1/31/22 (5 hours): Monday began with a hunt for a propane tank. It seems no hardware stores keep them stocked well. Thankfully, a friend of Brian (my boss) had one and we were able to utilize it, in conjunction with a propane heater, to bend some panels into place. 

The project is a feature wall to be installed at Credit One Stadium on Daniel Island. The wall has a number of panels that are circular to mimic a tennis ball.

While the bent piece was heating up and morphing into its final shape, I used the miter saw and table saw to process pieces to dock into panels we had cut out of PVC the week prior. Once cut, these were fastened into the PVC using a counter-sink drill bit and screws.

2/1/22 (4.5 hours): Tuesday was largely a continuation of the work from Monday, bending more pieces into place and processing panels to dock into PVC sheets. At the end of the day we began to organize all panels that had been cut so far to see how they laid out. All was well and minor changes were made to ensure accuracy for the install process later this month.

2/2/22 (4 hours): The first half of Wednesday was continuing work from Tuesday, but shifted around 10 AM. Brian and I met with some architects from LS3P to discuss a piece of artwork we are to design for the interior of the stadium. The player’s lounge has a large blank wall to be filled with some sort of design that incorporates the main uses of the stadium: tennis and music.

Currently Brian and I are testing ideas for cutting the silhouette of a guitar out of a field pattern of waves generated by a grasshopper script.

2/3/22 (4.5 hours): I began the day by reflecting on the week and what all I have accomplished in working towards my goals at this internship. So far, I have gained valuable knowledge and experience using common shop tools such as a miter saw and table saw, but also experience in more specialized tools like a rounding router and card file.

I continued to work on ideas for the player’s lounge artwork in Rhino using grasshopper and the vectorize command and discussed my ideas with Brian. We worked through some iterations and then moved to working on production for panels, similar to work earlier in the week.

 

Here is an image showing the bent pieces and how they interact with the panels I cut during the first few weeks of this internship. 

Title: Credit One Stadium Feature Wall

Location: Credit One Stadium, Daniel Island, Charleston SC

Scope: Wall design and fabrication

Project Manager: Brian Leounis

Role: Fabricator and Installer (to come)