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Day4-
We finally created the structure for the mushrooms to be placed in.

Day 3-
We finally decided on one idea, which was a blend of all three initial ideas. After we then started to experiment with the wooden crates we had collected

Day 2-
We went to the Biospheric Farm, where we had a detailed talk about biospheric environments.

Day 1-

On the first dat we split up into sub-groups to come up with initial ideas for the design of our Mush Farm.

6// inputting coordinates for geolocation purposes. This helps to combine data and see which data overlaps.

DAY 5 // Today we finished constructing our 1:1 shelter. We had to lay the net out on the floor and staple the tabs together before fully constructing.

5// System dynamics. 'Take a photo with every person who stands up'

Loading film - tutorial

Day 7: Matt are sanding the pieces to join together.

The darkroom

The construction of the final installation was completed.

Day 7 (13/05/14) : Testing out mixture of concrete + white sand at different ratios to determine the best.

DAY 7: test 1 Pattern on mould

DAY 7: Cement and sand for concrete casting

Day 7: Concrete Group

DAY 7: Base Group/patterngroup

Day 7: TWO PEICES DONE

Day 7: 3D printing the second part of the final final model.

Event 01// 10 Minutes Bench
The group working on the bench before their final presentation.

Event 08// Mush Farm
The new design was set up and it was very much evolved from their last installation.

Day 5,
Today was an extra day in which we completed our construction. We used a new design of creating an arch way so we had to dismantle the crates in order to do this. we nailed them together and used the spare crates as buttresses to make it look more grounded in the site and also to be used as seating. Our site we used was the courtyard in the Chatham building.

Day 5.5
This was the day we got to work on the structure in the courtyard. We worked as a group and with the help of other students to put the structure together. We used a new design to create an arch which went over the tree. This arch also had a seating area on either side. In order hold the arch together we nailed them.

Day Six:
Today we set up our exhibition in 'Grumpy in the city'. Over the next three days we will all spend some time at the exhibition talking to the public and hearing their response.

Day 2.2
We also on day two planted our mushrooms in objects we had bought in such as bottles and plastic bags

Day 4,
We went out as a whole to get crates from the UOM building site and the building site behind the chatham building. In order to build our 1.1 structure.

We devised a ratchet system of doubling the height of the shed in the event of flooding. This meant that the shed can be used as normal throughout the year with a ready made sleeping space available above when needed in an emergency.

Day 3,
On this day we had the chance to visit Biospheric Foundation. This was an oppurtunity to speak the expect Vincent Walsh about the different systems of the biospheric farming they use to grow different fungi and plants.

Day 4,
Today we changed the material we were using from plastic green smaller palettes to more industrial wooden palettes that are found on building sites. We travelled to two sites (one near Uni of Manchester on Oxford Road and one just behind Chatham) we then experimented with piling them up in different ways but we had to completely change our design as we didn't have enough to achieve what we wanted to with the plastic palettes.

Day 2,
After the events introduction. We split up in groups of fours to come up with ideas of a structure for hand our mushrooms to hang off. Then we presented all our ideas, because we couldn't come to mutual agreement we merged all our ideas together.

Models.

Trying textures on the mould.

Smoothing the sides of the component.

Day 1,
On this day we got to know one another, and got a presentation about what this event was about and the theories behind it.

Building the arch to support the big model.

Display Space

All the strings of hats have been completed and are now ready to be attached to the net.

Day 3,
We went to the Biospheric Foundation in Salford to understand more about urban farming and mushroom farming in particular. We spoke to Vincent Walsh to learn about the different systems that they use to grow different plant and fungi.

Day 2.1
Today we all presented our group proposals and merged them together at the end of the day. My groups proposal was to create a pyramid shape that curved over the top and created a 'cave-like' shape that we could hang our mushrooms off (that we planted in objects such as milk bottles, and plastic bags). We merged our ideas to form a tunnel like shape of opposing pyramids as this incorporated the fluidity and the sense of a journey through the construction.

Day 4: 1:1 cardboard construction day of emergency shelter

DAY 4: Experimenting with prototypes

DAY 4: Prototyping

Event06

Day 6: Fabrication of model in the workshop.

