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Event 04 - Den City

Event 04 - Den City

Event 04 - Den City

Event 04 - Den City

Event 23 - You Can Leave Your Hat On

Event 23 - You Can Leave Your Hat On

Event 23 - You Can Leave Your Hat On

Done!!! The shelter looks amazing and it is exactly how client wants to be which is open to the garden.

Working on the site.

Strong mans in our group. They are moving huge base for the structure.

This time it didn't work, too much weight.

Thax Pual! You are brilliant carpenter!

And still floating with 12 bricks = 5 member family.

And it floated!! Let's try with some weight...

It is really hard to do the garden! The girls power is really strong.

Presentation date. Each group present their ideals and choose one ideal to develop. It is really fun to see every group amazing ideals.

Sale Water Park -Testing Day. The substructure is ready to float.

Final Day: Micro-shelter 'delivered' on-site according to schedule. Its components are to be assembled on site.

We took a group photo after the final presentation on 14 th May 2014. As you can see we are all happy for what we have done and learnt so far and we have become good friends !

Feng Shui is an important tradition in Chinese Architecture. It has a close relationship with the five elements and the Bagua, the metal, the wood, the water, the fire and the earth, which can be represented by the actual element itself or by different colours.

At the centre, it represents the chi circulation, which symbolizes health. At the North, there is fire which can be represent by red and symbolizes the future.At the south, it has water, blue in colour , which symbolizes your career. At the west, we have wood and earth, which are represent green and brown, symbolizes the wealth and wisdom of a person perspectively. In the east, we have metal, which symbolize a good relationship with fellow people, and it is in grey colour.

In our garden design, we try to cope with the idea in order to have a good feng shui. We have a large red wall with yacht drawing on the north, we put metal (Rocks) in the east, And water surrounding the central pavillion, circulating around it. We have wooden cantilevered platforms, ginkgo trees and bamboos in the west side of it.

Aside from that, we decided to keep the car park, inwhich we can allow the restaurant owners to park their luxury cars and show their wealth!

A Perspective of the new garden was done on 12 th May 2014. The centre Pavilion, the side wooden corridor and the cobblestone road is captured in the perspective, designing under a traditional Chinese style.

Water services are often expensive and not easy to maintain.We have confirmed that there is a water supply pipeline system neat the Faulkner street, so the water supply for the fish pond is not a problem.

However, water features are expensive for maintenance and they cost problems when it is not running. For example, if people lit on it and rubbish would cause hygienic problems and bad smells, which is highly to happen near the restaurants.

Apart from that, running water is also less likely to freeze in winter as the water particles are more dynamic.

In order to lessen the problem, we need to keep it running and select fishes that represents good fortune and live in fresh water Arowana, Flowerhorn and Asian gold fish are some good choices.

It is not easy to keep the water flowing by itself, as this causes energy. Mechanical systems like pumps and jets can be used in keeping the water moving. Grass and vegetation can be planted at the sides of the pond to prevent soil erosion from happening. This can lessen the effect of evaporation on the pond and prevent it from drying. Water can be directed by an underground piping system, to the bottom of the fish pond,to keep the water warm enough for the fishes to live in winter, as Manchester has a pretty cold winter. Warm water would rises up to create a convection current in the pond, which also keeps the water circulating.

Group 1 discussing the layout of the park on 7th May 2014. At first, we suggested to build a fish pond at the centre of the garden, where water symbolizes life, and it is important in a Chinese garden.

Engineering the projection of wood graining.

A couple of the final models ready to be presented.

Prototypes becoming the final model.

Brendan Dawes: Digital Design talk

China Town is located at the centre of Manchester. After a site visit, my group agreed that the major problem of the site is the car park at centre. It has some Chinese features, for example the wall linings, the two pavilions and the pai fung, but they are not very well organized. The circulation of the area is unclear and the space is not well defined. We decided to keep 10 cars parking spaces, and change the car park into a green space, a Chinese Garden, right in the centre of the city, as a landmark and a place that locals and visitors can relax and experience the mix culture of Chinese and British.

12 May (Day 6) Presenting our vision for Withington Baths

8th May (Day 5) draft of our proposal

7th May (Day 4) incorporating our vision onto the plan

In Feng Shui, a house is like a human body. Designing a house is like building up a healthy body. The rooms are like our organs, which serves different functions. The circulations are like our blood vessels, which links the organs and carry blood and nutrition to feed the organs. When everything is in harmony with nature, we are going to stay healthy and happy living in the house.

Testing Day: With the heaviest structure holding the most amount of weight whilst floating, the winners were clear. Amazing team work!

Day 4: Breakfast and banter, the best way to start a full day in the workshop!

Day 3: Andy Cameron from the Environment Agency gave a presentation and advice on the initial floating structure designs.

