THE CLEMSON AIAS WEBLOG: 2/3/13

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Freedom by Charrette!

Freedom by Design is hosting a charrette in Lee 1-250 tonight at 5:30!

The charrette will be centered on the current Freedom by Design project for two clients in Anderson, SC. It is a wheelchair ramp at the back of the clients house. A wheelchair ramp at a scale larger than Clemson FBD has ever seen before. This ramp will compensate for a 60" drop from door to grade, resulting in more than 60 feet of ramp to be designed!

This means we need you! We need you to help us solve this design problem while still using those crafty architecture minds we are in the process of developing.

Come out to see what FBD is all about and help us design a ramp that will put national attention on our Chapter and FBD as a whole!!

Best,
Joel the Webmeister.

P.S. There will be pizza.

What We're All About

The Clemson AIAS endeavors to promote mentorship, professionalism, civic engagement and supplemental educational opportunities to the students of Clemson University School of Architecture. By actively seeking out and collaborating with complimentary organizations, both within the field of architecture and beyond, the Clemson AIAS strives to create a well-rounded citizen architect. We mentor our membership by facilitating peer-to-peer learning through our Studio Culture Initiative, by engaging our devoted architectural alumni via the Clemson Advancement Foundation for design+build and our close relationship with state and local AIA. We promote professionalism through our interaction with stakeholders in the built environment with lectures and other social events. We engage our community through Freedom by Design, a national AIAS program that provides architectural students the opportunity to address the needs of disabled individuals through design+build, and by crossing the aisle to other student groups to accomplish institutional goals beyond the reach for any single organization. We supplement our educational experience by hosting workshops and professionals in the field to further bridge the gap between academia and practice. In this manner we are a dynamic and responsive voice for our members and for the realm of architecture as a whole.