Author: cgwooda

It's not often we get a spa day in studio. Unfortunately for us though, this spa wasn't for us but for our feet. And not our literal feet, but for the structural steel feet that will be supporting our entire pavilion. Now that the concrete has been poured and the chimney is well on its [...]

Great news! We officially have our permit!!! Woohoo!! Which means starting Friday, we’ll be starting our formwork and hopefully getting concrete poured early next week. In the meantime, we’ve tackled planing, routing, sanding, and painting every piece of wood that will be apart of our pavilion. We started out pretty slow, we’ve got the system [...]

Happy Wednesday and congratulations for making it half way through the week! Studio V has kept busy these past few days and getting our site ready for some concrete. Yesterday, we spent our studio at Olde Town Creek with a truckload of dirt. Shovel, rake, tamper, and repeat. While in the moment, it didn't seem [...]

Happy Monday! I hope everyone is enjoying their first few weeks of fall. These past few weeks have been jam packed with iterations and problem solving and it all lead up to something we finally checked off our to-do list on Friday... submit for permits! If you've been following along, last week we met with [...]

While Saturdays in Charleston are always an adventure, there's truly nothing that can compare to a Saturday in Death Valley. This weekend, I ventured on up to Clemson for the NC State Clemson game, and what a time it was. The 7 A.M. wakeup call on Saturday morning was well worth it to visit the [...]

Our predecessors were not joking when they said Studio V was a lot of overtime, but it's doesn't always feel like too much work. Our studio decided to gather on this rainy Sunday afternoon to resolve some final designs for our structure. Today was critical with starting our construction documents this week. The main topics [...]

Wow! What a semester it's been. Today is our last day of regular classes, and all of our presentations and final projects will be this upcoming week. While there have been many exciting things this semester, let's take a trip down memory lane and recap a few of my favorite things so far. #1: Our [...]

Good old Savannah, Georgia. Home to old live oak trees, steep stairs, cobblestone streets, and Forest Gump. We spent the day Wednesday exploring Savannah by foot. We started the day in groups wondering about and getting oriented with the city. Starting by the river, we walked up a set of stairs, and then up more [...]

Happy Friday! Everyone's favorite day of the week (mine at least)! This week we finally have teamed up for our group designs of Old Towne Creek. Before Spring Break, we had an individual design review with Matt, one of the planners for Charleston County Parks. When we came back this week, Matt had shared some [...]

Happy Friday! Oh what a week it's been. Let's recap... Monday started strong with some non-profit partnership work. I met with Rebekah over at Ripple, conveniently located on the ground floor of the Cigar Factory. The Ripple Fund is an awesome non-profit that provides a workspace used as an 'incubator space' for non-profit leaders in [...]