Creating Shop Drawings

For the past week or so in studio, I have been a part of the group that is in charge of creating shop drawing for a project that was started last semester at the Old Towne Creek Park. The shop drawings themselves have been a great learning experience for myself because I get to actually [...]

A Fast Start To February

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 [...]

Culminating Designs

After the client presentation last Friday, the weekend was taken to passively think about the future of the project. No pen to paper necessary, but everyone was tasked with maintaining a constant buzz of thoughts concerning the feedback received for each small design. When meeting on for class time Tuesday, Studio V met as a [...]

The Process of Design and Presentation

Designing any structure for a client can be very difficult sometimes, almost as if you're solving a puzzle. However, the process of creating a design and presenting it can sometimes be forgotten by those who aren't involved. For example, there are multiple stages of iterations that most people won't see outside of the immediate team [...]

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 [...]

Small Group Preperation

Workload amongst small groups is ramping up this week in preparation for our presentations on Friday, where we will discuss each of our ideas with the city for our new gazebo designs. Three different iterations of design ideas were shared amongst the class today, stemming from the three groups the class has been split into. [...]

Exploring Duality in Pavilion Design

Something about a Palmetto amid snow in an empty parking lot.. Looking forward to the coming weeks distilling down thoughts and ideas for our Plymouth Park Pavilion structure. Many different ideas being thrown around, but I think the common theme in the group is duality in architecture - elements that are convertible or that serve [...]

Charleston: Return of the Snow

As many of you know, there is supposed to be a major cold front moving through Charleston within the next 48 hours. One that can bring many people back to the snowfall of January 2018. Approximately six years ago, Charlestonians experienced one of the biggest snowfalls of its history with 5.3 inches of snow which [...]