Yesterday marked a huge milestone for our studio. We had the opportunity to meet with a highly respected structural engineer, diving deep into the mechanics of our truss and cross-bracing systems. Since structure is the backbone of our project, this meeting was very important in refining and elevating our design. We began by reviewing column [...]
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Construction Document Production
In the last few days, our studio has split into two groups; one focusing on the structural integrity of the pavilion, and the other focusing on producing construction documents to build the secondary portion of the Community Build studio’s project from last semester. Myself and the others in the CD production group split ourselves up, [...]
Grind Time before Show Time
Studio V has finally narrowed down on a design... all in due time for our presentation today! The team has been hard at work coordinating, drawing, rendering, and modeling the deliverables within a 24 hour window till review. Four total boards will be presented along with a physical model to the clients of the City [...]
Internship!
Hey guys, meet the office dog, Luna!! At the beginning of my internship, I made it a goal to become Luna's favorite in the office. while I may not be her favorite,, YET, I am for sure making progress! I have established a routine of playing fetch with her every morning while I get settled [...]
It’s the Final Countdown
It's the final countdown for solo and small group design ideas before we all work together to develop one singular form. Following debate on whether the pavilion should take on a linear form, or follow an “L-shape,” the crew split into two groups to explore each idea. The group interested in a rectangular shape ended [...]
Mood Board Mapping
This week in studio has been all about dissecting our small group designs in order to come up with a new collective design for the Plymouth Park structure. After taking on individual sketching earlier in the week, the class came together to pin up our sketches and create a mood board with images that [...]
The Process of Design and Presentation
Designing any structure for a client can be very difficult sometimes, almost as if you're solving a puzzle. However, the process of creating a design and presenting it can sometimes be forgotten by those who aren't involved. For example, there are multiple stages of iterations that most people won't see outside of the immediate team [...]
Design Progression
On Friday, the Design + Build Studio met with Jason Kronsburg (pictured above), the Charleston Director of Parks, in order to show the City three different park pavilion designs that the studio had developed over the past couple weeks. Leading up to this meeting, the studio had been split up into three groups. Each "small [...]
Studio Design Updates
The studio’s first design review is quickly approaching, and we’re in full production mode, refining our final design decisions before moving into creating presentation-quality drawings. Our shared workspace is a testament to the process, covered wall-to-wall with sketches full of the design iterations of our ideas, soon to be accompanied by physical models we will [...]
New Snow, New Community, New Food
The last few days have been anything but ordinary. Watching the city of Charleston reopen after the snow is an interesting experience, especially having grown up in the Midwest, where snow is a normal occurrence. Something that I have never seen before though is snow on the beach! I got to experience snow on the [...]