DESIGN+BUILD PROJECTS BY CLEMSON COMMUNITY BUILD
This post is a bit out of sequence. I was supposed to write a closing post for last semester's work over the break, but that never happened. The main reason is I needed a break as much as the students did, but also, the topic I was going to write about changed in my head [...]
I had every intention to post this entry last weekend over the Thanksgiving break, but life got the better of me. It would have been more timely then, but I'd now like to take this opportunity to thank some people and groups who have been integral in helping with this semester's Studio V project. There [...]
I will apologize ahead of time for the rambling I am about to compose. It has been a busy weekend and I know that I speak for everyone involved when I admit, I am exhausted. All weekend long I had a hard time gauging our progress at the park. It would seem as if we [...]
Saturday began as usual. We all met out on site and began shifting the wall forms around on the foundation until they fit well and then we began to fasten them together with the necessary 1/4" space in between each form. Once the students seemed to have it all under control, I left to spend [...]
We've all heard the old adage "measure twice, cut once", but we in Studio V do things a little differently. I remember today going like this: measure once, cut twice, measure again, scratch our heads, go back to the CAD drawing, discuss..., Re-measure, Re-cut, Re-measure again, Re-scratch our heads (this time for the No-see-ums too), [...]
It has been a very busy weekend at 1 Simons Street. Studio V and ITC students have been sharing the CAC.C fabrication headquarters to prepare for reviews Monday and Tuesday respectively. The Studio V mock-up made great strides over the weekend. Friday we tested our idea of twisting steel angle for the shading part of [...]
I know I speak for all of Studio V when I say it feels great to finally start making stuff. It's not that the work so far this semester has not been productive or without purpose, but now the fruits of all that labor are about to pay off. This weekend marked the start of [...]
I left studio on Friday leaving the students with a few websites to check out over the weekend that I find inspiration from. My intention for this post was to elaborate on that idea, but I've found this to be too broad a topic to cram into one post, so I will try to elaborate [...]
"I love the winning, I can take the losing, but most of all I Love to play". - Boris Becker My soccer coach in high school said this quote once and it has always stuck with me. My guess is he used it to keep the team enthusiastic about the "game" after a string of [...]
It was 10:30 Saturday morning and I was sitting in my house watching the rain fall wondering how the park fund-raising party was going to be pulled off, or even if it would happen at all. Luckily the rain stopped around noon and the sun came out. While rain continued to threaten the rest of [...]