DESIGN+BUILD PROJECTS BY CLEMSON COMMUNITY BUILD
This week has been eventful! As Anna discussed, we poured our concrete slab this week. The process was fascinating, and really fun to be part of! Back in the shop, a group of us finished building the formwork for our concrete piers. After we remove the formwork from the slab, we will install this formwork [...]
We officially broke ground on site! With the concrete formwork nearly complete and rebar on its way, the next week will be dedicated to bending rebar and preparing the site for the slab pour and concrete footers. The images show us digging out the footers for the structural spine of the project and digging to [...]
Today the studio split into two crews. My group went to the site to measure out where the pavilion would be. This involved four of us stretching tapes out and re-adjusting everything so it makes a perfect square and sits well between the trees. We had to hammer rebar into the dirt to mark spots [...]
This past weekend, most of the class put in a handful of hours in the studio to keep things on schedule. Some studio members have been working on perfecting the revit model and fixing small issues and errors that we have come across. Others have been correcting the rebar and making adjustments to the concrete [...]
The block party finally occurred after weeks of working on our group installations! We all arrived bright and early to the event space tired but ready to go. My group had to put the finishing touches on our design by sticking all the parts together and lifting it to meet its columns while other groups [...]
Today in studio, we had the opportunity to meet with the James Island community and neighbors of Stephen Washington Park to share our small group designs. Each of the three small groups presented the proposals, showing our models and boards to the community. Everyone brought a lot of excitement and encouragement, which made the review [...]
Today, the small groups are making a final push for our presentation tomorrow. Tomorrow, each of the three groups must present their pavilion idea to Jason and Rodney from the city, and two community leaders who will critique our designs and provide us with thoughts and feedback. Most groups finished their deliverables over the weekend, [...]
There was actually no glue sniffin... Our group is so close to finishing our individual design! We worked together over the weekend to collect the design deliverables for our presentation to the community which is this Tuesday and Wednesday. Our project focuses on the pavilion and playground connection acting as the “epicenter” of park activity. [...]
This past weekend and Monday, the studio saw a few busy nights of work in preparation for our individual design presentations with the city, this afternoon. Each of us has spent time sketching out several iterations of design concepts, focusing on either the future pavilion’s relationship with the play structure at Steven Washington Park, or [...]
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 [...]