DESIGN+BUILD PROJECTS BY CLEMSON COMMUNITY BUILD
These past few weeks we have had several projects in the works, everyone contributing at some point. I have been helping with the design of the walls from the market stalls, focusing on the connection points and transparency of these walls through physical model making. . The process started in a small 2’x2’ mockup just [...]
Everyone has their part to play in finalizing the various details of our design before construction begins. Whether be iterations for the trellis, storage benches or display walls. Over the weekend some were working on more iterations based on discussion from Friday, while others were model making to flush out the logistics of the designs. [...]
The group is working together in shifts of 4-5 people to finish the table and benches for Stephen Washington Park. Yesterday, the morning shift made serious progress on bench 1, beveling and welding it together. The afternoon shift worked on grinding down the bench and priming the table that was finished being welded on Monday. [...]
Yesterday we had a momentary break on studio production to hold book club of Out of Architecture at Hampton Park. It was perfect weather and not too sunny under the shade of the trees, although everyone did leave with a little Spanish Moss entangled in our hair. Many brought lunch or coffee from local spots [...]
We are a day out from our presentation with the Conservancy of the Sea Islands where we will present the final design of the market pavilion! All are hard at work preparing for our meeting. Our team has been in the process of continually narrowing down on the concept, taking our designs from 13 individual [...]
Post first meeting with the council from Dolphin Architects, the Sea Islands Conservancy and the Gullah Geechee Chamber of Commerce representative Cory, we started site plan iterations for where the best locations for our stands would be. Some considerations driving these plans being visibility from the street/entrance, incorporation into nature and accessibility. With 3-5 iterations per [...]