Last Wall Mockup…. Maybe?

The design-build team is looking forward to heading out to site on Friday to break ground!! Today was our last in studio day, so we spent time prepping, scheduling, and making final decisions on design prior to material ordering. To begin studio, we all touched base on where deliverables such as permitting, material costs, lead [...]

Re-Flagging & Mock-ups

Hi, Today we split the group in half. Group One : went on site to re-flag the pavilion with our new adjusted orientation and positioning of our structure. From our first try we noticed that our ramp was angling your body towards the tree along the path so we went back on our model and [...]

Bendyyyyyyy

Last week, David spoke with the hot dip galvanizing people, and they informed us that they think the frame as we have it designed currently, will warp once it is dipped. To avoid this, we are looking at a small design change that uses pre-galvanized pieces and using as many bolted connections as possible. This [...]

Getting Our Heads in the Game

Good news! The MOU has been completed! We are now chugging along to finish up these last few design options and hope to get materials ordered, shop drawings started, and get into fabrication and on-site work ASAP. For the group working on the pavilion’s walls, we were able to come together and develop a pattern [...]

Iterations on Iterations

Everyone has their part to play in finalizing the various details of our design before construction begins. Whether be iterations for the trellis, storage benches or display walls. Over the weekend some were working on more iterations based on discussion from Friday, while others were model making to flush out the logistics of the designs.  [...]

Money Money Money

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 [...]

Numbers Can Cause Headaches

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 [...]

Friday Project Prep

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 [...]

Order of Operations

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 [...]