DESIGN+BUILD PROJECTS BY CLEMSON COMMUNITY BUILD
Everyone is hard at work getting material counts and final designs completed. The walls, trellis, benches, and shelves are being designed down to the hardware choices so they can be done before we start mock-ups. For the rest of the structure, we are pulling material counts in order to do shop drawings and an updated [...]
Pictured: David Pastre brainstorming solutions with the students. Getting back into the groove this semester hasn't been easy for anyone, but things are really starting to pick up pace. It has been all hands on deck to get material counts, design, adjustments/changes, and an updated cost estimate completed. As we work through these details we [...]
Pictured: Team Meeting and Talking Strategy As we settle back into the groove of the semester and studio work, the team has been dialing in material counts and shop drawing details for our project. It's an exciting time in the studio, with us all figuring out how we are actually going to build our pavilion [...]
This Friday the studio continued to begin organizing/designing components of the project. Some groups are working out drawings for the decking structure, others are designing smaller components, the project schedule/calendar is continuing to develop, and cost estimation is in the works as information is being collected. The rainy afternoon set some good vibes for the [...]
Not to be confused with PEMDAS, we’re currently figuring out the most efficient use of our time while we wait for the next steps of the project. Since we are waiting on the MOU (Memorandum of Understanding - a fun part of the legal process that we got to learn about) and the permits to [...]
After a round of riveting summer adventure tales from my classmates, we got right back to work on our first day back in the design studio class. The first order of business was to figure out all that we needed to do to complete out build before the end of the semester. This involved setting [...]
The semester has "official" ended. Closing ceremonies and final presentations were yesterday, and we got to show off the work we did in our internships and Community 1:1 classes. I am one of the lucky few who still needs to wrap up their final design for their Community 1:1 class. I spent the semester designing [...]
We're in the end credits scene of the semester. Today we have our Community 1:1 breakfast presenting posters of our nonprofit work and the Cigar Factory closing social displaying projects from other classes. We're still waiting to hear if the City of Charleston can provide a more powerful generator to complete the welding job out [...]
We finally finished preparing everything to take to the site at Stephen Washington Park. A group headed out early in the morning to drill the table we had prefabricated in the shop and luckily, everything fit and worked exactly as planned!!! We also had a bit of fun in the kids' park since it was [...]
The group has been making steady progress as we get close to wrapping up the semester. Yesterday we continued working on a variety of tasks. We just received structural updates from John Moore on the project with the Conservancy of the Sea Islands. With this information, we aim to apply the corrections to our construction [...]