Photograph

Martinez Tile Workshop: Photographs of building interior

01/01/1985

Interior View

Photograph of the tile workshop interior in use for the fabrication of hand-glazed tiles, with the vaulted ceiling clearly seen.

Photographer:

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

Source:

Digital

Characteristics:

Color

Content of

Project

Tile Glazing Workshop 1978 to 1981

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

Offices & Workshops, Realized , Construction completed in 1981

Client:

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

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, others

Contractor:

Center for Environmetal Structure

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 first building completed on the Martinez site, was an experimental gunite all-concrete building, with 200 square feet of floor area, concrete vaulted ceiling and concrete pitched roof. It was used as the tile glazing workshop, equipped with a kiln ...