DESIGN+BUILD PROJECTS BY CLEMSON COMMUNITY BUILD
Everyone is hard at work getting material counts and final designs completed. The walls, trellis, benches, and shelves are being designed down to the hardware choices so they can be done before we start mock-ups. For the rest of the structure, we are pulling material counts in order to do shop drawings and an updated [...]
Pictured: David Pastre brainstorming solutions with the students. Getting back into the groove this semester hasn't been easy for anyone, but things are really starting to pick up pace. It has been all hands on deck to get material counts, design, adjustments/changes, and an updated cost estimate completed. As we work through these details we [...]
This Friday the studio continued to begin organizing/designing components of the project. Some groups are working out drawings for the decking structure, others are designing smaller components, the project schedule/calendar is continuing to develop, and cost estimation is in the works as information is being collected. The rainy afternoon set some good vibes for the [...]
Not to be confused with PEMDAS, we’re currently figuring out the most efficient use of our time while we wait for the next steps of the project. Since we are waiting on the MOU (Memorandum of Understanding - a fun part of the legal process that we got to learn about) and the permits to [...]
We finally finished preparing everything to take to the site at Stephen Washington Park. A group headed out early in the morning to drill the table we had prefabricated in the shop and luckily, everything fit and worked exactly as planned!!! We also had a bit of fun in the kids' park since it was [...]
The group has been making steady progress as we get close to wrapping up the semester. Yesterday we continued working on a variety of tasks. We just received structural updates from John Moore on the project with the Conservancy of the Sea Islands. With this information, we aim to apply the corrections to our construction [...]
Studio right now looks a lot like this. People grinding, welding, cutting, cleaning, prepping. We are all fabricating last years community build groups project extension of the bench and table to meet the ADA requirements. Additionally others are working on finishing up there community 1:1 non-profit projects. WAY better than sitting in studio on a [...]
Our final book discussion of the semester has concluded at Goat. Sheep. Cow. Finishing up the book, Out of Architecture, we discussed potential changes to the education of architecture as well as changes to the profession. Some ideas we had about education were reducing the number of total years in architecture school, adding more technical [...]
Weld-erful things continue in the shop this week as we continue to shift from the digital realm to physical fabrication. Yesterday we continued to practice our metalworking and welding fabrication skills, getting more comfortable in the hot seat. Some of us also began to cut out/mill components we will be welding together as part of [...]
With the studio project in a hold as we wait for comments from our structural engineer, the students worked hard this weekend to finish up their projects for their Non-Profits. Every student has been working with a different non-profit to assist in a semester long project. Today, we will look closely at my (Ethan) project [...]