Day 1 - Meeting the Committees and the Collaborator

We started off the day with some fun icebreakers to get to know each other. It was nice to see everyone sharing their interests and stories. We then moved on to developing our goals with the focus on two core concepts of “biodiversity” and “community”. We decided to name our project the “Growth Maps”.

It was also exciting to meet Mr. Andy Smith, our collaborator, the head of Moor Allerton Preparatory School, for the first time! We discussed and exchanged thoughts and ideas for the design project and assigned roles. What an eventful start!

Day 2 - Second Meeting

The day focused primarily on refining our project's visual direction and establishing clear next steps for the March outputs (Project timeline, Ethics application, Risk assessment, and Budget). With previous feedback, we opened the session by presenting our latest poster and sharing reflections from our recent site visit with our tutor, which offered us fresh perspectives to refine our design. The key decision was to shift our background palette to a more vibrant orange from pink, followed by minor adjustments to typography and element and graphical illustration placement. This choice was driven by a desire to create stronger visual contrast and balance while conceptually echoing the kids' playfulness and the earthy essence of mud. We also divided responsibilities following the review: Qistina and Anagha on the poster, Sylvia on site research, and the rest continuing conceptual development and organizing existing resources. Most importantly, we maintained a collaborative atmosphere to advance our proposals and get the most out of them.

Hi! I’m Bryan from Hong Kong, a BA1 architecture student at MSA. I am particularly passionate about sketching and interested in materialism and spatial orientation in relationship to human experience.

Through this opportunities to collaborate with my peers in MSA live, I am genuinely excited about contributing to a sustainable learning environment for the next generation at Moor Allerton Preparatory School!