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The design + build process

During our final phases of construction, we used time lapse photography to document several significant moments in the fabrication of the Learning Barge. This began with disassembling the completed components in the Milton fabrication site in Charlottesville, Virginia in order to pack and move pieces to the final construction site: the shipyard of Precon Construction in Chesapeake, Virginia. Here we documented the construction of the hull of the Learning Barge, various concrete pours onboard, the assembly of the rainscreen along 'Energy Alley' and the installation of various elements within the classroom. Our documentation at the Precon site culminated when the Learning Barge was lifted into the water on August 8, 2009.  
Module disassembly at the Milton fabrication site 

Hull delivery, part 1



Hull delivery, part 2

Hull delivery part 3

Hull delivery, part 4


Bathroom slab pour

Concrete basin assembly and pour


Steel deck delivery, part 1

Armature assembly

Steel deck delivery, part 2


Bathroom enclosure assembly

Rainscreen assembly

Cabinetry placement

Clerestory assembly


Lift into the Elizabeth River


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    • Westside Reflections >
      • Archival Layers and Public Interpretation for Heritage BIM: Two Atlanta Case Studies
      • Mechanicsville + Pittsburgh
      • St. Mark AME
    • Designing a Dwelling
    • Transatlantic Design Network, 1768-1838
    • Digital Mulberry Row Project
    • The Miraculous Image: a photographic pilgrimage
    • Centralized Buildings
  • Collaborative
    • There's No Time
    • Fabled City
    • Edifice:London
    • UCLoo Festival
    • Selma's Bloody Sunday
    • Selma's Old Depot
  • Learning Barge
    • Design
    • Photographs >
      • Construction
      • Launch
      • Details
      • All Aboard
    • Videos
    • NEA catalog: Art Aboard!!
    • NEA: Barge cards
  • SAH Brooks
  • Photography
    • Arabesque
    • Dynamic Range >
      • Modern Icons
      • Rural Explorations
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    • Patina
    • Seam(less)
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