DESIGN+BUILD PROJECTS BY CLEMSON COMMUNITY BUILD
We are making Great progress on the masonry fireplace and oyster cooker for the new pavilion at Old Towne Creek Park. This is the first fireplace that the Community Build has done. Thank you verry much to our master mason "Ricky the Bricky" Grant. Today after learning a lot from Ricky and also moving literal [...]
Architecture and Historic Preservation students are partnering with the Eastside Community Development Center to conceptualize a way to share the Eastsides vibrant history and help maintain a sense of place in a rapidly changing part of the city. This project will also connect to the Unapologetically Eastside Virtual Tour that will give residents and victors an [...]
Storm Water Runoff is Everyone's Responsibility The James Lewis Apartments on Lee St. are an example to the industry The city of Charleston is well known for flooding during episodes of heavy downpour. As a result, all new commercial buildings are required to abate their runoff in some way. Many use underground tanks that store [...]
Magnolia Gardens Oyster Cooker Cooking oysters on a sheet of metal over an open flame is a venerated tradition in the low country. The oyster cooker above is more elaborate than the sawhorses that many people use. The Community Build Team Is constructing a similar one in the new pavilion we are building at Old [...]
Slipp Casting for ITC Class Introduction to Craft, a class that focuses on material production and craftsmanship is exploring ceramics this semester. Techniques that were experimented with included slab, extrusion, and slip casting. My partner and I settle on slip casting to create a series of open-ended nesting forms that have potential as a [...]
The Original St Andrews Misson Church The Current Church St. Andrews Mission Church This Semester several students have been creating documents, doing structural inspections and code study of the fellowship hall of the church. The goal is to help the church raise funds to repair the building so that they can continue [...]
Phillip Simmons Workshop Philip Simmons (June 9, 1912 – June 22, 2009) was an American artisan and blacksmith specializing in the craft of ironwork. Simmons spent 78 years as a blacksmith, focusing on decorative iron work.[1] When he began his career, blacksmiths in Charleston made practical, everyday household objects, such as horseshoes.[1] By the time he retired 77 years later, the craft was considered [...]
Clemson Architecture's Connection to the city: Students from CACC & our main campus in Clemson S.C. tour the east central neighborhood of Charleston. Here we are discussing the city's connection to the water and the potential to encourage ecological function in the urban environment. This photo shows Newmarket creek at the base of the Ravenel bridge. Thank [...]
Thanks Very much to Katie for letting us help save the monarch butterflies ! Katei's Krops is an amazing organization centered around gardening, education and feeding the less fortunate.. Monarch Medows is the area of the gardens that is designated as butterfly habitat. It includes plants that provide nectar for the mature monarchs as well [...]
If you haven't been to Bowen Island resttaurant yet be and go check it out. Its a great place to watch the sunset, and there are often dolphins playing around the dock. There is also a Kayak outfitter right there, so you could make the day of it. This is hidden gym, and one of [...]