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We dedicated this week to feature a few of the man We dedicated this week to feature a few of the many projects designed and built by Clemson A+cB students over the years. To better highlight the experience that comes with joining the certificate program, here are a few words from Prof. David Pastre, “The A+cB program was created to teach skills in making and design in the context of actual projects: we will realize an actual project on an actual site for an actual client. Accordingly, students learn personal accountability; contribution to purposes larger than one’s self, collaboration, negotiation, compromise, and the ability to work in the field under physically demanding conditions, requiring improvisation, and resourcefulness. These insights gained into systems of production and collaboration allow our students to leverage their creative efforts as they continue their formal education and enter professional practice.” David Pastre is a senior lecturer at Clemson University School of Architecture, he is the coordinator of the A+cB program and has been teaching the community Build studio for more than a decade. Image credit: David Pastre #clemsonarchitecture #charlestonparkandconservancy #cityofcharleston #clemsonlandscapearchitecture #communitybuildmodels #worldbesteducators #architecturalpractice #worldarchitecturalmagazine #architectureofchange
Featured today is a project completed in Fall 2011 Featured today is a project completed in Fall 2011 by the Architecture + Community Build (A+CB) studio. The studio was devoted to designing, fabricating, and installing a shading structure at the Corinne Jones Park in the Wagner Terrace neighborhood in downtown Charleston, SC. Working closely with Charleston Parks and Conservancy, local architects and engineers, the students built a seating and shading structure that aimed at revitalizing the park’s playground and making it a model that reflects the community. The students were tasked with their own challenge to design galvanized steel louvers supported by a system of cantilevered trusses and columns, all connected to the curved concrete benches. The process required close attention to detail, craft, and emphasized collaboration and teamwork, the cores of A+CB 🛠..... Spending almost 2400 hours of work both in studio, on site, and in the shop, erecting the new addition to the corrine Jones Park playground was a big task but it was successfully achieved by the team of 10 A+CB trailblazers. You can read more on our blog : https://caccstudiov.com/corrine-jones-playground/ #clemsonarchitecture #corrinejonesplayground #charlestonparksconservancy #cityofcharleston #clemsonlandscapearchitecture #communitybuildmodels #s24engineer
Today, we are featuring “The Butterfly Book Nook Today, we are featuring “The Butterfly Book Nook” completed in Spring 2018 by a team of 6 A+CB students. The studio was devoted to the execution of one project- researching and designing for a community garden site in the North Central community in downtown Charleston, as well as fabricating, and installing a shade structure for the site. The studio worked closely with members of the community, the non-profit Enough Pie, the local First African Evangelical Christian Church, and the John L. Dart Public Library, the City of Charleston and its building department as well as with local architects and engineers. “The butterfly book nook” is a shaded pavilion space with a beautiful mural on site that was painted by Redux, a garden which includes seating and a little free library, and a steel entry gate that was also constructed by Clemson students and participants of the Community Built Bootcamp. The A+CB studio focuses on the concise purpose of these structures; that they address a single function, simple use, or even a purely aesthetic aim, which makes them intellectually as well as physically accessible. “Micro works of architecture inspire an enduring charm that exceeds their function, even if that function is to be a pleasing decoration in the landscape. There are a variety of reasons for our infatuation with little forms. The miniaturization of architecture reduces it to a human scale with which we can interact more readily.” Prof. David Pastre, coordinator of the A+CB certificate Read more on our blog : https://caccstudiov.com/butterfly- book- nook/ #clemsonarchitecture #redux #enoughpie #clemsonlandscapearchitecture #cityofcharleston
This week, we are featuring some of our Architectu This week, we are featuring some of our Architecture+Community Build projects. Let’s start with the Medway, completed in Fall 2017 by a team of 12 A+CB students. The Medway Community Garden Pavilion is a structure designed and erected to offer space for community events, washing vegetables from the gardens on harvest days, and to act as a central node for the community garden. Working with the client, the Charleston Parks Conservancy, the project aims to enhance the liveliness of this community garden, and welcome all those who may visit. You can find more in our blog: caccstudiov.com #clemsonschoolofarchitecture #clemsonarchitecture #communitybuild #clemsonstudiov #charlestonparksconservancy
⁣ Did you ever wonder how to build or assemble a ⁣ Did you ever wonder how to build or assemble a kite? Did you get a chance to build one when you were younger? ⁣ ⁣ It might seem easy to make one of these flying structures, however, it really is not. ⁣ ⁣ Attention to detail and craft are important things to consider when making kites, and of course moderate wind conditions.⁣ ⁣ This fall, some of our Community Build students will learn how to craft kites, and they will later get a chance to fly them by the beach in Charleston. What an exciting and engaging project for our students! More updates to come as we progress through the semester. ⁣ ⁣ Stay in the loop! #introductiontocraft #kitemaking #flyingstructures #architectureandmathematics #designinspiration #clemson #clemsonarchitecture #cdccharleston
