Hello again. There is much to share from this last week, weekend, and yesterday. Some of what I am sharing has been discussed in previous posts but I wanted to share some of my personal experiences/achievements with these events. This post will mention several different events so I will try to be concise in my explanations of them.
Last week, I had the opportunity to go to the island of Sol Legare along Folly Road for the Inevitable Inundation course I am taking that I briefly mentioned in my last post. This was part of the first assignment in which each architecture grad student was paired with a grad historic preservation student and assigned a location around the Charleston area to study and prepare a presentation on the character of the community. I learned so much about this fascinating place during this process and really enjoyed exploring and re-telling its rich history.
This is a collage I made where I attempted to express some of the islands character through visual imagery.
Below are some images I took during my visit. If you have not heard of Sol Legare and it’s “Mosquito Beach” I encourage you to look into its history and the efforts that are taking place today in order to preserve it.
Over the course of last week, I spent several long nights in the shop learning how to weld and practiced my skills leading up to this past weekend. Which, by the way, was one the smoothest “crunchtimes” for a project, ever. Big thanks to the bridge project leads Maddi, Staci, and Makayla. I was extremely excited that I had the opportunity to actually weld some pieces together that will be used on the bridge. I owe a huge thank you to Maddie as she had the patience to devote some attention away from the bridge last week and pass on some of her experience and knowledge with welding to me. As many of my fellow classmates know, this is something I have been excited about gaining experience with since we arrived on day 1 and I really appreciated those who have supported me during this on-going learning experience. I really hope to continue to develop my welding skills and hopefully apply them to future side projects of my own one day.
Outside of class this weekend, while fishing on the upper Cooper River, I took some photos of the “Pompion Hill Chapel” which sits on a bluff along the river. This structure was built between 1763 and 1765 and has been preserved to an amazing degree. As expressed in my last post, I am a big history buff and this area of the low-country and specifically this area of Berkely County has a lot of significance in pre-revolutionary war history. In addition, the boat launch we used was the site of a skirmish that took place during the Revolutionary War. Ok I’ll leave it at that.
Today we had a lecture with LMN Architects who visited us from Seattle. I did not take any images during the lecture but I enjoyed their presentation of some completed works and their design processes. Also today we held our first pin-up for the Intro to Craft Class. Half of the class is working with casting concrete while the other half is working with bent wood laminations. John W (blue shirt guy) and I worked together on this project. We are now referred to as the “butterfly bois”. This of course is in reference to our working together on last semesters Butterfly House. Below are some images of our pin-up.
As you are reading this post. The A+CB squad along with the City of Charleston are installing the Ardmore bridge on site. Keep an eye out for the next post that will likely share some great content on this process!
Thanks for reading! 😀