teachers.

These models aren’t just representations, they’re a celebration of thoughtful, inclusive design and the collaboration between M. Arch and BA students. Hats off to everyone involved!!!!

DAY 10 – Completion
Our final day marked the culmination of two weeks of collaborative research, design, and production. With the last edits completed and visuals finalised, we submitted our publication.

Submission
The booklet brings together everything we’ve developed. We presented our work as a team, walking through both the process and the outcome with clarity and pride.

Looking Back (and Celebrating)
This project has been a journey of interdisciplinary thinking, communication, and teamwork. We’ve not only engaged with architectural design and sustainability principles, but also with real community needs, translating research into meaningful, site-specific ideas.

DAY 10

After the success of yesterday’s presentation, a few minor changes were needed to the booklet before sending the final version to Dave and Lina. We spent this last day consolidating our work for the MSA Live publication and completing all the logistics and administrative tasks necessary for us to submit.

Over ten days, our collaborative journey was filled with moments of cultural exchange, deep learning, and achievement. From thorough research, brainstorming, and volunteering ... to concept development, modelling, and visual production, the two weeks cultivated a holistic design approach that relies on scientific research and technological evidence. The final strategy guide provided for Local Food First CIC will support the collaborators with a compilation of all information needed/relevant to Wildbrook and offer design proposals that they can share to collect much-needed funding and gain support in implementing a rainwater collecting and harvesting system across the site.

We are deeply grateful to our dedicated group members from BA1, BA2, and MLA (Man Yuet, Sarawand, Junxiao, Ane, Joshua, Yidan, Jiawen, and Jinchen), whose tireless efforts and creativity fueled the success of this project. We extend heartfelt appreciation to the invaluable contributions and expertise of our collaborators, Dave and Lina, whose support, guidance, and teachings have enriched this collaborative exploration and journey. The experience gained during MSA Live 25 has been enriching for us all. It reflects the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration, experiential learning, and real-world applications. Although our time technically ends after the Action Weeks, we established a long-lasting relationship with LFF moving forward. We will all carry the lessons learned, conversations shared (both relevant and not), and a sense of satisfaction with the achievements together.

Thank you for joining us on this journey!

23/05/25 | We've made it!

The finishing touches to the model had been made, and the construction manuals & kit of parts had been printed out ready to hand over to the Poetry Library. The students decided who would like to introduce the work they’d done to the members of the Poetry Library, those being Martin and Kaye, for an informal presentation.

The project all came full circle, we presented to the Library at the end of the two weeks, where they presented to us at the start. This felt like a really nice way to end both weeks of hard work. The presentation itself went really well; Kaye, who was not aware of the outputs was “enormously surprised by the final piece when it was presented in the library by the team. What you have produced is beyond my expectations”. Martin’s feedback was certainly encouraging, going on to say, “The outcome itself is an incredible piece of work, which could genuinely be adopted in the library”.

Looking back at the past two weeks, it was great to lead such an inquisitive and hard working group of undergraduates, those of which have created an excellent piece of work, and a commendable final product.

We ended things with a group lunch, courtesy of the budget we were yet to spend, which was a lovely way to send the project off. We spoke not only about the project, but their future aspirations, hoping to give them some useful guidance for the future!

Day 10:
The close: today we’ve collated our submission and reflected as a team. We’ve really enjoyed having two weeks of uninterrupted time to spend on this project. Our collaborator- Growing Togetherness CIC, and the community surrounding this organization, has been so welcoming and enthusiastic about the project and moving their site forward. We hope that our design can contribute to the eventual building of this shelter on the site, but either way, it has been fantastic to see how the model of a circular economy is being put into practice I local communities. It’s also been great working with multiple year groups and we hope that they got as much out of the experience as we have. I think that we’re all ending MSA Live encouraged about taking on live projects in the future.

And that’s a wrap!!!

We successfully submitted, no sleep lost, no stress. Maybe we’ve been desensitised by past deadlines… But hey, a win is a win! Standing ovation

We had such a great time preparing for MSA Live: working with the BAs, getting hands-on with model making, and pulling everything together for our publication.

We are proud of our progress and submissions!!

Action Week: Day 10

Today is our last meeting. We completed our last task today, shooting and layout the models of each plan we made. We also held a final carnival pizza ceremony to celebrate our hard work in the past two weeks. Every team member has made their own efforts, and I am very grateful to meet you. We have also learned a lot from each other in these two weeks, and I am very grateful to meet you!

A recap of a fantastic 2 weeks. We want to thank all the students who were engaged with the process and helped us deliver something special to our collaborators.

DAY 10

On the final day, the students presented their design proposals to representatives from Buttress Architects and key stakeholders involved in the MSA Live project. Each student articulated their design approach, explaining the rationale behind their programmatic interventions and how these responded to both the spatial qualities and the broader landscape of the Ince Chapels.

The feedback from Buttress and the stakeholders was overwhelmingly positive. They expressed genuine enthusiasm for the students’ insights and creative interpretations and expressed their excitement about viewing the complete body of work at the upcoming MSA Live exhibition.