Featured this week, the community garden pavilion Featured this week, the community garden pavilion at Corrine Jones Park which serves as a multi-programmatic structure integrating sustainable strategies with natural elements. ⁣ The design for the pavilion, and ultimately its unique shape, was inspired by placing an importance on rainwater collection and maximizing that collection to foster plants growth on and around the pavilion. This structure services a 72 bed community garden and a playground with multiple sporting courts and fields. ⁣ ⁣ The whole intent of this project is to better the human experience, whether as a place to rest or congregate while enjoying the park and its many amenities, or to aid in the production and processing of the vegetables grown in the community garden. ⁣ ⁣ The pavilion safely stores the garden’s equipment and tools while providing a thoughtful line under the gutter to clean and process it’s harvested produce. In the center of it all is a large sink for rinsing and cleaning vegetables which drains it’s used gray water directly to one of the adjacent rain gardens. ⁣ ⁣ The Pavilion was also designed to GAP (Good Agricultural Practices) standards to ensure the safest processing of the harvested produce.⁣ ⁣ The structure is passively designed, requiring minimal maintenance and having no electrical requirement. ⁣ ⁣ Completed in Spring 2019 by @clemson_cb⁣ ⁣ #corrinejonescommunitygarden #charlestonhorticulturesociety #clemsonarchitecture #clemson #greendesign #charlestonparksconservancy
Hello everyone! It’s been awhile, Clemson CB mis Hello everyone! It’s been awhile, Clemson CB misses you and all our usual activities!⁣ ⁣ In a time like this it’s so important to remember not only our individual health and well-being but our communities as well. Our fall 2019 partners, The Green Heart Project, are a great example of this! ⁣ ⁣ The Enston Home Farm stand we collaborated on is beginning site work for its community garden! As of today, every Thursday evening you can donate to receive 10 lbs of produce to help fund their positive work in making sure everyone in the community has access to healthy foods.⁣ ⁣ Keep an eye on Enston as he grows and show some love for the well-being of the community! 💚
Design review day! Design review day!
First diagram looks at design approaches for the G First diagram looks at design approaches for the Greenway. Stay tuned. #architecture #communitybuild #archistudent #westashleygreenway
Sunday morning site visit. #westashleygreenway Sunday morning site visit. #westashleygreenway
Site analysis the fun way with the CACB.DC.C.C (Cl Site analysis the fun way with the CACB.DC.C.C (Clemson Architecture and Community Build Design Center for Cycling in Charleston)
Providing some TLC to an old studio v project, The Providing some TLC to an old studio v project, The Cropstop #clemsonarchitecture #cropstop #detail #cypress @amor_healing_kitchen @sweetgrassgarden
Spring semester classes are back in full swing! Re Spring semester classes are back in full swing! Remember to follow our blog and check back here for insights on our new project! 👷🏽‍♀️👷🏼‍♂️👷🏾(link in bio)
Happy New Year! 🎆 Wishing you a year filled wi Happy New Year! 🎆 Wishing you a year filled with wonderful opportunities and joy!
From our CommunityBUILD family to yours; we wish y From our CommunityBUILD family to yours; we wish you a Happy Holidays and a New Year with lots of success!
From concept to model to mock up to construction, From concept to model to mock up to construction, this project has not been without trial and error. BUT as a team we are happy to announce our final review went GREAT! ⠀⠀ The project is about 90% complete; after a few touch ups the rest of this week, William Enston will FINALLY be completed! Thank you to our amazing client @greenheartchs for the opportunity! ⠀⠀ ***oh, did we mention we are being nominated with the rest of the William Enston property for the National Registry of Historic Places?!
Today was a BIG day!!! 4 out of 5 of the trusses h Today was a BIG day!!! 4 out of 5 of the trusses have now been installed! The final is built and ready to go up tomorrow, along with roofing!
With only 2.5 weeks left in the semester we are PR With only 2.5 weeks left in the semester we are PROGRESSING. At the rate we expected you ask? No, BUT this thing is going to be beautiful in the end!
Thank you to AIA Greenville for the chance to subm Thank you to AIA Greenville for the chance to submit our project for The AIA Greenville Merit Student Award. We are proud as students to gain the knowledge of construction, details, teamwork, and design to better shape our future careers. This award is a cherry on top of the larger picture. ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ We want to thank the Charleston Parks Conservancy, our client, who had the vision for this structure to better help serve the community and their new community garden. ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ We also couldn’t have made this possible without the help of our structural engineer @john.moore55 and Clemson’s Community Build professor @dpastre Thank you to everyone involved that we didn’t mention, your hard work did not go unnoticed.
Concrete day is one of our favorite days! 🧡 The Concrete day is one of our favorite days! 🧡 The dirt gets under your nails, and the mud flys in your face - all in the end to see a beautiful slab! ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ We are 1/3 done with concrete; second half of the slab gets poured on Monday and the piers get poured the following week!
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