DESIGN+BUILD PROJECTS BY CLEMSON COMMUNITY BUILD
Today we kicked off our year-long project with a collaborative presentation between the Historic Preservation students and the Community + Build studio, sharing our work with project partners in the forum. We had a group join both in person and via Zoom, helping guide an early discussion that will shape the design process moving forward. [...]
Starting the afternoon with Duck Donuts (shout out Malu and her firm Coast Architects) and a short standup, we all started work on getting the finishing touches of our research and precedent presentation together. Site analysis, local history, and precedent studies are all deep in research for a comprehensive display to the Conservancy of the [...]
With spring cleaning complete and the initial site visit for this semester's sweetgrass stand project concluded, students now pivot to compiling project information, research, and precedent studies for their upcoming presentation on Wednesday. Both the architecture students and historic preservation students are currently collaborating to make this happen. All hands on deck! While everybody is [...]
From kicking off our studio project to wrapping up spring cleaning, there has been a lot of excitement over the past couple days in studio. On Thursday, we travelled to Kiawah for a first look at our site for the year. It was exciting to finally see it in person and walk the paths that [...]
With the Spring Cleaning phase coming to an end, only a handful of projects remain to be finished. The tallest task among the remaining cleanups includes the project at Stephen Washington Park. The crew responsible for this project must finish their design solution to comply with ADA codes. At this pavilion, there are a couple [...]
As spring break cleaning continues through the week, many of these past builds are looking great with their fresh touch ups! In addition to the handrails over at Forest Park, another group was in charge of repairing a loose joint at Enston Homes, as well as documenting some damage at Mulberry Park's dock build. [...]
In the wake of the new semester, all thirteen students are hard at work repairing and touching up some of the builds of the previous years. This will allow all of the students to get some practice on low stakes projects to get our feet wet in the world of construction and building. My two [...]
The studio held our final review for the semester today, gathering faculty, staff, students, and community members under our pavilion. Even though the structure isn’t fully complete, it was exciting to share the project and see the enthusiasm the community and city had for it. The review felt less like a critique and more like [...]
For the past little while the class has been on site, rushing to get everything built for Wednesday. Over the weekend, all the furniture was welded, grinded, and painted. Additionally, the central columns were placed, and the central beams were installed. Today, we put up the outer columns, which was followed by the outer beams [...]
We are currently at a pivotal point in our build where as soon as we finish the welding the steel, we are able to start construction! This week the columns have been cut and painted. We pre-drilled the columns and will align them to the beams to pre-drill those as well. The city is helping [...]