DESIGN+BUILD PROJECTS BY CLEMSON COMMUNITY BUILD
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 [...]
On Friday we had a special guest, Michael Orcutt, a plan reviewer for Charleston County, come in and give our construction documents a quick look through. He was previously a building inspector, so he has a strong background with building code. As one of only three reviewers for the county, we are very grateful that [...]
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 [...]
Friday we took some time to determine where we were in the process of being able to produce construction documents. Our goal is to have them done in a timely manner so that we can get as much feedback from John Moore, our structural consultant, as possible. After discussion on larger scale elements within the model, we [...]
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 [...]
The group is still working on the Revit model for Conservancy of the Sea Islands. As many architecture students know nothing is ever really finished when we want things to be finished. A schedule/plan is a more looked to as a good idea and what we are striving towards... ALSO thanks to minecraft brain and [...]
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 [...]
Today, we will be officially beginning our Construction Document Phase! Now that we received guidance from engineer John, we have a good idea of some structural changes that need to be implemented moving forward. First on the agenda will be to transition to the software Revit so we can work similar to how most architecture [...]
Today in Studio a structural engineer, John, came to review our project and give structural advice. As we move into the construction documentation phase of the community build project, all the designs/concepts need to be tested practically and logistically. While our studio had a good idea of how the structure would be constructed, John will [...]