Author: Craner13

Any design starts with a set of carefully developed construction documents that show how elements (even down to the fine details) will be built. For the moment, everything seems perfect and all details are solved. Sometimes when you begin fabrication however, you realize that some details may not work as well as originally intended, and [...]

While most of our classmates are dedicating time to the fabrication of our design, some of us are behind the scenes, making all of the construction documents that are being used by the fabrication team. It is important to have an accurate set of drawings as we begin construction, but these drawings will also be [...]

Today in studio, we took a look at the mock-ups that the team made over the weekend. We started off with a discussion about the door: overall size & weight, slat size, slat spacing, number of slats, metal framing, & weld quality. We then tested the door with a light behind it to see how [...]

  One of the best parts of being in Studio V, is the opportunity to learn more about construction techniques and woodworking skills. After participating in a safety training of all machines, students have 24 hour access to the woodshop. All Studio V students also gain even more experience during an elective course, Introduction to [...]

The focus of studio yesterday (Wednesday), was to reflect on comments and decisions made during the review, and discuss plans for how we move forward. The Slat Shack has been chosen as the focus for design, but there still a lot of areas that need to be researched and detailed. In order to work most [...]

    Following our review, the next step will be to split up into three groups of three and continue to develop design ideas for the client. Professor Pastre needed a night to think hard about the group organization, because there are two main ways that groups could be formed moving forward, and the grouping [...]

As architecture students, it is important to research, understand, and design for the many different scales of a project. We need to zoom way out to understand how our project will impact the environment and community where it is placed, and also how it relates to other elements on the chosen site. Zoom in once [...]

After a great first visit to the site, and exciting conversations with our client, we started an official kick-off for this project and hit the ground running. Yesterday our studio class period was dedicated to an intense brainstorming session. We discussed areas of the project that would need further background research, such as: John's Island/Kiawah [...]