DESIGN+BUILD PROJECTS BY CLEMSON COMMUNITY BUILD
Today in studio, we had the opportunity to meet with the James Island community and neighbors of Stephen Washington Park to share our small group designs. Each of the three small groups presented the proposals, showing our models and boards to the community. Everyone brought a lot of excitement and encouragement, which made the review [...]
As we have been working through our small group design phase, the buzzword in the studio has been "iterate". We are all trying to work through this repetitive phase of communicating design ideas, combining perspectives, narrowing down a design goal and narrative, and iterating through variations of these concepts to create the best possible solution [...]
Today, the studio made major progress. We’ve officially finished up most of the remaining shop work! The columns, truss, cross bracing, and rafters are all complete, and over half of the purlins have been sanded and stained. We even loaded up the first truckload of pieces to head to the site. All left to do [...]
We’ve officially started transporting materials to our site! With both beams cut, assembled, stained, and finished, it took the whole studio to get them loaded onto the truck and hauled them out for placement. Over the past few weeks, we’ve gained valuable experience in the shop, and now we’re ready to dive into the next [...]
Yesterday marked a huge milestone for our studio. We had the opportunity to meet with a highly respected structural engineer, diving deep into the mechanics of our truss and cross-bracing systems. Since structure is the backbone of our project, this meeting was very important in refining and elevating our design. We began by reviewing column [...]
Hey guys, meet the office dog, Luna!! At the beginning of my internship, I made it a goal to become Luna's favorite in the office. while I may not be her favorite,, YET, I am for sure making progress! I have established a routine of playing fetch with her every morning while I get settled [...]
This week in studio has been all about dissecting our small group designs in order to come up with a new collective design for the Plymouth Park structure. After taking on individual sketching earlier in the week, the class came together to pin up our sketches and create a mood board with images that [...]
After the client presentation last Friday, the weekend was taken to passively think about the future of the project. No pen to paper necessary, but everyone was tasked with maintaining a constant buzz of thoughts concerning the feedback received for each small design. When meeting on for class time Tuesday, Studio V met as a [...]
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 [...]
As we gear up for the exciting phase of our Old Towne Creek Park Community Build initiative, we're putting the finishing touches on our unique designs, set to be presented to a select group from the Charleston County Park Department later today. Over the past week and a half, we've delved deep into researching the [...]