{ Analogies }

Creating the final pages for the exhibition

When use the mould to cast plaster, we found that despite the use of vaseline, the plaster stuck to the mould. As a result the component broke up.

Fourth Session

-We recieved unfortunate news that we will not be able to use the tram station.
-Our new installation space will be on Chatham 8th Floor, around the 'waiting' area by the lift.
-We ordered our material on ebay.

the two 3D printed negatives that we will use for our mould

Day 6: putting up our spoons installation.

13/05/2014
C# coding on unity of our project.

At the third meeting of our group, we decide to choose the car park site at the centre of Manchester China town.Our project ideas,was to replace the exist car park with a Chinese garden.That place should be a mark for chinese district, which switch the chinese tradition and philosophy to the site.

Visually stimulating the students of the 8th floor.

DAY 5: Drilling holes in the spoons and spray painting.

Playing with spoons to make music whilst waiting for the lift.

Session 5: Group tutorials to get ready for the final presentation to the client!

Installations for people who are waiting for the lift!

Day 3 # Carrying pallets from the construction sites around Chatham building.

Day 3 #Biospheric Foundation tour

04: Groups now present how there data collection can be visualized in 3D

Final day: We put up an exhibition on the sixth floor to display our work.

First look at our app, showing the linked data over the 3-D model of Mnachester.

Day 5 - We then began to work out the relationship between the different groups data. Collaborating this data allowed us to see which information overlapped. This map was then used to begin the programming of the app.

Day 4 - With our data we then tried to represent this in a 3-D way visually using a Google SketchUp model. With different colours representing different age groups, the height of the towers represent the density of that particular age in that district.

Day 3 - To then calculate the density of people in the sub districts we created a grid system which was placed over a map of Oxford Road. We worked out the hectare area for each individual district with the grid system. We could then, using a calculated estimation, work out the density of each age group in different areas.

Day 2 - After finding data we then needed to relate this to a map. To make our data smaller and more accurate we divided the four different wards we were looking at and had data for, into their sub districts.

Day 5. Today we started preparing for the installation of our design, measuring and cutting the sheeting early, ensuring we have enough material and also that it works according to our original plan.

Day 4. We got the unfortunate news from the collaborators that we will not be using the tram station due to a time delay over permission to use the site…so we will now install our designs on student campus, we also purchased our material via ebay.

FINAL MODEL ASSEMBLY. THIS WAS THE CHOSEN DESIGN AND IT WAS DRY TESTED BEFORE BEING BOLTED TOGETHER ON SITE.

THE FINAL MODEL IN SKETCH UP WITH ROOF

photshopping the night view for site's perspective view!

Proposing different ideas to the client through the use of mock up models! scale 1:50

Trying to make the client's proposal more ecological by adding greenery and vegetation. Photoshoping the elevation!

Went to ashton under lyne for the client's site analysis and pictures!

We amended our design based on the comments we received; adding trees, voids and ponds and a waterfall to account for rainfall. We were thoroughly happy with the end result as it had achieved all that we originally set out to do; provide green spaces within the district as well as cleverly disposing biodegradable waste. here are a few slides from our final presentation

Session 5 : Students were discussing and conducting the preparation for installation. Materials were prepared in advance to ensure a smoother process of implementation on site

Session 5 : Students have started an implementation of specified materials and experimentation of patterns to achieve desired aims for their proposal

After planning our idea and drafting it, we met with our 5th year mentors to discuss it; they advised us on what could be improved. They suggested we add trees to exaggerate the vertical aspects of the park, as well as voids to bring light into the dark car park space below. we also needed to think about water drainage and how we would correctly manage it

Session 5 : Students were involved in the production of scaled models to illustrate the conceptual idea of the proposal which will be installed in an appropriate chosen context

In order to create a functioning green roof we needed to look at existing green roofs. We gathered precedents and noted the structure and materials we would need to use. Here is an example of one of our precedents. This was particularly relevant as crops were grown on this roof; this was similar to our idea of letting restaurants grow their own food on top of the garden to save on delivery costs and CO2 emmisions from delivery trucks

Some of the mushrooms are growing well ...