To celebrate the project's conclusion, the entire group gathered for a pizza outing. The atmosphere was filled with pride and satisfaction as the students reflected on their achievements and the meaningful engagement facilitated by The Friends of Waterhouse throughout the process.

Adam Batts

Hi, my name is Adam, I’m a BA1 at the MSA. Working with the MSA Live team for Plastic Shed has been such an exciting, inspiring process that I’ve thoroughly enjoyed. Exploring Stockport, talking to Catlin and coming up with imaginative ideas for her new workshop allowed me to delve into the process of real-world design, taking in many new perspectives and skills of the entire team. Being a part of this project has been such a privilege, giving a great opportunity to help the community and support an organisation with incredible initiative and aims. I’m looking forward to seeing where our designs will take Plastic Shed and will miss working with the team!

A well deserved pizza party to celebrate MSA Live!

Day 10: Submitted!

And we are done! Well done all!

Day 10:

The final day of MSA Live!!!!

Final Presentation Day!!!

Today, we spent the morning presenting to the students and teachers of Sale High School. Sale High School were thoroughly impressed with our final proposal and really enjoyed the presentation from the undergraduate students.

Just wanted to say thank you to everyone involved in Garden of Tranquillity, and the final result could not have been done without you!!!!

Day 10

Today was the last day of MSA! We have really great final output! Everyone in the group contributed a lot to this project and our division of labour was very clear, so we worked very efficiently.At MSA LIVE it's not just about working on the project, co-ordinating the team and communicating with the council is just as important during the two weeks of work. We needed to improve our design through weekly presentations, incorporating the council's suggestions. Making sure we are heading in the right direction every step of the way.

Finally, I would like to say that MSA LIVE's group work gathered students from all over the world, and we could communicate with each other, learn from each other, and recognise more from the same project. We will work together to figure out how to solve the same difficulty, and we will also rejoice in the results of our common work.

It's a pleasure to meet you all.

Final day - Submission and Final outputs (A proud moment for the team)
23/05/2025

Today, we feel a celebration of creativity, collaboration, and commitment. From our first conversation as a group back in January, we knew we wanted to create learning spaces that went beyond traditional expectations. We aimed to design classrooms that inspire curiosity, encourage collaboration, and support the diverse needs of students and staff using the spaces.

As we look at our finished renders, we’re genuinely proud of what we’ve accomplished. Each aspect of our design reflects thoughtful decisions: from natural lighting and flexible furniture layouts to well thought out storage solutions, colour palettes, and accessibility. We wanted our design to reflect the vision that was expressed from the Headteacher (Luke) and the teaching staff at the school. And that we did!!!

Working together as a group has been a big part of what made this project so rewarding. Every member brought something unique to the table, different perspectives, strengths, and creative approaches to designing, and that blend of ideas is what brought our vision to life.

We are very proud as a group, and our hard work is reflected in the final pieces that we have created :).

Day 9
Today was a much anticipated day for our entire group and the clients. We were very excited to present our ideas, and we started off the day by meeting our lovely clients online. We took turns to deliver the presentation speaking about the historical aspect , the present character and our future design objectives, concepts and the outputs on how to bring the life back to Droylsden. Our focus was to reimagine the current carpark into a place where the local residents and the nearby community can pull in by creating an active environment. The clients were satisfied with the overall master planning, and we also had a feedback session at the end which was helpful. We are grateful to our wonderful clients from Tameside Council for their valuable feedback, engagement and involvement.

To celebrate the presentation, we had to get ourselves a treat. We had a group lunch and some talks. Later on, some people worked on making a physical model of a community garden as an expression of our idea and rest concentrated on working on the final publication InDesign files.

Day 8 & 9 (21/05,22/05)

Today, both the Bachelor's and Master's students went all over the city distributing the posters and leaflets we had designed.

We split everyone up into groups of 2-3, and assigned each group an area of the city to distribute - ranging from, Hulme, University Campus/Oxford Road, Moss Side, Rusholme, City Centre, Northern Quarter, Fallowfield and Withington.

We targeted areas with lots of footfall where the prints could remain protected, such as shops, restaurants and barbers.

This task allowed students to engage with the public and promote our project with Radio Diamond.

The following day, Masters students will finish the publication and submission.

Project Completion!!!

There we have it. After two full weeks of design development, community engagement, and client collaboration, we have successfully delivered and even exceeded the brief expectations of this project, reflecting all of our ambitions and talents as students here at MSA.

We would like to say thank you to all undergraduate students who have joined us on this journey. Their commitment and skills have impressed all of us master's students, and we doubt without their help, we would have been able to successfully deliver on three schemes.

As we move on to our final submission work, we hope that the Tameside Council will be able to use our work to help further any plans they have for unlocking a genuinely unique and culturally rich area, and that they consider working is MSA on any future projects they have in mind.

Thank you!

@Group 12