DESIGN+BUILD PROJECTS BY CLEMSON COMMUNITY BUILD
This week, we have been working on our individual design concepts for the development of Stephen Washington Park. It has been interesting to see all the different directions that the studio is pursuing through this design phase. I am in the group that is diving into designs based on integrated development in the playground. We [...]
Today we are continuing working through our individual design concepts for the Stephen Washington Park Pavilion. We only have 7 working days to flush out our designs, and 3 studio classes. After yesterday's studio period, we are all narrowing down on our final scheme and flushing out the details before we work on the deliverables. [...]
Design work has officially commenced in Studio V! Today, the class had a discussion recapping our client meeting from last week and the two site strategies that will be explored moving forward -- "In the play area" and "between the play area and baseball". The class was randomly split into these two groups, and as [...]
This week as we begin the "Individual Design" phase, it may be important to utilize some skills and knowledge from one of our other ongoing courses. Currently we are also enrolled in an "Intro to Craft" course, in which we have completed two precedent study assignments. The course and precedent study assignments that we have [...]
This week marks the transition from collective exploration to individual concept development within our pavilion design project. After having a successful review with Jason and Rodney, we are now taking all of the information and wants from from the city to design our own concept pavilions. The move toward individual concept design represents an important [...]
This week in studio, we shifted our focus toward preparing for Friday’s review. Today, the team worked on organizing the content for our presentation and began developing site scheme designs. The first image shows a set of sketches exploring one of the site scheme ideas. This scheme specifically is focused on researching and designing pathways [...]
With our first presentation deadline quickly approaching this Friday, the gang spent the weekend working hard and coping with Clemson’s football woes. Returning to studio, each of us presented precedent boards of projects which piqued our personal interest. These precedents highlighted concepts ranging from joinery & materiality to larger questions of site planning. Through discussion [...]
After meeting with city of Charleston representatives, we split ourselves into groups on Friday to divide a handful of tasks amongst ourselves. Some of our classmates studied the history of Steven Washington Park, others studied the community demographics, and others focused on precedent studies. Myself and two others tasked ourselves with measuring everything on the [...]
Studio has just begun for the semester and this past week we have been diving into site research! On Tuesday, we visited our project site, Stephen Washington Park, where we met with a Department of Parks representative. He shared a brief history of the Park and the Honey Hill community. Since then, we've continued our [...]
This past week has been a grind, as we all make a final push in all of our classes. History essays, mappings, internship papers and community 1:1 projects have been the priority of our nights, while building the pavilion at Plymouth Park has been our focus during the days. I was not personally on site [...]