Weekly Hours: 13.5 | Total Hours: 192 After 6 months, this was my last week at SMHa! I spent most of my time helping Billy wrap up the permit set for the Crow’s Nest storage addition. We went back and forth a few times with redlines, cleaned up and reviewed the sheets, and touched base with the structural engineer. […]

Weekly Hours: 15 | Total Hours: 178.5 This week I continued to work on the Crow’s Nest storage expansion with Billy. Last week I was able to set up the Revit file with the existing structure and the basic massing of our planned expansion. Given the simple nature of the project, we will be moving […]

Weekly Hours: 13.5 | Total Hours: 163.5 This week I had the opportunity to help Billy with an expansion on a previous project. In 2015, SMHa was hired to design a pool house in Edgefield Park on Daniel Island. The original two-story structure provides a shaded open-air space at ground level, and a second story […]

Weekly Hours: 16 | Total Hours: 150 Late last week we received comments from the Carolina Park Design Review Board regarding our two proposed retail buildings. Unfortunately, their feedback was more critical than what we were anticipating, especially given the fact that our concept was presented to them previously with very minimal feedback. The DRB […]

Weekly Hours: 22 | Total Hours: 134 [Fall Break] I’ve spent the last two weeks continuing to work through redlines for the Carolina Park retail complex. I met with my project team to discuss several items that needed to be coordinated internally as well as with our consultants. Much of this involved our roof plans […]

Weekly Hours: 16 | Total Hours: 112 This week I am continuing to push forward on the construction document set for the Carolina Park retail complex. I have been reviewing redlines given to be by my project manager and other team members. As I work through specific details, I will reference past SMHa projects that […]

Weekly Hours: 14 | Total Hours: 96  This week I reviewed life safety plans for both Building A and B at the Carolina Park retail complex. At this phase, we are starting to understand which tenants will occupy the space, and how much square footage each will require. While working through this process, I learned […]

Weekly Hours: 14 | Total Hours: 82 This week’s main objective was to finalize our set to submit to the contractor for pricing. I worked towards adding more information to the drawings, focusing specifically on detail sheets. I am still learning the importance of including even minor details in pricing sets, as they can have […]

Prompt 1: Author Dana Cuff defines Praxis in her text, Architecture: The Story of Practice: “architecture [is] a practice or collection of practices, an art.” Jeff and I decided to discuss design and how this aspect of architectural practice relates to his praxis. For our conversation, I decided to bring with me an article by Kim Dovey, titled […]

Weekly Hours: 16 | Total Hours: 68 This week I continued to move forward with Design Documents for the Carolina Park retail complex in Mount Pleasant, SC. On Monday, we touched base with MEPS consultants and decided to push our DD deadline back a week to next Thursday. For me, this was an important lesson […]