Last week was a big week for us. We got to go onto site for the first time since last semester, we finalized some final design elements, and we got to use the shop to build some models! In order to decide what designs we wanted to choose for the trellis and moveable walls, we [...]
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Go West
First day on-site! Our project must "Go West" just like the objectively great Village People song. Or, more accurately, orient west, due west to be precise. After identifying reference trees and using triangulation to spray paint column locations, we realized the pavilion needed to shift location slightly north from what was originally marked on the [...]
Iterations on Iterations
Everyone has their part to play in finalizing the various details of our design before construction begins. Whether be iterations for the trellis, storage benches or display walls. Over the weekend some were working on more iterations based on discussion from Friday, while others were model making to flush out the logistics of the designs. [...]
Money Money Money
Everyone is hard at work getting material counts and final designs completed. The walls, trellis, benches, and shelves are being designed down to the hardware choices so they can be done before we start mock-ups. For the rest of the structure, we are pulling material counts in order to do shop drawings and an updated [...]
Friday Project Prep
This Friday the studio continued to begin organizing/designing components of the project. Some groups are working out drawings for the decking structure, others are designing smaller components, the project schedule/calendar is continuing to develop, and cost estimation is in the works as information is being collected. The rainy afternoon set some good vibes for the [...]
Order of Operations
Not to be confused with PEMDAS, we’re currently figuring out the most efficient use of our time while we wait for the next steps of the project. Since we are waiting on the MOU (Memorandum of Understanding - a fun part of the legal process that we got to learn about) and the permits to [...]
To Be Continued…
We're in the end credits scene of the semester. Today we have our Community 1:1 breakfast presenting posters of our nonprofit work and the Cigar Factory closing social displaying projects from other classes. We're still waiting to hear if the City of Charleston can provide a more powerful generator to complete the welding job out [...]
Finally adding the table and benches!!!
We finally finished preparing everything to take to the site at Stephen Washington Park. A group headed out early in the morning to drill the table we had prefabricated in the shop and luckily, everything fit and worked exactly as planned!!! We also had a bit of fun in the kids' park since it was [...]
Still cutting, welding, grinding
The group has been making steady progress as we get close to wrapping up the semester. Yesterday we continued working on a variety of tasks. We just received structural updates from John Moore on the project with the Conservancy of the Sea Islands. With this information, we aim to apply the corrections to our construction [...]
The Grind Don’t Stop
The group is working together in shifts of 4-5 people to finish the table and benches for Stephen Washington Park. Yesterday, the morning shift made serious progress on bench 1, beveling and welding it together. The afternoon shift worked on grinding down the bench and priming the table that was finished being welded on Monday. [...]