Day 1,
Today we all got to know each other and we were introduced to the notions of urban mushroom farming and the explanation of why we were doing this event. We learnt that in fact we were using coffee waste from the cafe in the Chatham Building and so I event incorporated recycling, 'using other people's waste'. We were told we would have to design a shelter made out of plastic or wooden palettes found in supermarkets to store the fruit and veg. We wanted to create something that we could hang our then growing mushrooms off in sort of a 'cave-like' way. Much like the examples the 5th years had already shown us in the presentation before hand so we got to work in our groups of 4 to come up with different ideas.

Third day of off-site installation: Cutting the spray paint stencils

Day 6: Reviewing final outputs - NARRATIVE // COMIC // SKETCHING.

We edited the recorded sounds into a single composition using garage band.

DAY 4 Finding alternative ways that micro-scale spaces can be re-appropriated. The forest.

DAY 3 Experimenting with clay and plaster.

Day 4: Building our shelter in scale 1:1

12/05/2014
Final data set. I have added in Longitude and Latitude figures for the addresses in each year. This was necessary information for the app development. The initial idea is for there to be a slider on the app, which will display the different years of property pricing.

DAY 3 Applied casting technique to form some beautiful forms found at the MMU park.

12/05/2014
This 3D Sketchup model follows the same idea as before, with varying sized circles showing prices of different years. The simple difference being that the circles have been made taller to exaggerate any trends. It also ties in well with the other groups who have made 3D models of their data sets using Sketchup.

DAY 1 Introduction of lost spaces that need to be reappropriated.

DAY 2 Experimenting with lego. Placed them in small cracks on the walls.

09/05/2014
An idea of having zones marked on the map to indicate pricing. We felt this didn't work as well as another form of 3D visualization could.

Day 3: First trip to the sites where we chose one and sketched out ideas for our urban intervention. Site analysis was done

Day 2: Presentation 'Series of Urban Intervention' and brief explained. Showcase of the groups drawings from the urban sketch.

Day 1: the afternoon was spent joining in on 'Urban Sketch'. We explored Manchester Central Library using quick sketches.

4th Session: Exploring the two given site at Back Piccadilly. The participants were freely to choose one of the site and start to generate their ideas on urban intervention through live sketching.

07/05/2014
This was the price map layer we used for our map. It shows the overall trend of the area in regards to wealth, via a heat map effect (Red is the most expensive, blue the least).

Group members helping each other with the cutting process.

Queen Bee // The Queen Bee crew make some final changes to their mapping output for the Galle(r)y presentation.

Churros Assemble // The Churros crew presented their final treasure maps and displayed them at the Galle(r)y.

07/05/2014
This map shows the difference in property prices over time. The different years are shown by the range of colours (Red-2014, Purple-2010, Aqua-2005, Green-2000, Yellow-1995). The varying size of the circles is in relation to the price of the property, with the bigger the circle being the more expensive the property. This was done by picking a certain pixel per price range (0-50,51-100,101-150,151-200,201-250,251-300,300+).

Some of the initial design ideas

06/05/2014
We had a group discussion in the morning, which resulted in the decision to not include areas that deviated too far from Oxford Road. This disregarded a main source of our initial data (Fallowfield), resulting in new data points being needed. We focused then on gathering data points from 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010 and 2014 which just focused on price.

Beneath the surface // Take a second view and ye shall find more than first meets the eye...

05/05/2014
We divided into sub-groups and specified which data would be of interest for us to collect. My group decided upon Property prices around Oxford Road. This Excel spreadsheet was the first set which I gathered (Focusing on 3 and 4 bedroom flats and houses). The other two group members collected data on 1/2 bedroom properties, along with rented buildings.

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Today’s results

Audio sculpture successfully printed!

A 3D print in progress

Day 5, made a model, created a set of different shapes and played with shadow.

Our precedent for our site in Sale in which we're focussing on 'sharing spaces'. Our vision is to create an outdoor sports park that brings the current isolated community of Sale together.

Learning to use 3D printers

THE NEXT VOYAGE
Their work done, the Captains set sail toward their next adventure.

DISEMBARKING THE VESSEL
Satisfied with the plentiful bounty o' treasure found within the city o' Manchester, the crew celebrate the results of their voyage.

SHARING THE LOOT
The crew-members set about sharing their treasure maps with the rest o' the crew and pirate conspirators Emily Crompton and Morag Rose

DISPLAYIN' THE MAPS
The crew-members display their maps within the Galle(r)y