My name is Nadia, and I’m a BA1 student. I grew up in Egypt, where I developed a strong curiosity for learning and exploring new ideas. I’m really excited to work on this project because I see it as a great opportunity to grow, gain new experience, and challenge myself in a positive way.

21/04
This week was the final overview for the outcome of the engagement session. We also discussed the latest progress of the work overall. This was an opportunity for the design and the visualisation team to plan what is remaining to do for action week so that when it starts we immediately begin getting on with things. We planned a template of the presentation and publication slides, allocating a slide for each of our outputs and organizing them in order to have a clear idea of what still needs to be done. We looked at previous publications as precedents to understand what is required and got on with it. We reflected on how much is left to do in relation to how much time we have left to get a clear understanding of where we stood in terms of completing the outputs required .

11/05
Action Week.
This main goal for this week was finalizing the presentation, publication and exhibition in addition to a making a physical and digital model. We needed to be as time efficient as possible so we divided the tasks amongst ourselves. Everyone was aware that the presentation was approaching soon so we were all cooperating and working at a very good pace. While not all of us were not working in the same place, some people being in the b15 and some in the GM, we managed to keep the communication and updates going back and forth to ensure everyone was on the same page and notified of any changes. We aimed for an earlier deadline so that we would have time to finish early and practice the presentation and to get things in order. Some people worked on completing the outputs themselves and some working on putting the publication, presentation and exhibition together. Overall, we were satisfied with the progress being made due to our coordination this week.

15/05
The day was finally here! Our presentation was scheduled at 11.15am in the GM building LT.1. We all went in from 10:00am and attentively listened to all the previous groups while they were presenting their projects. Fortunately, we were lucky enough to have ‘Lisa’ one of our collaborators joining us today. When our turn came, we presented our project and since the slides weren’t that many in relation to the number of people in our group, we collectively decided on who would present. After presenting, we could all feel from our collaborator’s positive reaction that she was quite fond of how we developed the idea and how it has evolved. She said “I love how you’ve developed the concept in a way that bridges the community of life leisure and the community of the school nextdoor.” Our collaborater also stated that she wishes that they could actually adapt this idea and execute it in life leisure. After listening to all the other groups present, we went out for pizza as a group for a well deserved celebration. Overall, MSA live was a pleasure as it gave us the chance to get to know each other and work on this project together throughout this semester. The end of MSA live is bittersweet but thank you group 16 for making this an enjoyable experience.