DESIGN+BUILD PROJECTS BY CLEMSON COMMUNITY BUILD
Today was a huge benchmark for our conceptual design. Both groups presented strong design applications and solutions for a highly functional GAP shed. Though there is still much work to do, we were able to take a look at both designs and see which circulation patterns, functional qualities, and structural options contained better solutions. There [...]
Individual Design Presentation-It was a market of ideas. I focused on creating green space, linking three components function separately, which also bring landscape close to people in the shed. However, My design had been thought as being romantic rather than reality. I feel like I still got a lot to learn from the studio design [...]
While John, Nicole and Elppa work together as “Team Modular”, Ashly, Stacie, Yuxiang and me work as a team. Our Team has a much more awesome name, It is "MA". "MA" is a Japanese word which can be roughly translated as "gap", "space", "pause" or "the space between two structural parts." Well, In China, we call this [...]
As Nicole wrote about on Friday, we held a presentation that afternoon to discuss the many factors that will directly influence the design of the GAP Shed prototype (You can see the presentation slides here). We had a great group join us in the conversation. Ray Huff was there to add his creative and logistical expertise, not [...]
Our studio went to Sweetgrass Garden today, which is the site that our shed supposed to be placed at. We had been eager to know that what is the difference between the Sweetgrass Garden and Dirthugger Farm, which we visited on Monday, for a long time. The Sweetgrass Garden is located in Johns Island, and [...]
With our studio’s visit to Dirthugger Farms yesterday, we have begun to think about how GAP procedures really affect local farmers. Meg, at Dirthugger Farms, helped us understand her processes of washing, packaging, draining, weighing, storing, and shipping produce. She not only showed us her existing systems, but also described her ideal setup, as well [...]
It was a beautiful and exciting day in Charleston as we ventured over to James Island. Meg, the Dirthugger Farms, and even the chickens welcomed us on to their farming land where we were able to experience the agricultural practice of farming vegetables, fruit, and herbs at first-hand. We all contributed in GAP research over the weekend, but [...]