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The Farm Stand at the William Enston Home Urban Fa

The Farm Stand at the William Enston Home Urban Farm managed by The Green Heart Project now has a cistern and rain gardens! Thank you to the Clemson Extension Master Rain Gardeners for your knowledge and efforts at last Friday’s install.

We're overwhelmed by the generosity of Bill & Laur

We're overwhelmed by the generosity of Bill & Laura Pelham! Their $3 million Academic Cornerstone gift to the Clemson University School of Architecture will open doors for talented students from the Fine Arts Center of Greenville and provide additional support for the Emerging Scholars program. Read more about how their gift will have an impact for years to come!

⁣ Last Thursday a Community Build partner, The G

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Last Thursday a Community Build partner, The Green Heart Project, had their Harvest Dinner hosted at the William Enston Home. ⁣
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Home of their urban garden and farm stand, that our fall of 2019 class designed and built.⁣
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What a beautiful thing to see the work produced from this program being a genuine place for the community in it’s entirety. A place of gathering, growth, and positivity.⁣
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Cheers to what architecture CAN DO! 💜🧡

Yesterday we were trying to beat the clock! We ha

Yesterday we were trying to beat the clock!
We had incoming bad weather so we worked hard and fast in the morning to get the ridge beam and some of the rafters up!

Thanks to Grandscapes, we were also able to use the skid steerer to start making a path for the concrete that will be poured later this week!

Only 5 days left!

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With one week left we are hopeful to finish! We

With one week left we are hopeful to finish!

We started creating the railing frames on site, but a group of us will finish the railings in the shop.

While some of us were focused on the railings, others worked on framing the roof! We got the beams up and now we will work to get the ridge beam up!

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Progress report! 🚨 Over the past couple of day

Progress report! 🚨

Over the past couple of days we have accomplished a lot! We finished the foot bridge and decking the main bridge. We also started working on railings and started preparing for the roof!

Keep checking our page for more updates! We still have lots to do :)

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Today we are thanking BluTide Marine Construction

Today we are thanking BluTide Marine Construction Co. for the immense generosity they provided to us by driving the piers that got the construction of the project started. Without them, we would not have a bridge at all!

We would like to thank Sandy Peabody from Peabody

We would like to thank Sandy Peabody from Peabody and Associates for their time and labor. They provided us with a site survey of the pond and they helped us determine the appropriate calculations for the ramp and bridge across the pond. They also spent the time teaching us how the equipment works!

We would like to use this week to express our grat

We would like to use this week to express our gratitude towards the various businesses and organizations that have helped us turn this project from an idea, into a reality.

To begin, we would like to thank the Charleston Parks Department, and the Charleston Parks Conservancy. Both of the organizations have been deeply engrained with the project from the start. They joined us in community conversations, helping with project logistics, and provided us the location along the West Ashley Bikeway for us to build at.

A special thanks goes out to the community members of West Ashley, whose generous donations helped to fund the materials used for the project.

While some of us worked on the small bridge, other

While some of us worked on the small bridge, others worked on trimming down the posts for the railings.

Today we are finishing the small bridge and working more towards decking the large bridge!

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Yesterday the posts were set, the large bridge fou

Yesterday the posts were set, the large bridge foundation was almost complete, and we started the small bridge!

Today was a successful full day of work! Stay tuned to see what we achieved tomorrow👀

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Over the last 2 days we have been hard at work dig

Over the last 2 days we have been hard at work digging holes and getting the decking frame done! Today we will be working on the small bridge and setting the posts!

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Another day another joist! We finished laying ou

Another day another joist!

We finished laying out the joists and now we are onto the bridge portion of our project! Can’t wait to dig some holes..!

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We’ve been working hard and fast! We laid out th

We’ve been working hard and fast! We laid out the temporary scaffolding and now we are notching the piers! Stay tuned for more updates tomorrow :)

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Officially broke ground at Mulberry Crossing!!! Bi

Officially broke ground at Mulberry Crossing!!! Big shout out to Blu Tide for driving the piles for us! Let construction begin!!!

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What a beautiful day to go out on site, be eaten a

What a beautiful day to go out on site, be eaten alive by bugs, clear out some undergrowth and prepare for construction!!

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Moving forward! We have almost finalized our desig

Moving forward! We have almost finalized our design which means we move on to the next step!

Our class met with structural engineer, John Moore, on Wednesday. His input was very helpful in progressing our design. Today we will be working on improving the structure and finalizing our design before we head off for spring break!

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Today we met with the Charleston Parks Conservancy

Today we met with the Charleston Parks Conservancy to give them an update on our design for the Mulberry Crossing.

Swipe to see the model, plan, elevation, section, and a few renderings!!

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Last week we spent the day at the site with the SC

Last week we spent the day at the site with the SC licensed surveyor, Sandy Peabody! We enjoyed learning about how surveying is done and how the equipment is used! Thanks to Peabody & Associates we will have a more accurate representation of our site’s topography!

Click the link in our bio to see more about Peabody & Associates

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It has been chosen! Our site this year is the stor

It has been chosen! Our site this year is the storm water retention pond between the West Ashley Bikeway and Mulberry Street. Swipe to see our pet goose Gerald and the site we will be working at this semester!

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