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Induction to 3D printing

Days 5 and 6, 08.05.14 - 12.05.14:
Model making in progress! Some innovative ideas in this group

They knelt down to feel the warm air coming from the vents in the ground, which they initially thought were drainage systems to be used if the building floods.

Session 4:
Miniature scenes and models were made by students to find inventive and fun ways of re-imagining the micro spaces within the MMU campus.

One of the children mentioned that the tour helped her to understand that while the appearance of a building is important, it is vital that it should respond well to the needs of its users.

We took the students on a tour of the benzie building. Their imaginative answers and perceptiveness to tiny details inspired me to take a step back and look at my surroundings in a different perspective.

Finishing the model and getting it ready for the Sale Water Park testing this Wednesday

Start of a circular infographic.

Session 4:
Miniature scenes and models were made by students to find inventive and fun ways of re-imagining the micro spaces within the MMU campus.

Photomontage to show the 'battle' between commercial and historic.

Final group map showing points of treasure and travel path

Productive Group Discussion

Session 5:
With the final exhibition approaching, students were tasked with a 'ready steady cook' like challenge, gathering waste materials and re imagining a new use for them; with the final product to be placed in particular locations around the MMU campus. The aim of these recycled interventions is to bring a new lease of life into some of the many overlooked and underutilized spaces within the campus.

Day 7: The seas call us, our treasure cove is secured and full of booty! We must make sail, seek out new treasures from distant shores....

For the buoyant base, we discovered a company in the US that was growing mushrooms as a substitute for polystyrene. The root is used to make building insulation and they had even started using it for the core of surfboards. This is the material that we have suggested for the base specifically for these properties.

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Urban Sketching session

The second map finished as a negative of the daytime map to show how the underworld takes over the space at night and plays music on the steps.

Putting up our cardboard support structure on Floor 1

Creative writing session

Over the weekend I created some basic 1:20 drawings at A3, finalising what our temporary floating structure looks like.

The first map of the site at daytime.

Master Data Map

Abstract Data Map

From my site analysis I developed the idea of my narrative and started sketching out a map.

The cutout of regency wallpaper designs to produce shadows from.

Capturing the moment to create narrative

session 3:
An example of how certain everyday elements within the MMU campus were re-appropriated.

Session 5:
Our final time with the children saw us take them on a tour around their dens, and asked a member from each group to explain the process of how they built their dens.

3D Printing in process! First of many layers.

4// Collaboration of all of our group's data to see which data overlaps.

Unfortunately the print failed half way through, this is the result

Narrative
Workshop to express the spaces through comic-style narrative

Session three:
An image of some of the Plaster casts students produced of various details from the MMU campus, using clay moulds. The cast elements were painted in bright colours and placed next to their originals highlighting a new more vibrant interpretation of the mundane everyday objects of our built environment.

Starting points of spoon installation which will be hung on the 8th floor

Session 5:
As the dens reached their finishing points, we noted that the children decorated their dens. This gave the dens an intimacy and sentimental qualities that only the children could fully understand...

Starting point of the day: initial model making and working out dimensions

We gathered data of all the other groups into one to be able to figure out how all of them may link to each other. Next step is trying to visualize them working all together on the app.

Group data mapping collaboration

3D Printing has started

Setting up our pirate cove gallery

There was a huge variety in the design of the dens...

Mixing the track for our project

The final mapping of my battle between Salford and Manchester.

Day 3: Editing.
Editing the footage from previous day to depict spaces

Day 2 : Filming movement and interaction. Start the day with introduction session of watching some architectural short films. Following with filming session in the city centre

Session 5:
The den that I supervised had a clear hierarchy of parts, a leave of complexity that I had not expected the children to achieve.

Our project being 3D printed

Session 5:
The children, with the help of the students and PLACES, quickly built up a structural system upon which to build and design their dens, their alertness very much to our surprise!

Group - Mapping Data to large site

Session 5:
Laying out all the materials on the rood terrace of Chatham and the countdown to the den-building...

Bus stop sign - Data

Data Mapping - transportation - Diagram #redbullgivesyouwings

Day 1: Sketching. First collaborator talk with Simone Ridyard following with sketching session at Manchester Central Library

Session 4:
Our fourth session was a day of creating short animations of the children's drawings made the previous day. The experience of creating GIF animations was a fun way to learn how to create a quick representation of ideas, and most importantly an enjoyable process at the same time.

Our group proposal for the component got 3D printed.

Proposed bench: placed outside the entrance of Chatham.

Session 3:
Some of the drawings were scaled to giant proportions...

Session 3:
The children then went on to start their drawings based on our narrative...

Street Art Map almost finished.

A less known viewpoint of Portland Street

Finishing the model in the workshop today. It's folds up successfully and we attached the air bags to the base. Just hope it floats when we test it on Wednesday.

Session 1: initial concepts for the 10 min bench. We discussed the ways in which we could get people to get off the bench after a certain time. For example, sound, an airbag or a sinking seat.

Day 4 - A Prototype

Session 3:
We then presented the narrative and storyline which we had created for the children...

Session 3:
The children of Friars Primary School interacted with as much as they could...

Some of the amusing stickers found in the Northern Quarter.

Two different focuses, which one do you see?

Session 3:
Friars Primary School came to the Chatham Building for our third session, where we gave them a full tour of the Art School. As we walked around in two different groups we pointed out specific and interesting design features, hoping that the children would explore these possibilities in the design of their dens.

After gathering our data, we began to develop ways in which we could visualise it in a three dimensional model. In this image, information regarding congestion and traffic flow has been mapped.

Folding Structure

View of interior

We presented our final idea for the Café, situated a level above the pool with large glass windows, where parents will have a bird’s eye view of the whole swimming pool.

Some of the planting on the green roof of the Street Art in Stephen's Square.

Session 2:
PLACES, an acronym for People, Location, Architecture, Community, Environment, Sentiment, also explained to us their ethos behind the process of work they undertake in their projects. The presentation was extremely helpful in trying to make us understand how children perceive the world differently.

When wandering around looking for 'hidden treasures' I concentrated on the Northern Quarter. I was searching for Street Art and things that caught my eye, that many people may simply walk by or see as vandalism.

Session 2:
Our second session was a visit to the RIBA Hub on Portland Street where we were given a presentation by PLACES, an organisation dedicated to working on large-scale projects with children. Their recent project was exhibited in the RIBA Hub.

Day 3: PRESENTATIONS! All the presentations went really well, however no decision was decided on which project to choose from.

Hat bath:
The bath of hats on the 8th floor is well and truly full. An efficient and stylish workforce have combined to produce over 3000 hats. With a top speed of 700 HPH (Hats per hour). We certainly haven't 'hat' enough yet !

test modeling!

Session 1:
A tiring first day required a moments hiatus to rest our thoughts...