DESIGN+BUILD PROJECTS BY CLEMSON COMMUNITY BUILD
As we continue to work in our small group phase of the Conservancy of the Sea Islands project, things are starting to feel more focused and intentional. My group of three has been refining a few concepts, pushing it beyond just a pass-through structure with expandable/modular stalls to something more meaningful and tailored to the [...]
Mondays are quiet in the studio, as everyone meets with their nonprofits for the Community 1:1 course. There isn’t much to report on that, BUT if you have recommendations for architecture-related things to do in Charleston, please let me know! I’m partnering with the South Carolina Architectural Foundation to create a brochure / informal walking [...]
Coming off of our "heavy" snow weekend, we are continuing to produce individual schematic iterations of sweetgrass basket stands. Drawing on feedback from our meeting with Dolphin Architects, the Sea Island Conservancy, and our artisan representative, Corey, our team has divided our areas of focus into three categories. The first being a layout of stands [...]
Today was an eventful day! After a productive meeting with the studio consultants, we began working on individual design, preparing for studio on Friday. In these first iterations, we are focusing on site options and massing potentials . Image: Printed scaled site plans to sketch onto After classes today, MaKayla shared our initial research and [...]
With spring cleaning complete and the initial site visit for this semester's sweetgrass stand project concluded, students now pivot to compiling project information, research, and precedent studies for their upcoming presentation on Wednesday. Both the architecture students and historic preservation students are currently collaborating to make this happen. All hands on deck! While everybody is [...]
With the Spring Cleaning phase coming to an end, only a handful of projects remain to be finished. The tallest task among the remaining cleanups includes the project at Stephen Washington Park. The crew responsible for this project must finish their design solution to comply with ADA codes. At this pavilion, there are a couple [...]
We officially broke ground on site! With the concrete formwork nearly complete and rebar on its way, the next week will be dedicated to bending rebar and preparing the site for the slab pour and concrete footers. The images show us digging out the footers for the structural spine of the project and digging to [...]
Tomorrow is the Reynolds Avenue Homecoming event for our Intro to Craft class. The groups have been working hard this week to produce cardboard installations, graphics, and signage for this event. My group has been working on an installation that draws from the ropemaking traditions of historic Charleston, and the sensory experience of light, to [...]
Today in studio, we had the opportunity to meet with the James Island community and neighbors of Stephen Washington Park to share our small group designs. Each of the three small groups presented the proposals, showing our models and boards to the community. Everyone brought a lot of excitement and encouragement, which made the review [...]
As we have been working through our small group design phase, the buzzword in the studio has been "iterate". We are all trying to work through this repetitive phase of communicating design ideas, combining perspectives, narrowing down a design goal and narrative, and iterating through variations of these concepts to create the best possible solution [...]