DESIGN+BUILD PROJECTS BY CLEMSON COMMUNITY BUILD
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 [...]
This week, unfortunately, David is in the Dominican Republic, where he's probably lying on the beach while we are in the studio doing construction documents. All jokes aside, everyone has been working hard to finish the CDs for sending to the engineer, John. Let's go, TEAM! We divided everyone in the studio to work on [...]
Yesterday we had a momentary break on studio production to hold book club of Out of Architecture at Hampton Park. It was perfect weather and not too sunny under the shade of the trees, although everyone did leave with a little Spanish Moss entangled in our hair. Many brought lunch or coffee from local spots [...]
Last Friday, the Gathering Ground team discussed a game plan and timeline for modeling the final design in Revit and producing the CD set drawings. Now that we all have access to a central Revit file, one team (Hamilton, Kaden, and Tyler) are working on modeling and laying out the column and deck grid. At [...]
We are hard at work taking the Gathering Ground Pavilion from design to construction documents in Revit. Now that we are all on the same model, we can be very exact with material sizes. This gives us the ability to push and pull the design in a way that allows for cost efficiency and the [...]
Yesterday, our class had an in-person presentation to the Conservancy of the Sea Islands Board Members and a Zoom meeting for the people who couldn't attend. It was a very productive meeting; we had many conversations about our design, and great ideas emerged as we discussed it. Kaden and Nolan presented for all 13th of [...]
The push for a final design continued on Wednesday. At the start of class, we took our two ideas, one with the path on the outside of the structure and one where the path bisects the structure, and developed them further. Both groups were talking, sketching, and measuring spaces in order to figure out proportions, [...]
On Friday, the four groups quickly presented to each other in order for us to truly understand what our designs are about. Having these early two minute presentations makes you really think about the key ideas that drive your project. The feedback from these quick talks is also valuable because a fresh set of eyes [...]
As we continue to work in our small group phase of the Conservancy of the Sea Islands project, things are starting to feel more focused and intentional. My group of three has been refining a few concepts, pushing it beyond just a pass-through structure with expandable/modular stalls to something more meaningful and tailored to the [...]