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building 1:1 model, taking a lot of people and space. haha

Day 6: We took a trip to All Saints park in the sunshine to test the shelters out in real, outside conditions, and to get the public to interact with them, to allow us to get feedback on our designs.

At one point on the tour, the two groups of children spotted each other across the atrium!

Taking the children on a tour of the School of Art. The children noted the triangle shapes used for the bridges. Later one girl drew out triangles in chalk, saying "I'm drawing triangles because they are really strong."

//ON SITE
We have blocked the ways on the site for safety of the passers by. Unloading the installation on site which is on Stevenson square opposite Fred Aldous. A good weather to construct the installation.

Group photo:)

Day 5: We practised contstructing and deconstructing our shelters, documenting ease of use in case of a disaster and asked fellow students to try.

09: Output - Using Arup's model of oxford road and the combination of C++ programming and each teams research a 3D visualisation was accomplished of our data

Taking the children on a tour of the School of Art.

The children were encouraged to touch all the surfaces and materials. They were interested in all the different textures of concrete used in the building.

Secret recipe hydraulic bench sauce.

Happy public engagement :)

The children found all the different activities and subjects going on in the open studios very exciting!

Day 6: Well done everyone, the exhibition and final installations looked great. Been a great two and a half weeks working with everyone in Event 11.

The children from the Friars Primary School in Salford visit the School of Art. Our tour began in the entrance, and the children were asked to look up, which caused lots of gasping and "wows". They tried to guess how many times they could fit their school into the space.

Day 4: After refining our designs, we began building the at a bigger scale

Hydraulic weights, take 2. With more rock salt than ever before!

08: Teamwork

And there goes the reward - champagne! John Bridge considered our design the best and we won the bottle of champagne!

A range of materials were presented to children in order to build their dens.

Two days of concrete casting, broken to pieces in ten minutes. Trials and tribulations.

//READY
The installation and also the plotted plants are ready for action.

Final presentation of the design in front of Event 15 and special guest - John Bridge from Croft Goode Architects.Picture taken while showing the movie about our main material - mushroom and it's production and functions.

Getting stuck in, making the components for our own brand of hydraulics.

Finally the initial client analysis of the ballerina had developed into 2 presentation sheets to be submitted to the Significant Furniture competition.

Working as a team, the first and second year students created a story that would be told to children to get them excited. The story will take them on a journey from their school to the city in search of aliens! Looking out for key landmarks on the way, such as the Blue Mountain (blue pedestrian footbridge) and the Control Tower (the Renault car garage).

Little benches, separating the possible from the impossible.

We visted the RIBA Hub where our collaborators PLACES Projects are based for a talk about their approach to working with children in a collaborative and creative way. Their exhibition 'Going Places, Growing Places' as part of the Architecture School for Children had its opening the night before so students were able to look around the display.

Session 3
First half of the session was an introduction of the brief and second half, a review of the previous sketches.

Creativeness and originality sketches from fifth year!

Event 15 - finally all together in one picture!

1:1 honey comb partial model. not looking as nice as we expected but it explains the foldability well!

Brainstorming, water guns, ejector seats & conveyor belts.

Our model is 1:10 scale so it is supposed to maintain 7 bricks as was calculated according to the information we got about the weight of the family for which it was designed. After adding a bit more foam representing mushroom structure our model maintained 5 bricks. The conclusion is, to maintain the whole family it would be necessary to put more foam to the model [mushroom in reality].

The making of small scale graffiti, to show as part of our group presentation to collaborator.

unfortunately, the honey comb design wasn't able to be build 1:1 due to the cost and complication. however, lecturers gave many realistic advise and lots is learned.

Before presenting our Design we made a 1:1 component to show how the design expands and flattens. I also used the SketchUp model to give an impression of how the shelter might be used.

Yes, it floats!

drawing is harder then making!!after many mathematical calculations, first 3d prototype model finished and rendered.

Haribo break

Final page for publication.

Getting people's feedback in public space.

First prototype of honeycomb model!!lets hope it get selected for the 1:1 model.

Day 5: Designing the final intervention with reclaimed materials to reappropriate the MMU campus. Design session excellently led by collaborator Stephen Rimmer.

The shelter is displayed in Grumpy's store in the city.

Placing the wooden base representing the ground in the water - we put some bricks on it so it stays on the bottom of the lake.

All the plants are gone. The installation will be disassembled in a few moments-just one last shot of our work in the Northern Quarter's environment.

On the third session we were briefed and told the location of our urban intervention! Northern Quarter!

Plan of the transition from Pavilion to Seating Area and Herb Garden.

Ready to test the models, but safety first! Ed Wilson in a wetsuit and safety jacket. No swimming?

Part of the presentation showing how the function as well as the form of the installation will be divided according to it's program.

It takes time to cut such a huge stencil, but with everyone's contribution we finished cutting and spraying by the end of the day.

Summer Visual of the sports center

Session 6: Elevation of the recreational space created in site 1.
It consists of three layers.
1st Layer: Seating space
2nd Layer: Calm Zone
3rd Layer: Performing Arts Zone

Through the recommended trace overlay sketching methods we developed design ideas and on the final day we exhibited them :)

The construction process. Group members paying attention to little details, aiming to satisfy the clients' requirements.

Day 6-
We finally hung the plastic bottles on the frame, ready for the exhibition.

Finally finished!

Session 4: Sketches produced from the first site visit. I chose the first site as it was located on a street which was less busy than the second site. This was an ideal location for the recreational centre.

Using the bench - Film strip

SUN!!!!!!

On the way to try our bench out. Some little fellow got very interested as well:)

Session 2: Sketches made during the day around Central Library.

Session 6: The last day of the event. The morning began by working and finalising our process sheets and final output. In the afternoon, we pinned up our work on the 6th floor in the Chatham Tower.

Diagramming and inspiration! By diagraming and analysing the site plans I noticed the geometry and pattern of enclosure of the site . Through deconstructing, extruding and folding the plan I was able to create different shape canopies reflecting these two elements of the site

Adding beautiful colour to the tent by injecting watercolour liquid into the bubbles.

To get the attention of people from far our group decided to make the installation with mixture of graffiti art and optical illusions.

Axonometric Drawing of our sports center

Final day postcard

Draft plan of our sports center

In the 4th session we visited and sketched all 3 of the sites, I chose the first site, as I found the wall art and graffiti interesting and very reflective of the feel of Northern Quarter in general

Day 5-
We started designing information posters about our MushFarm.

Review of all proposals and further discussion on combination of ideas.

Precedent: Ginko Eco Neighbourhood. Really clever design- building shaped so that sound would echo through.

The first look of the bubble wrap tent.

Documenting public engagement =)

final day: transported all pieces of materials and equipment to site and assembled floor, columns, seating and furniture then finally the roof respectively. A rewarding group photo and celebration to finish off :)

Sealing the weights + Checking over frame + Testing ropes

The installation was assembled on site and harmonized well with the artistic environment of Northern quarter.

Making process.

Getting the mortar mixed + Waiting and seeing