DESIGN+BUILD PROJECTS BY CLEMSON COMMUNITY BUILD
We just sent out our CD set on Friday! This week, we will move forward this week by putting together our shop drawings, learning how to weld, and going out to our site to re-lay our slab. Soon we will break ground and level out our site. It won't be long before we are bending [...]
We've just begun our hands-on work in the woodshop as part of our Introduction to Craft class with Matthew Corbitt. This semester, we'll delve into working with clay and exploring various techniques. So far, we've learned how to mix and pour plaster to create molds for our designs. We're focusing on three key techniques for [...]
Across all architecture studios at the CDCC, undergraduate and graduate students have been paired up to research a variety of topics as we immerse ourselves back into the Lowcountry. Each topic pertains to key identifiers that make the city of Charleston so unique. From the Charleston Single to the evolution of the water's edge of [...]
Last week I assisted with the installation of Mulberry Park’s very own food forest – the first of its kind in South Carolina! The park will provide fresh fruits, nuts, and berries via a fruitful orchard free of charge for the local community. The food forest will be both community-led and driven. Upon receiving the [...]
These past two weeks have flown by! This is the second week of our group designs. Each group has designed an iteration of our pavilion to be presented this Friday (AKA tomorrow)! We are currently producing our deliverables to communicate our designs to the Charleston County Parks. Each group is responsible for also building a [...]
During Friday’s studio, our construction began on the Singleton A+cB project. The ten A+cB students this semester met on site and began digging the foundation for the pavilion and laid the formwork for the concrete slab. We had a lot of fun, and got some great practice for our project we will build next fall!
Happy Leap Day! This semester, I am partnering with the Charleston Parks Conservancy to assist with the future expansion of Mulberry Pond Park. The 5-acre site in West Ashley is home to two ponds on either side of Mulberry Street as well as three prior Clemson Architecture + Community Build projects: Spring 2021–Mulberry Pond Crossing, [...]