DESIGN+BUILD PROJECTS BY CLEMSON COMMUNITY BUILD
Last night we pretty much finished the mock up. It took a lot of hard work and some careful decisions to finish. I think that its important though, to acknowledge the process we took to get to this finished result. One of the larger scale models we made was a good example of this. By making the [...]
As we near getting the design ironed out we are constantly designing the details of everything. This includes the compost area, storage, the water collection system, the walkway, and the planting it self. Every time we begin to think of solutions we are constantly and simultaneously thinking of construction and cost. Although the tasks ahead are a little daunting, [...]
Last week was a big push to get where we are now. Each group was working like crazy to be prepared for our upcoming reviews and meetings. With all the constant work and late nights, I personally feel it is important to always manage your time to provide for some free time. Sometimes that managing [...]
We have now all started on our first attempts at designing vertical gardens for Elliotborough. The key is to try to relate this design to the things we have learned from our fruit and vegetable study models. I have learned to create a kind of generative from. I am also trying to study the connections [...]
In between watching the NFL conference championships, watching the Texas A&M basketball team dominate Kansas State, and eating some delicious meals from awesome downtown Charleston eatieries, my studiomates and I have been making progress this last weekend. Prospective sites have been established (which I don't want to reveal as to build suspense) and we are beginning to [...]