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Low Cost Houses for Mexicali: Contract for professional services

30/08/1975

Contractual, Design Services Agreement

Signed contract between “La Universidad Autonoma de Baja California” and the “Center for Environmental Structure”. Laying out the conditions and terms of the work content, the total time-duration of the project, the working hours to be invested by each participant, the fees to be paid for all work performed.

Authors:

Luis Lopez Mectezuma Torres, Ruben Castro Bojorquez, La Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, Mexicali, B.C., Mexico
Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Language:

Spanish

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Content of

Project

Low Cost Houses for Mexicali 1975 to 1977

Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico

Low Cost Housing, Realized , Construction completed in 1977

Client:

Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, Mexicali - Mr. Jorge Nunez, Director of the School of Architecture

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Julio Martinez, Howard Davis, Donald Corner, students and families

Contractor:

Built by the families and local subcontractors under the management of the Center for Environmental Structure

Sponsor:

University of Baja California

Project cost:

$70,000

Project stages:

Pattern language for the project by C.E.S. Layout on the ground by clients and C.E.S. Preliminary Design drawings done after layout Direct Construction management along with on-site design decisions Budget and subcontractors under C.E.S. control Users in

A cluster of houses for large families, with a builders yard, built by the families themselves with the help of students from the Universidad Autonoma of Mexico, and a team of builders from the Center for Environmental Structure. Each house ...

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