DESIGN+BUILD PROJECTS BY CLEMSON COMMUNITY BUILD
As we approach Thanksgiving we are all very eager to get on site and get started. On Wednesday we finally got a good taste of working on site. Our rebar was delivered at Singleton Park so we got a group to go out there and start cutting and bending them into loops according to our [...]
With the shop now in order and the bulk of the formwork complete, the Community Build Studio is ready to take on some of the prefabrication of the framing elements. While David continues to make the necessary arrangements for our permitting and subsequent groundbreaking, the framing members will start to be cut and organized to [...]
As we come back from Fall Break we've hit some snags on our pavilion project: waiting for permits. Now even though we can't yet break ground that doesn't mean we twiddle our thumbs waiting for something to get done. On our first day back we had some crews put together some more sheets for permitting [...]
It was all smiles in studio on Friday as the crew geared up for what will be exciting week beginning site work. Studio began with the group gathering to review potential color schemes for painting the pavilion. Everyone has been working hard in their individual groups this week to prepare for finally breaking ground this [...]
After our success with the bridge at the Ardmore site, our entire crew can now fully focus on preparing the final drawings to get started with construction on the Singleton Pavilion. At the beginning of studio we met to run through all of the tasks that needed completing before we break ground on site next [...]
As we venture upon the Labor Day holiday weekend we've got a few crews working on our different community build projects. We've been hard at work getting the semester started and are eager to get back on track after our hurricane days. Most of our studio can be seen in the woodshop during class hours [...]
Today marks the day of our group design review with Greenheart, the Parks Conservancy, and the City of Charleston for a community garden at Singleton Park. The studio has been diligently working on models and drawings all week in groups of three to present five different schemes to these partners. It’s safe to say that [...]