DESIGN+BUILD PROJECTS BY CLEMSON COMMUNITY BUILD
The last week I've been focused on looking at solving the storage needs that the Charleston Parks Conservancy has provided to us. I've been explaining our project as a shaded pavilion in a public park with garden tool storage, but storage and shade seem like the most important components to me. Leslie from the Charleston [...]
After having more than 8 iterations of the design, we seem to finally steer ourselves into a design idea which we all support and are looking forward to tackling in the upcoming Construction Drawing set. Collaboration and leadership have gone hand in hand this week. It's not been the easiest week but the result is better [...]
Yesterday, we were continuing to test out our new idea from Monday. We all had met up after our lumber tour for ITC class and discussed what we had to finish for the 'final design' before we discuss this with Pastre. After the mini mock-up of the roof on Monday, we have realized that our storage space [...]
During the class meeting on Friday, we have discussed the common ideas between all the projects and the main theme for each four groups. All of us had talked about the things we liked or the things might work on each individual project. After the meeting, we have separated into small groups and talked about what [...]
Due to the upcoming Hurricane Irma that is currently between Cuba, Haiti, and the Bahamas, Clemson University has decided to cancel classes at the Clemson Architecture Center in Charleston (CAC.C). Students were warned through a series of meetings to get a full tank of gas, arrange transportation, and find a place of refuge. There are [...]
Yesterday we have presented our first analysis research of the Medway Park with the Charleston Parks Conservancy. The presentation was more focus on the site analysis and precedent study of different parks, we also have presented four possible site strategy plans. It was our first presentation of the semester and it was also my first time presenting [...]
It was very excited to begin our first visit to the Design Built project we have done at Magnolia Community Garden and our new project site visit at Medway Park. We met with Harry Lesesne, Leslie Wade, and Jim Martin, who are the staff members from The Charleston Parks Conservancy. They gave us the tour and [...]
Normally "reinventing the wheel" has a negative connotation with it, but we have been designing a better use of a caster wheel on a desk. Normally a caster wheel tends to have a swivel effect when locked on a desk. We didn't want who ever is using the desk that we have been designing to [...]
"REnew... REfresh..." these are the words on the current reception desk inside of REDUX, this idea is taking shape into the new design into the revised design, we are implementing after our review that took place Wednesday March 1st. Now we have three different movable wall that all do the same thing, but in much [...]
On Wednesday, March 1st, we have one of the most important meetings with REDUX to date. We have now begun to finalize our designs to a point that we might actually get to start on the construction documents and obtaining the materials needed for the build. The reason why this meeting is so important is that we need [...]