DESIGN+BUILD PROJECTS BY CLEMSON COMMUNITY BUILD
It's the day after presenting in front of the Design Review Committee, and it hit me this morning that we wouldn't be putting this project away with previous ones. We are only just beginning, and now we continue to design and begin building! As soon as class began, Professor Huff, from Studio U gave our [...]
Fine people, Today marked our big meeting with the Charleston Design Review Committee, a date that had been circled on our studio calendar since the beginning of the semester. I was definitely more nervous this morning as I thought I would be. Sure, the group put forth a really strong effort over the last couple [...]
Now that the 3-weeks-to-go mark is upon us, we, STUDIO V, have arrived at a point where it is now time to PROCEED. PROCEED + BE BOLD. Drawing inspiration from a sign atop the painfully high birding tower built in Auburn's Rural Studio, I have decided that now is a better time than any to [...]
Yesterday afternoon we submitted an application and design information regarding our bluesphere installation to the Department of Parks in advance of Thursday’s Design Review Committee meeting. We will be showing this information in greater detail on Thursday morning, and are now in the midst of preparations for that presentation. Since we have not yet arrived [...]
As time flies, two weeks passed. The final scheme of "Kiosk" has been decided. Then I made this diagram to intro what is the process. And the following is our current schematic proposal for the first project. perspective
The saying goes, "The Devil is in the details" and the quote denotes that neglect or overlooking of details can cause greater problems as time progresses. I have been thinking lately of this quote and reflecting about how I obsess over details in my life and career. Architectural design is full of details, small and [...]
Professor Pastre brought Becca and me along today to meet with Bob Lisi, executive vice president of Dolphin, a design / build firm. Bob has agreed to allow us to use whatever scraps might be left over at each construction site that would otherwise go to waste. The first site we visited was a construction [...]
After taking a night off to give our minds and bodies a good rest, we reconvened in studio today to make a final decision. It was pretty evident that our decision had already been made for us based on the both constructive criticism and honest truths of each scheme given to us by the jurors. [...]
Ok... So to rehash what's been going on up to this point, we each came up with an individual idea last week. Those were narrowed down to 4 concepts on which we all teamed up on to work on further as groups. (By "all" and "groups", of course, I'm referring to the first three concepts, [...]
Minutes are turning into hours as the four Studio V groups try to finish and polish their designs before presentations on Wednesday. Groups are working diligently and are making a final push to have everything in order for tomorrow. My group has made incredible strides and have thrown together many different ideas on how to [...]