COVERAGE OF THE DESIGN/BUILD PROJECTS BY STUDIO V OF THE CLEMSON ARCHITECTURE CENTER IN CHARLESTON
As more materials come in, we get them ready to use on the Vat Shack. Yesterday Courtney and I finished getting the nails out of the wood siding so we can prepare them to be attached to the shack for the siding. After getting the nails out we sanded them down a little [...]
Things are starting to come along on the Vat Shack as the framing has begun to take shape. As stated in the previous post we are measuring 3 times before we cut because this is a precise process. With the majority of the framing up we can start measuring, cutting and welding the steel grate [...]
Over the weekend we were shown how to use a plasma cutter in order to remove the pieces we don’t need on the trailer and start building on top of it. It rained on us Sunday so we couldn’t dive into it as we planned, but today we will be getting to work on the [...]
Today we will meet with Enough Pie and Architect Kevan Hoertdoerfer to show them the mock ups and construction documents we’ve been working hard on for the past week. We’ll be able to show them at a smaller scale how things connect and how they will open & close. This is a great opportunity for [...]
On Friday we met with structural engineer John Moore of 4SE, Inc. to get feedback on the details and framing we have come up with for the Vat Shack as well as the structure of the trailer we will be using to build the shack on. We got some very good criticism from Mr. Moore [...]
Having 7 individuals with different design mentalities converge as one to form a large group after working in small groups is tough task. But after working in small groups having all 7 of us together will equal an exciting design phase as we normally don’t work in groups of more than 4 people. As [...]
Our second review is tomorrow and we are in design mode as we work to hone our ideas and have them be more concrete and pragmatic. Before, we were in the beginning stages and weren’t really focused on the small details, but we are now at the stage where we need to be as detailed [...]
Today is the last class we meet with and get feedback from professor Pastre on our ideas before finalizing them over the weekend in preparation for our review on Monday. The class has been working very hard this past week to come up with some innovative designs that are practical and meet the client’s needs. [...]
Now that we are done with the research phase, it is time to begin the design process. We have begun to design our own versions of the Mobile Vat Shack. Within the design phase we will take all the research we’ve gathered and apply them to our designs to get the best possible outcome for [...]