#manchesterschoolofarchitecture

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The Rhino modeling exercises of Jellyfish house.

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Hello Tumblr World! Welcome to my blog. I am a student of architecture learning my design skills at the Complexity, Planning and Urbanism studio in Manchester School of Architecture. I’ll be posting my design developments every week.

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After lunch, I had a chance to take a tour around the school of architecture.

The original house which the school started in has grown considerably as the university acquired surrounding buildings and houses.

The maze of pathways are connected by in between spaces which knits the building's life together, creating a story of the school's growth.

I am spending the end of my day in the school's library. A modest but lovely space to work in, packed to the brim with books, articles and papers.

Original building features such as existing beams and windows, exposed brick walls and heavy doors, are married with unique elements and Postmodern design touches.

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The Day of the Glories of the Army

The next day, the 19th is known as the Day of Glories of the Army and is the day to honourthe armed forces who fought in the battles of independence.

This day there is more business activities however it is generally still very relaxed with almost all public being off from work. Again the beach was packed with families and visitors all playing and enjoy their holiday together.

In the morning, I hired a bike from my hotel and I set off to visit a social housing project further into the city, it felt more like the suburbs than the main centre, however it was only a short bike ride away from the beach.

This particular housing project is interesting to me as it was an interesting process and radically different way of building housing for the public.

Quinta Monroy is the award winning architectural project from Architecture practical Elemental, led by Alejandro Aravena.

The local Chilean government needed to rehouse families and with limited funding and time the architects had to think creatively in order to achieve this goal and prevent displacement of families.

The project provided half a single unit for families which included all of the necessary amenities for a home and left the other half ready for the residents to finish on their own time. This allowed for the community members to take their time to establish the rest of the home and provided them with their immediate need to rest their head.

The grey breeze block was built and designed by the architects and the other side, typically more colourful and made with many various materials is what the residents have completed over time. The area exudes personality and has a hand crafted nature it. A social housing project where the residents literally built their homes.

I spent the rest of the day, touring the small city centre on my bike, enjoying the views as I went by. I would love to come back here again, (when everything is open of course!), and enjoy the array of activities, museums and restaurants

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Travel plan.