DESIGN+BUILD PROJECTS BY CLEMSON COMMUNITY BUILD
Obsessive Compulsive Design I have been stressing lately to the students to stay organized. We are at a critical moment in the construction process where we are making many pieces, some small and some large that all need to go together perfectly. Not only do we need to make sure things are made correctly, but [...]
One of the most inspiring aspects of working on new and different projects each semester is that the design and construction solutions are vastly different from site to site and project to project. That being said, each semester we seem to find ourselves experimenting with materials new to me, which typically leads to us using [...]
This past Friday we were joined by four architects from the Stubbs, Muldrow, Herin Architecture firm of Mt. Pleasant for our construction detail and mock-up review. We met at last semesters project site, the Corinne Jones Playground, and received lots of great advise on how to further refine the many details of the viewing structure [...]
It's sometimes said if you get your hands dirty, you've become involved in something where the realities might compromise your principles. It can also mean though that a person is not just stuck in an ivory tower dictating strategy, but is prepared to put in the effort and hard work to make the details actually [...]
There have been just a few times that I have come across something that energizes me and reminds me why I do what I do. Here is one of those moments: A few weeks ago my colleague Dan Harding in Clemson sent me an email with a video attachment. I opened it on my phone [...]
Tomorrow morning is our first review with the artist Motoi Yamamoto. He will be in Japan joining us via Skype. We will be presenting to Motoi and Mark Sloan three schemes for better viewing the Return to the Sea: Saltworks show which will be debuting this spring at the Halsey Gallery of Contemporary Art during [...]
The students are working through their group designs this weekend as well as working on a studio site model. There's a lot to do before Friday's review, where after, we will choose the direction to continue working for the rest of the semester. Everyone seems to be working hard, but I think there is time [...]
I have been writing over my past few posts on the topic of inspiration. On this topic I first wrote about the passing of Steve Jobs, someone who's creative spirit and personal drive I find an inspiration, and last week I wrote about searching for inspiration in unexpected places and made the argument that the [...]
This post picks up on an idea I wrote on last semester, and I expect to elaborate on at a later date as well. Directions for the above "Can of Inspiration": Add 1% invisible inspiration to 99% perspiration for the original, Thomas Edison inspired formula - and get the job done! Once opened, content will [...]
We always begin every studio project with some background research pertaining to the subject at hand. This process is necessary, yet the process can often be a bit boring. Dredging though books and websites for necessary information to inform the design can sometimes take the wind out of the sails of the students who begin [...]