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William Liang

MANCHESTER SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

March ARCHITECTURE

In the context of Manchester's rich festive culture, old factory buildings can be revitalised. In the derelict factory near ardwick green, a disused wall can become a display façade and, with the help of beer culture, a festival centre for the neighbourhood.

The project aims to focus the Oktoberfest on participation in the process of producing beer and to diversify the product, which can be adapted to a wider range of people. There are also markets and places where people can gather and interact with each other. Festivals are just a point in time and an opportunity to revitalise the venue.

YEAR 5 PROJECT

Manchester is set to host the first ever International Brewing & Cider Festival, a two-day ticketed event in March 2024, providing a rare opportunity for the public to taste a vast range of local, national and international drinks, including award-winning beers and ciders from the International Brewing & Cider Awards.

The brewing process begins with the malt mill, where grains are crushed to extract fermentable sugars. These complex pieces of equipment work in tandem to produce the wide variety of wines that are the essence of the art of brewing.

1. Manchester is a culturally vibrant city and a beacon for festival lovers, hosting a wide range of events throughout the year. Known for its diversity and inclusive spirit, Manchester hosts an eclectic range of festivals covering music, art, culture and food. Manchester’s festivals reflect its cultural vibrancy, attracting locals and visitors alike to enjoy the city’s ever-evolving creativity and diversity.

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BACKGROUND & MENIFESTO

The ardwick neighbourhood in Manchester is one of the oldest and largest neighbourhoods in the city, and its long existence has led to a significant decline in the community's vitality, with very few group activities taking place during the week. This has led to a gradual decline in the neighbourhood. The project aimed to revitalise the community by using the definition of 'play'. After research, it was decided to use "festival" to interpret "play" and introduce a festival museum to revitalise the community. At the same time, the street where the museum is located can accommodate most of the festivals that take place.

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Weekend? Holiday?

2.participate

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A mind map explaining play and leisure and introducing festivals to reinterpret the new definition of play

The concept of cabinet of festival is introduced, comparing the project to a large display cabinet with festivals inside to re-energise the community.

This project has chosen Oktoberfest as the main exhibition body, on the surface of Oktoberfest, behind it is about the process of making beer.

The most important feature of the cabinet is that it can introduce different festivals over time and has a certain degree of changeability. The temporary nature of the festivals is weakened and the community is energised for a longer period of time.

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The site is located in an old neighbourhood and belongs to a reuse project. The original site is an abandoned factory, and the initial idea is to preserve the texture of the original site and design on top of it.

Street scale of the interface analysis. Define the influence of the reuse ruined wall.

Analysis of the excisting site material.

Typical activities Hedonism

Marketplace Festival museum Discovery New types activities COMPOSITION OF THE

Interface

The road is not a main city road, has a lot of parked cars at this stage and has a high volume of foot traffic which would allow it to be used as a festival venue.

PARKING AREA MARKET Museum

Original abandoned brick wall

Mottled abandoned floor tiles in the factory

Original abandoned brick wall

Gravel surface in the courtyard at the rear of the factory

Original abandoned brick wall

Mottled abandoned floor tiles in the factory

SKETCH OF THE DESIGN PROPOSAL

03 The design of the panoramic views within the site takes into account the design of the street outside the building and the display façade within the building, the street being the address where the main festive events traditionally take place, and the façade being the primary means of attracting pedestrians into the building.The connotations of a museum inside a building are mainly the play new meanings that inspire exploration. 01

WHOLE VIEW

Beer festival

Festivals are just a point in time and an opportunity to revitalise the venue. The festival is an opportunity to give new life to a building that has been abandoned.

EXPLODED FACADE

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AXONOMETRIC OF FAÇADE

The design of the panoramic views within the site takes into account the design of the street outside the building and the display façade within the building, the street being the address where the main festive events traditionally take place, and the façade being the primary means of attracting pedestrians into the building.The connotations of a museum inside a building are mainly the play new meanings that inspire exploration.

INTERIOR DESIGN PERSPECTIVES

The design of the panoramic views within the site takes into account the design of the street outside the building and the display façade within the building, the street being the address where the main festive events traditionally take place, and the façade being the primary means of attracting pedestrians into the building.The connotations of a museum inside a building are mainly the play new meanings that inspire exploration.

BEER FESTIVAL & 1:20 SECTION

The structural design within the project is centred around the most crucial cabinet space, which is characterised by its ability to display different content depending on the festival, and therefore the structure's greatest feature is also its moveability and changeability. However, how the core frame is attached to a disused wall is the most challenging aspect.

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CHRISTMAS & 1:5 DETAILED SECTION

The structural design within the project is centred around the most crucial cabinet space, which is characterised by its ability to display different content depending on the festival, and therefore the structure's greatest feature is also its moveability and changeability. However, how the core frame is attached to a disused wall is the most challenging aspect.

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1. Brckwork

2. Cavity(50mm)

3. Insulation (60 to 100mm)

4. Sheathiing board (10mm)

5. Steel plate (10mm thick )

6. Stainlesssteelangle (10mm thick).

7. Csection in wall

8. Mineralwool

9. Suspendedceiling

10. Brick Veneer

11. Memvrane

12. Insulation (60 to 100mm)

13. Sheathiing board (10mm)

14. Header

15. Full Collar Joint

16. Stainlesssteelangle (10mm thick).

17. Foundation wall

18. Slab

19. Sill Plate

Beer festival

The project aims to focus the Oktoberfest on participation in the process of producing beer and to diversify the product, which can be adapted to a wider range of people. There are also markets and places where people can gather and interact with each other. Festivals are just a point in time and an opportunity to revitalise the venue. The festival is an opportunity to give new life to a building that has been abandoned.

