DESIGN+BUILD PROJECTS BY CLEMSON COMMUNITY BUILD
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Good morning and happy Martin Luther King Day! Dating back to the fall of 2010, Clemson University has had a profound impact on the landscape of Charleston as we know it today. 30 semesters of Design + Build studios at the Clemson Architecture Center Charleston (CACC) have yielded dozens of structures across the city. Every [...]
Today I interviewed Catherine Cooke. Cat is a designer. Not to be confused with an interior designer or an interior decorator. I can say that because she designs entire spaces, inside and out. She might say differently but in my opinion she designs vibes. She's 28 years old and owns her own company that she [...]
For over 75 years the Prince George Winyah Church Women have hosted the Prince George Parish Tour of Historic Plantations and Homes. Only a short drive North from Charleston, is Georgetown, SC which was once the wealthiest county in the United States. Founded in 1729, Georgetown became home to many indigo and rice planters and [...]
Happy Leap Day! This semester, I am partnering with the Charleston Parks Conservancy to assist with the future expansion of Mulberry Pond Park. The 5-acre site in West Ashley is home to two ponds on either side of Mulberry Street as well as three prior Clemson Architecture + Community Build projects: Spring 2021–Mulberry Pond Crossing, [...]
Today we continue our in-house build with priming (and later painting) our doors and walls to the garden shed. While we finished out the last of the priming, Maddy selected a base color for us to paint. We made sure to cover every inch as the paint not only gives color but also provides some [...]
Disclaimer: I'm not getting spiritual on you all with this title (iykyk); however, I deem it fitting for today's discussion and objective. Today we worked on and further developed our ITC project, which is to design and build a functioning lamp using either casting, laminated wood, or a combination of both. Towards the end of [...]