The Puzzle Wall
Today in studio we finished assembling the new dividing wall in our space in the Cigar Factory located on East Bay St. in Charleston, SC. The wall was originally crafted as a facade light study for the original Clemson Design Center in Charleston, which made it through most stages of the design and planning stages, … Continue reading
Mission Completed
This week the students are wrapping up the Spring 2018 semester with final presentations and documentation of all work. Although it was a little bit late of our schedule, we finished up the Butterfly Book Nook with flying colors. We are all so pleased with the final results and so is the community! In addition … Continue reading
And then there was light!
So it has been a while since anyone of us has updated on the status of the Butterfly Book Nook Project, but it is finally complete. A lot of us have worked hard and long hours trying to complete this project with the best of our abilities. The roof panels thanks to troy and Austin … Continue reading
Truss The Process
Its been a little while since I’ve written a blog so I figured i would write a quick one based off of yesterdays progress. The truss’ are up!!! Yesterday we spent all day on site assembling the beams, connecting them to the posts and finally attaching the truss’. We used a system of blocking to … Continue reading
TRUSS THE PROCESS PT. 2
The past 4 days have been crazy, from getting all the shop drawings, lumber, cutting the lumber at weird angles, painting, & assembling the parts and pieces. Coming into the shop from 9:30am to 1:30am everyday was really tiring. But we can finally see the pavilion and how cool it really is going to be. … Continue reading
Truss in the process…
The trusses are cut, primed and assembled, and after a short layover in the painting booth, they will be on their way to the site! The project is progressing rapidly now and it won’t be long until the pavilion will be ready for action! Because all the pieces are prefabricated, we should be able to … Continue reading
Color Schemes
As some of our team began to put together the truss system for the roof over the weekend, I started to examine different color schemes that we could possibly use for the shade structure. Earlier in the design phase of our project, our client had mentioned about the possibility of incorporating the colors on the surrounding … Continue reading
Blast From the Past
The past few days have been primarily demolition and construction. This is the first time for everyone in our studio that we are building something we have designed ourselves. We have moved from models, drawings, and the computer into the real physical world. This experience has been an eye-opening one. Understanding the practicalities of building … Continue reading
Setting the foundation-Proceed at your own risk!
This weekend my studio v friends along with our professor tore down the old reading structure that once stood in the same relative location as our new structure sits. Today we started setting the post in the ground and making sure everything will line up exactly like we need in order to get our beams … Continue reading
It’s Hammer Time!!
That’s right!! Grab your pry bars, long handled sledges, steel toed boots, because it’s demo time! Tomorrow, Studio V will be on site to demolish the existing pavilion to make room for our new design. In addition, we are going to be submitting our construction documents (CD) set for approval on Monday. Things are really … Continue reading
