DESIGN+BUILD PROJECTS BY CLEMSON COMMUNITY BUILD
Yesterday, Studio V made a short field trip over to the local Public Service Building to learn a little more about the permitting process and the steps that have to be taken in order to get construction documents approved. It was a little overwhelming to see hundreds of rolled up plans lying in piles awaiting [...]
This Monday we continued to produce, examine, and refine our construction documents. We took an in depth look at things such as how our facade will attach to our exterior walls, corner details, as well as roof framing details, and how it will meet the walls. The team has also been refining the budget by [...]
Nine preliminary plans have led us to one ultimate commercial kitchen design and Studio V is now incorporating a few last minute details. We had no idea what was in store when began researching the DHEC regulations for on-site wastewater systems, but, as it turns out, there's a lot of research and strategy that goes into the [...]
This Saturday was the first day Studio V got to see the steel chassis; we plan on using as our foundation for the commercial kitchen design. The idea of building on a manufactured mobile home chassis is the affordability, availability, and mobility of a prototype design. When we got the news about two weeks ago, [...]
Despite the weather delays, the studio is still eager to proceed on the project. We have all collaborated and agreed that merging our two groups' projects would create a successful design. Team A's functionality and Team 1's aesthetic appeal will together make for a very unique and useful kitchen prototype. We will continue to work [...]
Small groups are in session, and things are getting real. On the bright side, my group members and I all seem to have similar ideas about where we want to go with our design. Once it was clear that we would, in fact, be building atop a mobile home chassis, the momentum had us feeling [...]
After the first design review the challenge to join many designs into one design started. At the beginning, In our small group design we had to critique all of our individual program of the kitchen and to form a shared beneficial program. The kitchen design started to build from the walls up. While starting to [...]
... and to think what nobody else has thought. -Albert Szent-Gyorgyi The team is right in the middle of our research on commercial kitchens, and we've discovered all kinds of ideas that others have had, and are beginning to develop many of our own. We must fight the urge to jump ahead though, and continue [...]
Now that we’re nearing the end of our construction document phase and moving into construction, I’ve been considering the unique lessons that design/build can teach you that the conventional studio system cannot. One such lesson that has become clear to me over these last few days is one of accountability. Accountability is crucial in any [...]
Final Review-As Nicole posted, we had our final review on Monday. Everyone worried about the weather that day morning, however, the weather had miraculously turned fine in the afternoon. The logo, which designed by Professor Pastre’s wife, Amy, makes the whole shed cute and shiny with recognition. Review went through fairly smoothly and easily. People [...]