Photograph

Low-cost Houses for Mexicali: Photographs of the buildings

01/01/1977

Exterior View

Eight images of the house cluster one year after completion.

Photograph:

1) The common land with the covered arcade and the Julio Rodriguez house at the back
2) View from the common land facing the Macaria Reyes house
3) View from the south end of the common land into the private outdoor space of the Jose Tapia house
4) View towards the north end of the common land with the Julio Rodrigues house to the left & the Lilia Duran house to the right
5) Facing the Lilian Durant house grom the middle of the common land
6) View towards the entrance into the cluster across the common land
7) View from the north end of the cluster with the Julio Rodrigues house
8) View of the covered arcade at the edge of the common land with the Julio Rodrigues house at the back

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Low Cost Houses for Mexicali 1975 to 1977

Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico

Low Cost Housing, Realized , Construction completed in 1977

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 ...