We are making progress on the slab. Due to an afternoon field trip for another class yesterday, we weren't able to make it to the site until around 5:30pm, right as the sun was setting. We quickly got to work tamping the soil and fixing the walls of the turndown, making sure they were vertical [...]
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Pythagoras, my hero
This weekend was a long one. We're nearly done with our CDs and about ready to start the mockup. On Saturday, Katie, Perry, and I went to the site to take out a portion of the community garden fence and mark out the extents of our concrete slab. Armed with 3 tape measures and a [...]
Breaking the Rules
"Don't set up rules for yourself that your design is required to follow. Allow for freedom and multifunctionality, and let it be nimble about what it does". More or less (mostly less) of a direct quote from Pastre. But that's essentially what the theme was yesterday. We have pushed our review that was supposed to [...]
Picking up the pace
After our presentation on Wednesday, we were organized into four groups of three members in order to combine and refine our concepts and come up with four designs for the next review (September 29). Each group has its own specific design focus: Roofs, Entry sequence, Site/Big and small, and Playful/"Sexy" (not my choice of word). [...]
Atypical collaboration
Today is our first presentation before members of the Charleston Parks Conservancy. While we're only presenting our analysis of the site and potential schematic plans, it still feels like we have a lot to show. I've never presented a project with eleven other students before, so I'm not exactly sure what to expect during the [...]