Our intervention DONE !

Great to see that the structure is still standing despite the weather... Although some mushrooms do not appear to be growing!

Bus Stop Data accumulate from a numbers of surveys.

Using Processing we convert our sound file in to 3D form, resulting in the form. You can clearly see the busier areas of NQ such as Oldham street as they form larger spikes.

After looking at china town we saw that in the middle was a large car park. our initial idea was to replace the car park with a green space, however this seemed impractical as the car park is a valued space. We therefore decided to elevate a plot of land above the car park. This would give china town a dynamic feel. The elevated green park would be fuelled by the biodegradable waste (I.e left over food) from the restaurants that surround it

Developing the initial design to the clients specification

The initial site visit

after visiting china town we noticed that greenery was sparse and on top of this we saw that waste in china town wasn't being disposed of very well. From our field work we decided that these issues must be addressed. We needed to come up with a way to help clean the streets of china town, whilst also integrating green areas onto the site

Writing a 500 word essay really helped me understand what it was that interested me about climate change and what needs to be done to prevent its negative effects. I particularly enjoyed reading about introducing forests and green spaces to help combat CO2 emmisions

Today we put together our findings and finalised our output for our group's vision and the presentation.

Day 4: Panels required to make the Portabile model.

Me and Nico were given feedback and new ideas on how to analyse light signs by the fifth years and are inspired to also look at Tokyo(besides HK) as case study.

Perspective drawing to show proposed urban intervention

Last day of off-site installation: Preparing the plant pots for the public engagement activity.

„What makes China Town and What are the most crucial elements for China Town?“


In that essay I would like to discuss the title: What makes China Town? And outline elements which are crucial for the Chinese street view.

Manchester’s Chinatown is located in central area of the city. The boundaries of that area are easy to recognize. The density of chinese shops and restaurants is changing fluently from the Chinese Arch to domestic Manchester sourounding. Visitors can recognize that space because of hudge range of elements, which makes that place has identity.

„The area is compact enough to retain a real sense of community and camaraderie but diverse enough to offer a rich and varied experience. „ Ref. VirtualTurist


If we look back at the Faulkner Street scene we can recognize the Chinese Archways
- the most typical, architectural element which „makes China Town“.
Those beautifule gates has got always two, or more decorative pillars, and roof. That land mark is useful to outline the differences between China Town and the rest of the city. That also shows the pride and wealth of Chinese community.
„In architectural terms, it is important that buildings should promote identity: that is, the individuality of each cityzen. (...) Like individuals cities should have character and flavour, this flavour is made up of numerous chracteristic, or identifable elements.“
ref. [Crosby,1965:16]

In many buildings of China Town - houe, shop, office and workshop areas are mixed. Multifunction spaces and compexity, allow people to live in the China Town and it also make that place unique. Despite the low quality of public space there is a hudge number of outdoor activities. Colorful and dense advertising, bright neons and decorated shops windows can attract people from hudge distant. Streets are not pedistrianize but the movement of cars is low which allow people to cruising around.

Unfortunatelly China Town has not get many resting areas. Local sociecy has not get an opportunity to enjoy summer weather or spend a break between rush hours. There are only seven banks in the nearest suronding of Chinese Arch. Lack of resting places can limit the number of social contacts between cityzens. It can also decrease the numer of turists in that area.

The greenness in China Town is restricted too. Narrow streets and pavings do not allow any space for plants or trees. There is no doubt that planting can improve macroclimate and psyhical health of Chinese people.

Because of cultural meaning and street views China Town is one of the main Manchester’s atractions. Mancunians and turists fom all Europe are comming to taste Chinese cusine or take a look on Chinese Arch. Multistory buildings provides good background for colorful avertisemens and daily life. I am sure that condition of outdoor space depends on proper development in future. I am sure that Manchester’s China Town will be representativ for further generations, like it is today.



