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Low Cost Houses for Mexicali: Step-by-step construction process using cement interlocking block for foundation and walls and light-weight concrete for vaults
1976Twentry three building operations, as an example of a step-by-step construction process, capable of allowing mass production of large number of houses which are all different without increasing costs. These operations are so defined that can be applied to each house plan, and will, when properly executed, make a complete and structurally sound building from each plan, with the need for working drawings of each building.
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Low Cost Houses for Mexicali: Specifications and costs for the ISSSTECALI housing project
01/01/1976
31-page document describing the project construction process and the construction operations to be followed, in order to produce affordable and quality houses, designed and built by their owners on a community or on a larger city level.
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Low Cost Houses for Mexicali: Construction operations
01/01/1976
40-page document outlines the twenty three construction steps of the Mexicali project, which illustrate the step-by-step construction process, and it is organized into ten major building operations. Each building operation includes the “Summary of Operation” chart, detailed drawings and description ...
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Low Cost Houses for Mexicali: Step-by-step construction process using cement interlocking block for foundation and walls and light-weight concrete for vaults - Photographs
01/01/1976
Thirty three photos grouped in sets illustrating the sequence of the construction operations in the project, and specifically the nineteen out of the twenty three construction steps.
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Low Cost Houses for Mexicali: Step-by-step construction process using cement interlocking block for foundation and walls and light-weight concrete for vaults - Photographs
01/01/1976
Series of sketches by Peter Bosselman, outlining the construction process in detailed sequential steps; ten PMTs and their corresponding negatives depict: 1) Excavation & staking; 2) Foundation & slab; 3) Columns & walls; 4) Wall tie-beams formwork & gable ends; ...
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Low Cost Houses for Mexicali: Step-by-step construction process using cement interlocking block for foundation and walls and light-weight concrete for vaults - Photographs
01/01/1976
Two views of the original color sketches by Peter Bosselman, outlining the construction process in detailed sequential steps; ten PMTs and their corresponding negatives depict: 1) Excavation & staking; 2) Foundation & slab; 3) Columns & walls; 4) Wall tie-beams ...
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Design and Construction is one Integrated Making Process
The design process of a project and its construction process are united into one continuous and intertwined making process, unfolding in a step-by-step sequence. Design ends together with the completion of the construction process. "Making" is a conception of the ...
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Innovative Construction Systems, Techniques and Materials
One of the main topics of research, included in every building project, was to identify, early on in the design process, the material and techniques of construction. This would re-establish building as an art, and allow rapid shaping and adaptation, ...
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The Production of Houses
1985
The fifth volume in “The Center for Environmental Structure Series” on architecture published by Oxford University Press, “The Production of Houses” puts Alexander’s theories to the test and shows what sort of production system can create the kind of environment Alexander ...
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The Nature of Order - An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe.
Book Three - A Vision of a Living World
2005
“A Vision of a Living World”, the third volume of “The Nature of Order” series, presents, for the first time, a full spectrum of Alexander’s and CES built and unbuilt works. The book describes hundreds of buildings, plans, neighborhoods, drawings, ...