C.E.S. Office – Martinez House: Photographs of the project during construction

01/01/1982

Works in Progress

Photograph of the Martinez site, showing the tile workshop and the shed buildings completed and the C.E.S office building under construction, in the formwork stage.

Photographer:

Christopher Alexander/C.E.S., Martinez, CA, U.S.A.

Source:

Print, Negative

Characteristics:

8"x10", 4"x5", B&W

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Content of

Project

C.E.S. Office - Martinez House 1977 to 1984

4207 Arthur Road, 94553, Martinez, CA, U.S.A.

Residential, Realized , Construction completed in 1984

Client:

Center for Environmetal Structure - C.E.S. Directors

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Jonathan Fefferman, Harissos Tsiringas, Gary Black, David Dacus, Olasheni Agbabiaka

Contractor:

Center for Environmetal Structure

Project cost:

$120,000

Project stages:

Layout on the site by C.E.S. Design Development and Building Permit drawings done after layout Direct construction management and on-site design decisions Users involved in the construction Innovative construction methods

The second building completed on the Martinez site, was a 2,000 square feet house. A gunite all-concrete building as well, it was the first sizable and fully functional project in which C.E.S. used gunite, while applying all permit and specification ...