BIBLIOGRAPHY

BOOKS:
Crosby, Theo, 1965, Architecture: City Sence, Studio Vista London, New York.
Gehl, Jan, 2011 , Live between buildings, Island Press, London.


ONLINE REFERENCES:
[VirtualTurist, available from:(http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/Europe/United_Kingdom/England/Greater_Manchester/Manchester-308843/Things_To_Do-Manchester-Chinatown-BR-1.html), accesed on 05/05/14]

We revisited Chinatown at night to take pictures of neon lights when they are turned on and further study on the site regarding light signs.

Day 5: Once the panels had been made on AutoCAD, we used the laser cutter to print the panels.

Day 5: Cutting a frame for the wheels of the trunk.

Day 4: Working on AutoCAD to produce the panels of the movable wardrobe to be laser cut.

05/05/2014 Essay

To start the event I was given past lectures surrounding the subject of ecology within China. I was to study these and write a short abstract of what I thought about this notion. The texts given were informative as I did not know China was under such threat and the ways they were dealing with it. I have never solved architectural problems with an ecological technique. Therefore I was looking forward to gaining more information from the presentation and seeing how China Town could be improved.

Day 4 Morning
Each group presented their proposal to our collaborator Helene at Hulme Garden Centre. She then gave us feedback and we incorporated two design ideas to create a final design.

Day 9
Installation is finished and ready for on site engagement with the public.

Day3
Each group presented their proposal to our event leaders who gave us feedback on how to finalise our design in ready for our presentation to our collaborator Helene.

Day five:
After finishing the "wearable shelter" we took it outside to test its strength and see how it would resist in an urban context.

13/05/2014
With our data maps being coded, each individual group focused on how the different data sets possibly correlate between one another.

Day 5
Installation at Hulme Garden Centre. Deconstruction and repairing of wooden palettes.

Day 6
Recycled MDF boards cut on band saw for shelving.

Day 8
Donated glass milk bottles and jars were drilled with a small hole for drainage and each filled with compost and a plant.

Day 8 Afternoon
Paper templates were used to create graffiti info-graphic designs onto the installation, using techniques TJ (Graphic Artist) taught us previously.

Day 7
Construction of the installation at Hulme Garden Centre.

The final design created in the image shown has been fine tuned since the last review. Trees in the garden are double height stemming from the car park below up above the platform. The Chinese style pavilions are added keeping the local aesthetic in mind.The car park has been left as there is minimal parking space in central manchester so we felt it necessary to keep it instead it has been lowered slightly.

Correlation diagram between Property pricing and the other groups.

C# Coding on Unity.

3D visualisation of property pricing using photoshop and sketchup.

Session 2: discussing idea for the project and how pizza ovens work that what is required of the group. Some quick sketches and ideas.

Based on the review with the 5th years, a few minor alterations are needed to the design of the platform. A possible change in levls was suggested with a small hill to make it an bovious place to sit or play for children. Also the colour scheme and how it will sit in with its surroundings is key and it needs to become a part of Chinatown, not stand out like a soar thumb.

Feedback and guide for the further development. All the groups did great jobs so far. All they need to do is visualizing all their information and thoughts into diagrams.

Tutorial session. Students brought their interim outputs and each group had 20 minutes for presentation and discussion.

After Dr. David Haley's lecture and Chinatown visiting, the students did brain storming in group, then gave brief presentations about their topic.

Filming movement in Piccadilly Gardens & Market Street

Fifth Session: Presentation and review of our urban infill proposals. After which, the co-ordinators advised us on the proposals that we presented.

Fourth Session: First trip to both the sites. Here we had to pick one of the sites for our urban infill ideas.

Good communication with Chinese students from ZUT. Their projects are including green space study in campus, old building recycling, CBD in Zhengzhou, garbage recycling, etc. Very illuminating.

Second Session: Sketching around Central Library with the Manchester Urban Sketchers.