Day 2: Tea, coffee and muffins played a crucial role in fuelling the mind for creative floating ideas.

this image is of the second sheet required for the competition. It shows what the bed would look like if it was occupied. It shows what the different parts of the furniture can be used for.

This image show one of the presentation sheets we were required to produce for the entry requirements for the competition. It shows the different ways in which children can use the furniture and it different aspects

Day 1: The students had to consider how they would house a family of 5 in a flood disaster. Our collaborator John Bridge used his own family as an example.

this is what the final model looked like. As you can see all the parts which would move in a 1:1 scale are shown in the model. I was impressed with this model and felt the group worked efficiently together.

This image shows the model under construction. We decided to use hinges to show the moving parts and we thought it would add a toy box feeling to it by doing this.

In this image we are deciding on the thickness's of the would we would require for the laser cutter. We were also talking about how the model should look and how were are going to show how different components move.

Before the start of this event, we were told to read 5 essay about urbanism, global warming and fresh water issues in the world. As I am from Hong Kong, there is one essay that particular interests me. It stated that Hong Kong would be reclaimed by the ocean in 2048, That is quite alarming, however, I do not believe that we can turn the tide of global warming anymore without significant technological advancement. As well as we are still living in the cities, we cannot avoid urbanism. It is not only an environmental issue, it is also an economic development process. We cannot reverse the process anymore, but we still can act immediately to slower the effect, in order to have more time for our scientist and engineers to solve the problem.

Site 1 (Back of Piccadilly)
We were asked to design a building in that site.
Analysis of the site.

Throughout the whole event, my interest in urbanism in emerging Asian countries becomes by far deeper than even before. The development process with ignorance of urban regulations would make the cityscape even chaotic, which in fact positively serves as an invigoration of the site. This paradox would be a new crucial urban topic in the 21st century being pretty worth examining.

Putting together a video about the new site, with comics, photographs and sketches.

1st DAY
We visited the central library in order to make some quick sketches.
The aim: to improve our sketching skills.

Map showing the places where people live and how how far they live from where they study or work

Session 6:
The final session was a show and tell of each groups final outputs. Our group created a branch support, re-appropriating a damaged tree in the All saints campus

Group Photo Event 17! Thank you very much, everybody! I really enjoyed it!

Group members showing the programme of the shelter. The final design not only offers a variety of activities but also creates long views to all ends of the garden and the clients' house.

First test of the application. We are all excited to see the final result

Mr. Edward Fox (senior lecture in MSA landscape department) was also willingly to join in our final presentation session. As well as David, he gave us beneficially intellectual feedback, especially in terms of his expertise: Landscape. We really appreciate his passionate commitment to our project as a professional.

Discussing the data and how it is going to be put together for the app developing

Physically mapping the data each group has gathered through their research

Dr. David Haley gave critical comments on each group project. His feedback again widen our perspectives toward Asian urbanism, architecture and landscape design in addition to the prior introductory lecture fortnight ago. We really appreciate his collaboration as a project adviser!

Materials delivered on site.

A Final Presentation was done, explaining in detail what the project is and how it works, and also how we came to our decisions to panelist who gave feedback

After the designs where made for the final idea, 5th year mentors gave advice on the improvements that could be done to maintain the design appropriately.

Developing ideas for the final model.

Filming and photographing a new site (Upper Brook Street) for interpretation.

David Hanley's presentation provided us with many information on the likes of how people live and how they go about in their own lives. He used many interesting research which was carried out by his Chinese students back in china, looking at the present day problems of urbanism. When investigating Manchester's China Town, and refering back to David Hanly's presentation I saw many things which he talked about in the presentation. The likes of modern day influences overpowering the cultural, the traditional aspects of China town. This image shows some of the few traditional Chinese architecture, but there where a minute number of this.

Session 5:
Readying the components to assemble for our final events session

Projection by final model.

Process of putting the final model together.

Completed experimental model with interior.

Listingn and contacting all the potential sponsors for firebricks and cement

initial sketches of the pizza oven

Working on the back rest for the seating

Other available materials on the site that can be use for the oven

07: Development of our ideas - Our team formed a walkthrough of Oxford road to understand how are data could be experienced by the user.

Having gained our own data we then drew comparisons and relationships between the other groups data and displayed it on a map of oxford road.

A piece of the final presentation showing the transformed car park which is now a fully fledged park. The transformation of the existing Community center into a pedestrian-friendly environment.

Available palettes to be use as back rest

3D printer doing job at its best. Printing the sound that had been recorded to 3D form

All designs were tested out on the general public without any instructions. It was nice to see how people approached the situations.

A band playing Coldplay song at the market street when we were there.

Visiting the site and meeting with the client for the first time

final pics

final model

final model