DESIGN+BUILD PROJECTS BY CLEMSON COMMUNITY BUILD
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 [...]
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 [...]
Today we finally got a draft construction document set off to John, our engineer for the project. The model has been completed and we've been wrapping up some finer details. Tyler and I have focused on refining the underlying deck structure and how multiple girders and joists connect at a single point. We may have [...]
Well, I was supposed to post the Friday before Spring Break, but apparently I was already mentally checked out! So enjoy the photo I took while relaxing at Lake Jocassee up in Clemson... Before the end of class Friday, we had quickly revised our final design slide show and gave a shot at a practice [...]
I don't know why my blog post always seems to fall just before review, but it does! On Wednesday, we will be presenting our small group designs to the Kiawah Conservancy (now called the Conservancy of the Sea Islands). I've been working with Nate and Tyler on a design incorporating a trailhead, educational/social pavilion, and [...]
Continuing on with our project for the Conservency of the Sea Islands, we are now about a quarter of the way through with our small group design phase. It's been an exciting time to design and collaborate with my classmates and friends. Each group has its own concept to focus on which hit some of [...]