COVERAGE OF THE DESIGN/BUILD PROJECTS BY STUDIO V OF THE CLEMSON ARCHITECTURE CENTER IN CHARLESTON
After a very eventful weekend, including a screening of a few Saturday night football games at Jim's on our structure... yeah, that happened. It was just great to unwind after this jampacked semester as a studio and take a moment to appreciate all of our hard work. Of course, Monday approached, and with two days [...]
Flu... bronchitis... sinus infections... pick your poison, because with a small studio of 11, it only takes one of those bad boys to really ruin your day and with only twelve days left, we cannot kill any progress or motivation on project two. Having the early signs of the flu and knowing that it spreads [...]
Studio V had round two this morning with the Charleston Design Review Committee. However, instead of the comfort of having Professor Pastre present in front of the board - today was a student lead presentation. So, a tip of the hat goes to two of our undergraduate students for doing a superb job in this [...]
Samuel Mockbee, founder of the Rural Studio, believed that architects by nature are leaders and teachers, and the proof is in project one. The purpose of a design build studio is beginning to dawn on me, because this first project has taken every student in Studio V, and created a leader and a teacher out [...]
It's the day after presenting in front of the Design Review Committee, and it hit me this morning that we wouldn't be putting this project away with previous ones. We are only just beginning, and now we continue to design and begin building! As soon as class began, Professor Huff, from Studio U gave our [...]
As the hours to the schematic review deadline approach, one cannot help but notice the change in the studio. You can walk up to the third floor and feel the nervous anticipation and excitement in the air. As students move in their tools for the workspace, caffeine and snack foods -that may or may not [...]