DESIGN+BUILD PROJECTS BY CLEMSON COMMUNITY BUILD
In Intro to Craft class we had the privilege of touring the Charleston Library Society facility on King Street. The library society is one of the oldest cultural institutions in the country, where a group of intellectual elites in the mid-1700s began purchasing books from England, shipping them to Charleston, and trading amongst themselves. Today, [...]
Today in studio we received some feedback from our structural engineer, John Moore, on the CD set we had sent to him for his approval. John sent us back some of our sheets with his own markups, indicating elements that needed to change or be adjusted. A lot of the comments that were discussed today [...]
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 [...]
In Field Studies, we started our 3rd and final sketch zone for the semester. A lot of the zone covers the south end of King St. up to Calhoun St. We have all been excited for this zone, as there are many beautiful buildings to sketch all within walking distance. We all met at the [...]
We are looking to have our CD set sent out to John, our structural engineer, later this week which means its grind time in the studio! After spending last week getting the model generally set up in Revit, we welcomed the return of David today and started resolving some of the more complex details. Some [...]
This past weekend, most of the class put in a handful of hours in the studio to keep things on schedule. Some studio members have been working on perfecting the revit model and fixing small issues and errors that we have come across. Others have been correcting the rebar and making adjustments to the concrete [...]
The block party finally occurred after weeks of working on our group installations! We all arrived bright and early to the event space tired but ready to go. My group had to put the finishing touches on our design by sticking all the parts together and lifting it to meet its columns while other groups [...]
Tomorrow is the Reynolds Avenue Homecoming event for our Intro to Craft class. The groups have been working hard this week to produce cardboard installations, graphics, and signage for this event. My group has been working on an installation that draws from the ropemaking traditions of historic Charleston, and the sensory experience of light, to [...]
This week we have officially moved on from design and are beginning the build half of the semester. We are quickly transitioning into design development and construction documentation! We have divided into teams, site plan, bench details, calendar, slab, and Revit modeling. In these teams we are working to take our design concept and finalize [...]
This week in ITC, groups are starting to build their designs for the Metanoia Block Party this weekend. All of the projects that are being built are constructed out of cardboard. My group has come up with a design for seating that is inspired by the craft of traditional Gullah Geechee quilting. Our design includes [...]