DESIGN+BUILD PROJECTS BY CLEMSON COMMUNITY BUILD
On Monday for our Field Studies course, the students got to take a break from the slab site work and participate in sketching the "Sword Gate" house at 32 Legare Street. The study of the site plan for this house was uniquely interesting, as it was essentially a compound of various structures within one property. [...]
As the semester has progressed on through design iterations, presentations, and cd sets, it finally is approaching "go time". This week is a full send on shop drawings and material counts / orders so we may start fabrication in the wood shop as soon as this weekend or next week. Currently something that I have [...]
Last week on we had a meeting about the engineering of our structure. Each semester this day is almost like a holiday, as it is such an amazing time being able to converse with John and his wealth of knowledge. During this meeting we discussed proper member sizings, slab reinforcements, bench structure cantilevers, formwork for [...]
A majority of our studio is enrolled in a Field Studies course that focuses on observational sketching of local architecture. Throughout this course we have been producing a plethora of sketches within the downtown Charleston area, however this past Saturday the class changed up the scenery and took a trip to Middleton Inn by WG [...]
As we are progressing with small group designs, it can be tough to land on a concept that really clicks... however it seems the best thing to do is to propose essentially anything - rather than waiting for the perfect ideas to arise from no where (it'll never happen). Throwing anything onto the table without [...]
This week as we begin the "Individual Design" phase, it may be important to utilize some skills and knowledge from one of our other ongoing courses. Currently we are also enrolled in an "Intro to Craft" course, in which we have completed two precedent study assignments. The course and precedent study assignments that we have [...]
Great progress has been made on the site with the installation of all the rafters and almost all of the purlins. The rafter installation process went relatively smooth with only a few cross-brace systems needing to be shaved down due to having too tight of a fit. Other than those slight adjustments here and there, [...]
This week we've begun fabrication for Plymouth Park. So far we've completed almost all the fabrication for the columns, have successfully cut all the pieces out for the north side's cross bracing, and finished priming all of the cut cross brace pieces for painting. For the columns that are built, we have already applied the [...]
Since being back from break its been hard to get back into the swing of things. Although Monday and Tuesday this week felt relatively slow, somehow we have blinked and it is already at the end of the week. Despite this slow feeling, we've hit the ground running and hopped back into where we left [...]
As of Tuesday we have sent a CD set to our structural engineer to review and redline. While we await the return of the redlines we are going to determine finalized floorplan iterations for Plymouth Park and begin the fabrication process for the Old Towne Creek project. Once we get the greenlight from a structural [...]