1:100 PLAN

①Main Entrance

②Leisure area

③Machines display wall

④Storage

⑤Bottling area

⑥Transport area

Festivals are just a point in time and an opportunity to revitalise the venue. The festival is an opportunity to give new life to a building that has been abandoned.

In today's society autism has become an issue that has to be brought to the forefront. Especially among younger children, autism should be given more attention. In the face of this problem, my project has chosen to introduce animals as a medium to bridge the gap between autistic children and society, and to set up the surrounding environment to aid in the recovery of autistic children.

And in the farms of the venue, Ireland, there was already a tradition of keeping ponies as well as horse racing festivals, which provided an excellent basis for animal healing, and so a project about ponies healing autism arose.

YEAR 4 FINAL YEAR PROJECT

HEALING STABLES FOR AUTISTIC CHILDREN

Every child is a gift from God to itsparents,but some children may beaccompanied by hiddendefects,and if parents do not pay attentionto these defects, or if they abandontheir children because of them, thenthese children will be separated fomthe wond forever. This time is like aburning candle, once it is burnt outthere is no chance ofregret.The term contact was intended to mean only the touching of skin to skin. But in a broader sense, contact can representinteraction between children and their peers,interaction with strangers, or even interaction and integration with that society

Symptoms of autistic children and in this context the need for programmes for the healing of autistic children is urgently raised and their current situation improved.

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In the project the animals are used as a medium to connect the children with autism tonormal society, and the architectural space becomes a platform for the children to beintegrated into society at any possible opportunity.

The healing horse farm conceived in the concept embodies the healing of children at different stages of autism by contacting this concept.

TOUCHING

The term contact was intended to mean only the touching of skin to skin. But in a broader sense, contact can represent interaction between children and their peers, interaction with strangers, or even interaction and integration with that society.

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In the design of the project, the various pieces ofinformation on the site play a very important role. Forcxample,ifanimals such as ponios aro to bo used as amedium forhealing children with autism, the site in whichthe project is located needs to take into account notonlythenecds oftheuscrsand the children, butalso the ncedsofthe animals. The terrain mustallow the animals to movearound normally and the rosourcos on the site must beable to meet tho animals' daily nee ds, In addition, the variety of landscaping plays a vital role increating a suitable living space for children with autism.

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As autistic children are inherently resistant to contact with people in the community, the premise of venue selection needs to take into account the main flow of people and set up a relatively quiet environment for the children.

Activities are arranged differently for children with different levels of autism

STAGE 1: Scores over 70 below 100

MODERATE TO SEVERE AUTISM

Children at this stage are still very resistant to the outside world and need to be accompanied and guided by a close person, such as a parent, over a long period of time, and to engage in simple daily activities to slowly improve the situation.

STAGE 4: Scores below 20

AUTISM IS LARGELY RULED OUT

Children at this stage are largely free of many autistic problems and can be exposed to normal social contact, although the issue to be noted is that they should not be exposed to very stimulating activities

The project aims to focus the Oktoberfest on participation in the process of producing beer and to diversify the product, which can be adapted to a wider range of people. There are also markets and places where people can gather and interact with each other. Festivals are just a point in time and an opportunity to revitalise the venue.The project aims to focus the Oktoberfest on participation in the process of producing beer and to diversify the product, which can be adapted to a wider range of people. There are also markets and places where people can gather and interact with each other. Festivals are just a point in time and an opportunity to revitalise the venue. Festivals are just a point in time and an opportunity to revitalise the venue.

"Building is really dwelling."--Martin Heidegger

The direct interplay of individual structures and assemblies during the construction of a building creates the most logical and straightforward living structure.

From time to time, we wish to understand the world from a child's point of view, and the paintings distil the architectural features that are most sensitive to children

Buildings construction processing

Observation booths and their exploded views

Connecting corridors and their exploded views

Reception centres and their exploded views

AERIAL VIEW OF A HEALING

PROJECT PANORAMA

04 Based on children's drawings and basic lrish houses as the basic units of the design ontologythe children's perspective on the various functional units of the building was interpreted andrepresented in sketches. In the process, many features were noted, such as the sloping roofs ofthebuildings, which allow the children's first reaction to be surrounded and protected, and the fenceswhich for them represent the division of space and self-protective features.

By setting the starting point of the design from the child's point ofview and using traditional lrishhomes as an aid to the design, the children who come for healing will feel the closest sense ofprotection, which is an excellent start for sensitive children with autism.

PROJECT PANORAMA

05 Based on children's drawings and basic lrish houses as the basic units of the design ontologythe children's perspective on the various functional units of the building was interpreted andrepresented in sketches. In the process, many features were noted, such as the sloping roofs ofthebuildings, and the fenceswhich for them represent the division of space and selfprotective features.

By setting the starting point of the design from the child's point ofview and using traditional lrishhomes as an aid to the design, the children who come for healing will feel the closest sense ofprotection, which is an excellent start for sensitive children with autism.

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Children in the stables inadvertently socialise with the crowd in the venue while generating interactive activities with the ponies, which is the best result of the ponies we wanted to use as a medium.

In the design of the site, in addition to the children's activities, we also had to consider the daily activities of the media ponies, and provide them with an active site on top of the existing grassland in Ireland.

The ponies galloped around the grounds, infecting the autistic children with their energy and bringing about a change for the better

FINAL MODLE

1:200 physical model

The physical model represents a real test, tweaking the scale and overall atmosphere in an attempt to create a more child-friendly healing space.

FINAL MODLE

1:200 physical model

The physical model represents a real test, tweaking the scale and overall atmosphere in an attempt to create a more child-friendly healing space.