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Chilling on our mushroom farm!

Final Day!

Start of the day: setting up the mushrooms, etcetera for exhibition

Day 3 - Andy visit. He was giving some feedback about our design to us.

Presentation sheets printed out and pinned up explaining our project

This is our final output sheet which we used to present our ideas to John Bridge, an architect from Croft Goode architects. He has an interest in disaster relief architecture and assessed and criticised our designs.

Day 2 - After discussion with a group, finally we came out with a concept, inflatable boat .

Final presentations with John from Croft Goode. He really enjoyed the designs and presentations and encouraged the students to continue looking into disaster response architecture.

What better way to celebrate the success of the project than with champagne! Special thanks to Jane for the nice treat!

During my trip to Manchester China town, I found some interesting elements .The two entrances, which already exist to the car park are adopt the Chinese traditional architecture.Inspired by this architectural style,I took some photos and I sketch some elements,such us the roof design or the details of the structure.We try to connect these elements of the Chinese architectural style with the philosophy and culture of Chine.Our idea was a combination of these two , philosophy / culture and elements of the traditional Chinese architecture.

The micro-shelter completed - fully complying with the client requirements - shelter, openness, waste materials, and can fit more than 6 people inside.

This was a structure built to support the video projection our timeline of our event.

Day 7: Group photo! We nailed it👍✨

Today we started hanging out mushrooms on our structure in the courtyard ready for display.

First view of the app with icons and animations.

Data City group discussions

Day 7: the bottles are up!

Introduction to game making website " Game Salad". The website allows users to make simple games using the "If Else" rules.

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We started to plant our mushrooms on this day by filling our bottles or any other containers with coffee waste.

Day 6 - Introduction to "System Dynamics. The main aim of the session was to introduce the group to the basics behind game design. We had to individually come up with an "If Else" statement for another person. This statement basically meant "If" a certain thing happens an action should be made, "Else" if a certain action should be made till there is an "If". This activity took place in the cafe.
My "If Else" statement -
"If" - A person wearing glasses talks you have to walk over and stand next to them.
"Else" - Walk around looking at the floor.

Day 5
Before building the arch we made two pieces to fit arouynd the tree. The reason we form our arch like that was due to leonardo Da Vinci arch form, he devised a method for creating a self supported arched bridge that doesn't require anything to hold together,

Day 6: final touch up for the installation

Bottle of champagne for the winners!!

Clearing out the site.

Final crit, in partnership with John Bridge from Croft Goode Architects. Our group won the prize for best design base on the fact we used the concept of growing organic material for the buoyant base.

2000 rejected bricks were donated.

Client presentation

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Tour at Hulme Community Garden. Brief explanation about planting and site precaution by Helene.

A sketch model of the final integrated design.

Presentation boards for our storable rescue boat.

Integrated pizza oven design.

Several materials were available on site including wood chip which can be used to soften the ground.

View of the 5x4.4m site from the garden with the planters to the right and forest garden to the left.

Day 6: Final Output. Our theme was to created a support for a broken branch. Re-appropriating used material at the end of its life back to its 'roots'

Drawing completed as part of final output.

Day 4: Guerilla gardening exercise. Our theme was a satirical take on the disapproval of littter. We re-appropriated the 'unused' items into a miniature world

Day 3: Learning how to cast textures using a clay mould and plaster

Day 2: Repairing the MMU campus by filling cracks and small spaces with LEGO

Scanning in developed film

Day 1: Visited unused and stalled construction sites and discussed how the sites could be re-appropriated. For example, the first site we visited had been transformed into a temporary car park.

Pinning up and exhibiting the urban interventions on 6th floor in Chatham.

Final sheet for urban intervention in site 1 in the Northern Quarter. A continuation of animals moving from 2D to 3D, including the symbol of Manchester - a bee

Day 4: after creating our individual urban interventions we met up again as a group and discussed them. Final finishing touches to the sheets to be exhibited.

Mascot of the humble brick ( Unofficial )

Pallets we need you!!

Preparation of the site.

The star of the show :)

Presenting to the client

Idea presentation 2

Idea presentation

Discussing the design in two groups for two different ideas

Sketches of the ideas//

Surveying the site

First meeting with the client

Session 6 // The 'If Else' Statement

The result that the 'If Else' statement has is the one depicted above. As soon as Actor 1 collides or overlaps with Actor 2, its image changes to an icon of the devil. It then continues to move randomly around the screen.

The process of creating a basic game therefore gave a better understanding behind 'System Dynamics' and how this could be potentially translated to the Data City app.

Session 6 // The 'If Else' Statement

After understanding the logic of the 'If Else' statement in session five, the sixth taught session saw the group exploit the statement in GameSalad.

GameSalad is a basic program that allows you to create a game or animation based upon a series of rules. By creating two actors we can see the effects that the rules have. The statement therefore reads:

If Actor 1 overlaps or collides with Actor 2, then change the image to an icon of a devil.

Otherwise, move randomly around the screen at an acceleration rate of 100.

Learning how to develop film in the dark room

Final exhibition on the 6th floor

Pinning up for the final exhibition

After a presentation on 1st May, the collaborators and client chose a proposal to bring forward. The chosen proposal involves numerous folded paper hats tessellated by being hanged up on strings on various levels, shaping up a backdrop and screen, that will block the view from the public audience and provide 'safe' green room. The first few sessions were about planning layers, folding hats and setting up stations of production.

After being allocated in groups of three, we were given the task to work on the initial ideas for a proposal for the backdrop installation. Since this development stage took place during holidays, communication and task distribution happened via internet connection. Each group had to cover the basic theoretical approach and a brief aesthetic and technical description of the proposals.

almost ready for the hats fashion show!

Details. Paper hats, hooks, the net and threads

Installation process at St. Mary's church in Stockport

29th April 2014. First meeting was held in Stockport. The group first met the fifth year co-ordinators, the collaborators and client. We all had a brief look at the church and took part in a guided tour in The Hat Works Musuem. Following on from the museum visit we went to the office provided by the MSA to brainstorm and discuss initial ideas.

MSA PIRATES

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Group 22 { MSA Pirates }

Event 23 - You Can Leave Your Hat on!

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