DESIGN+BUILD PROJECTS BY CLEMSON COMMUNITY BUILD
As of yesterday, all of our purlins have been attached onto our structure, and now we wait for the cedar shake shingles to arrive! As a crew continued to work on setting the purlins, Anna and I headed over to Old Towne Creek with David to work some finishing touches with stain on the donor [...]
This week we've begun fabrication for Plymouth Park. So far we've completed almost all the fabrication for the columns, have successfully cut all the pieces out for the north side's cross bracing, and finished priming all of the cut cross brace pieces for painting. For the columns that are built, we have already applied the [...]
It's the final countdown for solo and small group design ideas before we all work together to develop one singular form. Following debate on whether the pavilion should take on a linear form, or follow an “L-shape,” the crew split into two groups to explore each idea. The group interested in a rectangular shape ended [...]
In the Community Build studio, the beginning of February has been eventful. We are currently moving towards a February 18th deadline as we work to synthesize our many ideas and narrow down our final group design to be proposed to the city. Most of the studio met yesterday to compare sketches and study models, then [...]
Last week on Friday (1/17/25) Studio V held our first "client" presentation. Our presentation consisted of background history of the City of Charleston, History of Riverland Terrace, Site analysis/conditions, sizing of our project, local Charleston project precedents, and global project precedents. Since our presentation, Studio V has divided the 10 members into 3 groups (4, [...]