DESIGN+BUILD PROJECTS BY CLEMSON COMMUNITY BUILD
With the utilization of new technology comes lessons in checking for errors and optimizing settings. As cuts progressed over the weekend, the CNC was no different. First, we learned to double check the placement of clamps to ensure proper clearance for the CNC's cutting head to pass. A 1/2" difference in placement caused the head [...]
After completing a first mockup of one of the ten partition walls in the project, we realized staying consistent with dado cuts (slots) in the wooden members composing the walls was difficult. With the recent addition of a three-axis CNC (essentially a robot for carving wood) in the shop, we decided to take a digital [...]
On Sunday afternoon, several members of the Architecture+communityBUILD team assembled a small-scale plywood structure that a past studio utilized for communicating Architectural elements to elementary schoolchildren. The structure was erected without any power tools thanks to the innovative plywood system, sim[PLY], which was invented over four years ago by Clemson Architecture faculty & students. Sim[PLY] [...]