Last Friday, the Gathering Ground team discussed a game plan and timeline for modeling the final design in Revit and producing the CD set drawings. Now that we all have access to a central Revit file, one team (Hamilton, Kaden, and Tyler) are working on modeling and laying out the column and deck grid. At [...]
Tag: Design
Calendar Clean Up
After a relaxing spring break, we decided it was time for some studio updates. First, Vivian shared her experience presenting at the board meeting for Conservancy of the Sea Islands last Tuesday. The board unanimously approved both the overall design and the proposed budget, which was exciting news for our team. Though the highlight of [...]
A Unified Vision
This past Monday, we returned to our brainstorming and iterative process. After debriefing from Friday’s trip to the conservancy where we had discussion and received feedback, we took time to clearly identify both the strengths and weaknesses of each of the four concepts. We made a list of what was working and what wasn’t so [...]
Framing the Trail Ahead
As we continue to work in our small group phase of the Conservancy of the Sea Islands project, things are starting to feel more focused and intentional. My group of three has been refining a few concepts, pushing it beyond just a pass-through structure with expandable/modular stalls to something more meaningful and tailored to the [...]
Site Plan Iterations + Snow
Post first meeting with the council from Dolphin Architects, the Sea Islands Conservancy and the Gullah Geechee Chamber of Commerce representative Cory, we started site plan iterations for where the best locations for our stands would be. Some considerations driving these plans being visibility from the street/entrance, incorporation into nature and accessibility. With 3-5 iterations per [...]
Community Review and Site Walk!
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 [...]
Review Prep and Site Schemes
This week in studio, we shifted our focus toward preparing for Friday’s review. Today, the team worked on organizing the content for our presentation and began developing site scheme designs. The first image shows a set of sketches exploring one of the site scheme ideas. This scheme specifically is focused on researching and designing pathways [...]
Building for Bees
After a busy week prepping for our studio design review, I got to take a quick break from our Plymouth Park project to meet with my nonprofit partner for Community 1:1. I met with the Charleston Parks Conservancy a few weeks ago, and we decided that my project for the semester would be to design [...]
Internship!
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 [...]
Studio Design Updates
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 [...]