DESIGN+BUILD PROJECTS BY CLEMSON COMMUNITY BUILD
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 [...]
Today, the studio made major progress. We’ve officially finished up most of the remaining shop work! The columns, truss, cross bracing, and rafters are all complete, and over half of the purlins have been sanded and stained. We even loaded up the first truckload of pieces to head to the site. All left to do [...]
After about seven weeks of planning, designing, and building, we’re finally close to finished on the Old Towne Creek Donor Wall and it has been a complete success so far all things considered. What started as a rough planning process working through the best way to fabricate the pieces and producing a material count, has [...]
This week, studio made significant progress on the Plymouth Park pavilion. Today, we completed the half-scale model of the truss system, letting us do a test run of construction to learn from and better understand how the structure comes together. This not only helped us refine our construction process, but also prepared us for the [...]
We’ve officially started transporting materials to our site! With both beams cut, assembled, stained, and finished, it took the whole studio to get them loaded onto the truck and hauled them out for placement. Over the past few weeks, we’ve gained valuable experience in the shop, and now we’re ready to dive into the next [...]
There's two things you should know about me. I love Jesus, and I love coffee. I'll always be down to go grab a cup of coffee, especially if it means we get to check out a new shop! I was born and raised in Charleston, so over the years I've had a chance to try [...]
Yesterday marked a huge milestone for our studio. We had the opportunity to meet with a highly respected structural engineer, diving deep into the mechanics of our truss and cross-bracing systems. Since structure is the backbone of our project, this meeting was very important in refining and elevating our design. We began by reviewing column [...]
Hey guys, meet the office dog, Luna!! At the beginning of my internship, I made it a goal to become Luna's favorite in the office. while I may not be her favorite,, YET, I am for sure making progress! I have established a routine of playing fetch with her every morning while I get settled [...]
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 [...]