DESIGN+BUILD PROJECTS BY CLEMSON COMMUNITY BUILD
With our Mock Up Review under our belt, we had to start thinking about our up coming trip to Clemson. On the 24th of this month we are heading to Clemson for the Solar D Gala. The reason our upcoming trip is a real concern of ours is because we are having to move the [...]
Since we have been back in Charleston, we have had a few days to reflect on our experience with the Solar Decathlon build and keep up with their progress via the live webcam. One observation that I found very important to the success of Indigo Pine, was how easy it was to collaborate on the [...]
We started pre-assembly on Thursday morning. We arrived early in the morning at the warehouse located on the Clemson University’s campus. Before we could start building, we had unpack, sort, and preassemble the simply pieces which are used to construct the solar D house. The large warehouse was full with pieces, each numbered and puzzle [...]
Yesterday evening around 5:45, we arrived to Clemson for our weekend of helping build the Solar D project. At 6:00 everyone met at Rick's Pizza Pub in Pendleton. At dinner, we got to meet with the rest of the Indigo Pine team. We also went over the initial itinerary for tomorrow and the rest of [...]
Spring Break was just a few days ago, yet we are already moving at full speed in studio V. On Monday we quickly reviewed the engineers cad documents. We are also working on documenting all of our work for the CACC. This is something that every student here at the CACC does at some point, [...]
We are making sure everything in Charleston is good to go before we head to Clemson for five days to help with the Solar Decathlon build. Before we head out of town, we are correcting the construction documents with the comments from the engineer, as well as creating cut files for the pieces that need [...]
What a weekend!! Though a tiring weekend, it was so much fun meeting the Solar D team and starting the mock-up construction of Cropstop 2 with the sim[ply] construction method. During the construction we took notes on improvements that can be made for the future Cropstops. The Solar D team also took notes on how [...]
3D model in Revit Elevations of each wall Separately from the Mystery Mockup, but still very much connected to it in the methodology, is the full spectrum of the interior to the Solar Decathlon cabinetry. While the mockup was altered slightly to test every element of the cabinets that needed to be tested, the full [...]
As the tail end of the semester has gone, today marks yet another travel day up to Greenville/Clemson. This final trip from Charleston will be to finalized both the Solar D cabinets and the CropSTOP porch structure along with presenting and reviewing our work. The group will split up between the two sites to prepare [...]
Some of you may have seen the recent movie 'Box Trolls,' some of you may not have. The point is that the trolls of said movie wear and live in boxes; precisely what Studio V is preparing to do this week figuratively speaking (though I am sure once the mock-up begins that could become literal). [...]