MArch
This is a collection of projects worked on during my two years Masters of Architecture at Manchester School of Architecture.
My Sixth Year consisted of building a future scenario for the Manchester Corridor in 2045 through data gathering and extrapolation and then designing a building within that context. The scenario was one where processes of climate change have accelerated an already overdue mini ice age in the world and rising water levels have caused many people to be displaced to Greater Manchester. The surface of the Earth is almost completely uninhabited as people have begun to move underground and therefore building son the surface of the Earth have become disused. The building I proposed is a farm and climate research facility flying on a drone-like structure whilst an entrance into the underground city lies beneath it.
My Fifth Year consisted of urban scale projects and building digital tools to influence urban environments and behaviours through data gathering and extrapolation in East Manchester.
My Sixth Year consisted of building a future scenario for the Manchester Corridor in 2045 through data gathering and extrapolation and then designing a building within that context. The scenario was one where processes of climate change have accelerated an already overdue mini ice age in the world and rising water levels have caused many people to be displaced to Greater Manchester. The surface of the Earth is almost completely uninhabited as people have begun to move underground and therefore building son the surface of the Earth have become disused. The building I proposed is a farm and climate research facility flying on a drone-like structure whilst an entrance into the underground city lies beneath it.
My Fifth Year consisted of urban scale projects and building digital tools to influence urban environments and behaviours through data gathering and extrapolation in East Manchester.
YEAR 6 - ATELIER CPU
MANCHESTER CORRIDOR 2045: RESILIENCE TO AN EXTREME CLIMATE SCENARIO VOLUME 1
This project aims at identifying a future scenario for the Manchester Corridor in 2045, where global warming has caused the Gulf Stream effect to stop and rising sea levels. The Gulf Stream effect stopping will accelerate an already overdue ice age in the world whereas rising sea levels will cause citizens of the coastal regions of the UK to be displaced, many of which will relocate to Manchester.
Our response is to identify the essential drivers shaping man’s future eco-system and the drivers to technological advance that can solve man’s and his planet’s woes. The solution envisaged is a world lived underground or a sealed, climate regulated overground future building solution.
Our response is to identify the essential drivers shaping man’s future eco-system and the drivers to technological advance that can solve man’s and his planet’s woes. The solution envisaged is a world lived underground or a sealed, climate regulated overground future building solution.
MANCHESTER CORRIDOR 2045: RESILIENCE TO AN EXTREME CLIMATE SCENARIO VOLUME 2
This project aims at identifying a future scenario for the Manchester Corridor in 2045, where global warming has caused the Gulf Stream effect to stop and rising sea levels. The Gulf Stream effect stopping will accelerate an already overdue ice age in the world whereas rising sea levels will cause citizens of the coastal regions of the UK to be displaced, many of which will relocate to Manchester.
Our response is to identify the essential drivers shaping man’s future eco-system and the drivers to technological advance that can solve man’s and his planet’s woes. The solution envisaged is a world lived underground or a sealed, climate regulated overground future building solution.
Our response is to identify the essential drivers shaping man’s future eco-system and the drivers to technological advance that can solve man’s and his planet’s woes. The solution envisaged is a world lived underground or a sealed, climate regulated overground future building solution.
FLY: FARM // SUB: LIFE: RESILIENCE TO AN EXTREME CLIMATE SCENARIO VOLUME 3
This project is set in 2045. It is an investigation into Man’s impact on the environment & the drastic actions that need to be put in place in order to survive. Climate change being a reality & the use of greenhouse gases are increasing every year, causing irreversible damage to our environment. Changing our behaviour in order to minimise the effects of climate change is something that the global population does not seem to want to do & so drastic actions must be taken in order to ensure our survival.
The proposal is to build a vertical subterrannean city district where geothermal temperatures are stable. Above it will be a vertical farm and climate research facility which will be elevated above ground through the use of drones. Because it is flying & not connected to the ground, it has to be self sufficient, meaning it gathers energy from hydro, wind and solar power, collects rainwater & recycles greywwater.
