DESIGN+BUILD PROJECTS BY CLEMSON COMMUNITY BUILD
After having our review with Jason and Rodney last Tuesday, we have broken up into groups and began the stage of small group design. We were grouped up into teams of 3 and 4 based off of what design strengths we possess would help aid other people in our group the best. One of the [...]
This week marks the transition from collective exploration to individual concept development within our pavilion design project. After having a successful review with Jason and Rodney, we are now taking all of the information and wants from from the city to design our own concept pavilions. The move toward individual concept design represents an important [...]
We have made tremendous strides for the Plymouth Park picnic pavilion this last week. We have managed to assemble the majority of the structure with all five of the truss systems being upright along with the cross bracing being attached. This week, we are hoping to have the structure completed in its entirety by Friday [...]
After about seven weeks of planning, designing, and building, we’re finally close to finished on the Old Towne Creek Donor Wall and it has been a complete success so far all things considered. What started as a rough planning process working through the best way to fabricate the pieces and producing a material count, has [...]
Today marks the first day back in studio from Spring Break last week. The week before break we made a lot of progress on the donor wall for the Old Towne Creek project. We managed to get all three walls framed and walled with MDO within about a week of studio time. We did have [...]
For the past week or so in studio, I have been a part of the group that is in charge of creating shop drawing for a project that was started last semester at the Old Towne Creek Park. The shop drawings themselves have been a great learning experience for myself because I get to actually [...]
The process of design is often not a straight path. Each turn presents itself with a unique set of problems and issues that need to be resolved. In some cases, certain paths will eventually lead you to a dead end in which you need to backtrack and start over again. However, a wise man once [...]
Designing any structure for a client can be very difficult sometimes, almost as if you're solving a puzzle. However, the process of creating a design and presenting it can sometimes be forgotten by those who aren't involved. For example, there are multiple stages of iterations that most people won't see outside of the immediate team [...]
As many of you know, there is supposed to be a major cold front moving through Charleston within the next 48 hours. One that can bring many people back to the snowfall of January 2018. Approximately six years ago, Charlestonians experienced one of the biggest snowfalls of its history with 5.3 inches of snow which [...]