DESIGN+BUILD PROJECTS BY CLEMSON COMMUNITY BUILD
It's really satisfying to see the Crop Stop coming together. We have all put in a lot of time to make sure the Crop Stop is of the highest quality, and it is really evident no matter where you observe it from. I hate to have to toot our own horns, but when you get [...]
Thursday, Charleston County Buildings Inspector Director Carl Simmons came by the shop to inspect studio v's crop stop kitchen. Unfortunately, none of us could be there because we all had class, but professor Pastre reported to us afterwards that Mr. Simmons gave us a thumbs up on all of our framing and the go ahead [...]
Our dogtrot is one of the coolest features of our kitchen design. Unfortunately, we haven't been able to install it yet because our Cypress wood has been held up in Atlanta until Friday. For the dogtrot, we will install cypress for the decking, walls, and ceiling. I especially look forward to that "punched out" feeling [...]
Cheops (or Khufu in Egyptian) was the pharaoh of Egypt from 2650BC to 2630BC, and was the builder of the Great Pyramid at Giza. Studio V knows this for a fact, and put in two full days of work over this weekend in order to close the gap on the schedule. As of friday, we [...]
The chassis had been ground down and de-rusted using a special chemical that changed the iron oxide into iron phosphate. This stabilized the steel and prepared it for reinforcements to be welded on. The way the chassis is constructed, there are two larger beams that run the full length from front to back, with flanges jutting [...]
This Monday we continued to produce, examine, and refine our construction documents. We took an in depth look at things such as how our facade will attach to our exterior walls, corner details, as well as roof framing details, and how it will meet the walls. The team has also been refining the budget by [...]
Despite the weather delays, the studio is still eager to proceed on the project. We have all collaborated and agreed that merging our two groups' projects would create a successful design. Team A's functionality and Team 1's aesthetic appeal will together make for a very unique and useful kitchen prototype. We will continue to work [...]
We're just under halfway through the next wave of conceptual designs. This time we have been divided into two groups in order to push our concepts further. Coming together in this stage really helps us push each other to further our individual ideas and combine them. Our group is working towards a design that incorporates [...]
This Sunday, our studio met for a few hours in the afternoon just to see what everyone had got done and worked on since Friday. Professor Pastre was there to meet with us and got around to talk to all of us to give us inspiration and check to make sure we were all still [...]
... and to think what nobody else has thought. -Albert Szent-Gyorgyi The team is right in the middle of our research on commercial kitchens, and we've discovered all kinds of ideas that others have had, and are beginning to develop many of our own. We must fight the urge to jump ahead though, and continue [...]