Group 07 HART HAT CAFE (Posted 18 May 2026 19:32) – MSA LIVE 26

Ctrl+S and Into the Room
/Intensive Week Day 5/

It’s officially presentation day. After a week of drawing, modelling, layout debates, and general collective grind, today is about getting the work out of our hands and into the room. Yesterday was all about polishing and packaging, so today is about delivery. And hopefully, Euan has finally stopped nudging the axon drawing by 0.1mm on repeat.

We gathered in the morning for a last run-through, tightening the flow, sorting who says what, and doing the headcount of who’s around, who’s running late, and who’s most likely to be a no-show.

Then it was off to the lecture hall. Nerves kicked in for about five minutes, and then it was just… presenting. We walked through our (slightly missing-in-action) collaborator, the negotiated brief, what we learned through site and engagement, and the final proposal. Honestly, it went well. The story held together, the visuals did their job, and it felt good seeing everything we’ve been building all week land in one clear sequence.

It was also really good seeing how other groups framed their projects. Different collaborators, totally different approaches, and so many ways of translating community benefit into design. It made our own work feel more grounded, and it was a reminder that the “output” isn’t just the final drawings, it’s also the method and the teamwork that got you there.

Big thanks to everyone in the team. Getting a project like this over the line takes a lot of coordination, especially across different years and cohorts, but it genuinely felt like a proper collaboration. We pulled together something we’re proud of, and we somehow kept the energy (and the group chat) alive through it all.

Posted 18 May 2026 19:32