On the 28th of January, we had our second meeting with Mike and Allie to discuss our initial ideas for involving the community in more active events at Victoria Baths.

In addition, we have also discussed the upcoming engagement workshops that the clients will be organizing. These workshops are going to be a key part of shaping the future direction of the project, and we can’t wait to see how they’ll help foster even more community involvement.

It has been an inspiring process, and we're really starting to see how these events can bring people together in meaningful ways.

Hey there, I’m Alexia!

Course: MArch 1
Atelier: CPU

I’m from Romania, but I have been living in Manchester for the past 5 years. I have done my undergraduate at MSA and decided to do my postgraduate course here as well. When I am not working on my next assignment, I'm either dancing and playing volleyball.

During my year in practice, I have worked at FDG, a company that specialises on laboratories and research facilities. I prefer working in Revit, with a bit of Rhino and Grasshopper on the side, but InDesign and Photoshop relax me.

I chose Manchester Climate Alliance because of the opportunity it offers to research some renewable energy sources. I was also attracted to the idea of working on a project for the Victoria Baths since I've seen its interior on so many films and TV series.

Lovely start of the action weeks for group 38!

After introducing the project to the new students, we came up with a detailed action plan that merges learning with engaging creative sessions.

We also brainstormed ideas for the ideal community space while trying to implement renewable energy sources within the users' daily activities.

Keep following our progress as we meet up for our site visit and create our proposed design document for CORE!

Today, group 38 had a site visit at Victoria Baths.

We have taken a better look at the pool areas, as well as some smaller rooms that we could potentially adapt.

Overall, the visit was deeply inspiring. The students had a great range of ideas and we are motivated to start implementing them from tomorrow.