DESIGN+BUILD PROJECTS BY CLEMSON COMMUNITY BUILD
These past few weeks we have had several projects in the works, everyone contributing at some point. I have been helping with the design of the walls from the market stalls, focusing on the connection points and transparency of these walls through physical model making. . The process started in a small 2’x2’ mockup just [...]
The design-build team is looking forward to heading out to site on Friday to break ground!! Today was our last in studio day, so we spent time prepping, scheduling, and making final decisions on design prior to material ordering. To begin studio, we all touched base on where deliverables such as permitting, material costs, lead [...]
Hi, Today we split the group in half. Group One : went on site to re-flag the pavilion with our new adjusted orientation and positioning of our structure. From our first try we noticed that our ramp was angling your body towards the tree along the path so we went back on our model and [...]
Last week, David spoke with the hot dip galvanizing people, and they informed us that they think the frame as we have it designed currently, will warp once it is dipped. To avoid this, we are looking at a small design change that uses pre-galvanized pieces and using as many bolted connections as possible. This [...]
Good news! The MOU has been completed! We are now chugging along to finish up these last few design options and hope to get materials ordered, shop drawings started, and get into fabrication and on-site work ASAP. For the group working on the pavilion’s walls, we were able to come together and develop a pattern [...]
This past week, the class was tasked with optimizing designs of the partition walls, and the trellis while experimenting overall with the materials in the shop. Pictured in this blog post, are a couple of the ideas that we ran through for the partition wall at a variety of scales. We ended up going in [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]