Exciting news! After weeks of failed attempts to make our craft project work at full scale, we finally figured it out! Check out how happy Erica was at 10 pm last night!! Something to note: The bigger the extruder, the more difficult it is to push out the clay. So, for us girls, it takes [...]
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It works!
Erica, Raechel, and I have been working hard the past few weeks to get our Intro to Craft Project to actually work. After many, MANY, failed attempts we finally have a working project just in time for mid review!! Our first two forms, which were 3d printed, ended up snapping in the extruder from the [...]
Yay, Silt Fence!!!
A few of us went out to the site yesterday to put up the silt fence. We had five rolls to get up and we finished it up in a few hours! Some things we learned along the way: Make sure you pull the trencher in the right direction so the dirt ends up [...]
Field Studies Update
We have had clear skies (so far) to complete our sketches for field studies. I'm sharing some favorite spots from Zone 1... The curve and door detail at 1 Broad Street really stood out. It made for a fun sketch! After many hours of sitting on the ground, Erica and I searched for somewhere we [...]
Deadlines, Details, Debates.
Deadlines We had a sharp deadline in studio yesterday afternoon. We worked hard to finish up all the design details so we could get the final design sent to the client. Details We tried out a ton of brick patterns to border the slab of the pavilion. We are thinking about a 90 degree herringbone..... [...]
Singleton Update!
We worked hard Last Sunday to finish the formwork at Singleton! We are very excited to see the project finally moving along. The rain over the past few weeks set us a little back on our progress from last time, but the team shoveled quickly to be ready to put the rebar in position by [...]
One roof, Two roofs…….
Decisions, decisions, decisions! We are currently designing the roof of our pavilion and the topic of discussion was one roof or two roofs... I think we'll do two! We are all working hard in our small groups to have designs ready to show our clients on Friday. We love working [...]
History & Theory Walk
We met at The Gaillard Building last Friday morning for our second field studies walk for our History & Theory class! Seeing the city after all the readings and movies from class was eye opening for sure! Maher showed us around the area and spoke to us about the importance of "place." [...]
Details Details Details…
We got a closer look into the details of the Singleton project yesterday afternoon after talking with last year's build team, and later today we will finally visit the site for the upcoming project. We are working hard to study the details of the client, the site, and project precedents! Friday kicked off this precedent [...]