The proposal is to build a vertical subterrannean city district where geothermal temperatures are stable. Above it will be a vertical farm and climate research facility which will be elevated above ground through the use of drones. Because it is flying & not connected to the ground, it has to be self sufficient, meaning it gathers energy from hydro, wind and solar power, collects rainwater & recycles greywwater.
YEAR 5 - ATELIER CPU
GLIMPSE: SCIENCE FICTION SHORT FILM
The film is a glimpse into a techno-futuristic view of Manchester.
This project brought together a team of students ranging between BA and MArch and two professionals - Thilo Aschmutat (3D visual and special effects artist) and Thomas Payton-Greene (photographer and filmmaker). Together, we scripted, storyboarded, filmed, animated, edited and montaged a science fiction short film about the future of Manchester and what it could look like. The project itself was a 2-week intensive one but the ideas were was based on research undertaken throughout the year about how cities develop, technological futures and architectural visions of the future from the past.
This project brought together a team of students ranging between BA and MArch and two professionals - Thilo Aschmutat (3D visual and special effects artist) and Thomas Payton-Greene (photographer and filmmaker). Together, we scripted, storyboarded, filmed, animated, edited and montaged a science fiction short film about the future of Manchester and what it could look like. The project itself was a 2-week intensive one but the ideas were was based on research undertaken throughout the year about how cities develop, technological futures and architectural visions of the future from the past.
CITY-BASED SCENARIOS 2045: INFRASTRUCTURAL & TYPOLOGICAL ATTRACTION GROWTH MODEL
A generative growth model based on infrastructural and typological attraction rules to extrapolate future scenarios for East Manchester 2045.
This portfolio will present the development of a digital tool that will use infrastructural and typological attraction to generate future plans for a 1 km sq site in East Manchester. Firstly a series of four experiments will be caried out based on four cities: Tokyo, San Francisco, Chicago and New York. This will lead to two experiments based on what Manchester City Council foresee within East Manchester and what the present trends might suggest toward the future of East Manchester. Extreme extrapolation is used here to speculate about what could happen.
The limitations here are that buildings have been classed as either residential or commercial for the purpose of the simulation and so the statistics that come out of each scenario reflect that.
This portfolio will present the development of a digital tool that will use infrastructural and typological attraction to generate future plans for a 1 km sq site in East Manchester. Firstly a series of four experiments will be caried out based on four cities: Tokyo, San Francisco, Chicago and New York. This will lead to two experiments based on what Manchester City Council foresee within East Manchester and what the present trends might suggest toward the future of East Manchester. Extreme extrapolation is used here to speculate about what could happen.
The limitations here are that buildings have been classed as either residential or commercial for the purpose of the simulation and so the statistics that come out of each scenario reflect that.
[RE]ward RECYCLING MOBILE APPLICATION
Proposing a digital tool that will reduce the household waste that goes to landfill by encouraging citizens to recycle incentivised by a cash prize.
This project is about respect for the diversity of the environment, living within our means without destroying it, voluntary co-operation and empowerment of the individual, democratic accountability, rewarding good behaviour and sanctioning the bad.
Its goal is to change the household recycling trend. It is an mobile application that does this by classifying waste as “general” or “recyclable” and through a process of gamefication awards/forfeits the user points accordingly and monetises the output.
Users recycle in a team and are incentivised by a cash prize which is awarded to the team that recycles the most within each ward, on a monthly basis. In addition to this council tax deductions are awarded according to the citizen’s individual recycling habit.
This project is about respect for the diversity of the environment, living within our means without destroying it, voluntary co-operation and empowerment of the individual, democratic accountability, rewarding good behaviour and sanctioning the bad.
Its goal is to change the household recycling trend. It is an mobile application that does this by classifying waste as “general” or “recyclable” and through a process of gamefication awards/forfeits the user points accordingly and monetises the output.
Users recycle in a team and are incentivised by a cash prize which is awarded to the team that recycles the most within each ward, on a monthly basis. In addition to this council tax deductions are awarded according to the citizen’s individual recycling habit.