Barrett Armstrong

See ya later, concrete!

on December 2, 2011December 2, 2011 By Barrett Armstrong

As I sit listening to the Elf soundtrack, I can’t help but think about all of the eggnog I’ll be drinking, all of the gingerbread cookies I’ll be eating, all of the times I’ll be watching A Christmas Story, and all of the work I won’t be doing after our project in Corinne Jones Park [...]

The concrete is (partly) poured!

on November 14, 2011November 14, 2011 By Barrett Armstrong

I am pleased to say that today was a monumental step in the progress we’re making at Corinne Jones Park. With the help of Steve Gross, ten of the wall segments were poured and finished. It was a tedious process working with the concrete truck - filling, shoveling, vibrating, re-filling, shoveling out, vibrating more, shoveling [...]

FINALLY given the green light…

on November 1, 2011November 1, 2011 By Barrett Armstrong

Well, today was a tiny Victory for Studio V (did you see what I did with the V there?). We have been fully immersed in a flurry of red sawdust and concrete crumbs since last Monday, working to erect a full-scale section of the wall to be built in Corrine Jones Park, and today our [...]

A timely timeline

on October 13, 2011October 13, 2011 By Barrett Armstrong

Well… Since I didn’t have any classes today, I thought I might go ahead and get a head start on this post… But where to start?! So much has happened in the past week, it’s hard to keep track. I’m sure as a reader outside of the studio, it’s probably pretty hard to keep up [...]

Intentional Mistakes?

on September 29, 2011September 29, 2011 By Barrett Armstrong

I’ve been thinking lately about what our work and our process look like to someone who is not as design-oriented. So, for those of you reading who may not be all that familiar with the architectural (or landscape architectural) design process, I thought I would provide a little insight into how we come about the [...]

Designing and building with Studio V

on September 16, 2011September 16, 2011 By Barrett Armstrong

As we have a lull in major activity (we are currently in the individual design phase of our project), I thought I’d take a step back to reflect on a couple of the differences between this design-build studio and all of the previous Landscape Architecture studios I’ve been a part of. At Clemson, our studios [...]

“Well hello, Corrine Jones. It’s a pleasure to meet you…”

on September 1, 2011September 1, 2011 By Barrett Armstrong

So it looks like I get to be the guy that tests the waters with this whole blog thing! I thought I may start the semester with a nice little introduction to our site and the project we’ll be doing, but being the upstanding guy that he is, Prof. Pastre has already given an all-encompassing [...]