The Sala House: Concrete balustrade and its formwork – Presentation Drawings

Rose colored concrete balustrade made by pouring concrete into a low-budget assembly of two sheets of sheetrock, braced, and with hand-cut styrofoam fillers shaped to the form of the void in-between.

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, ...

Drawing sheet with the second & third floor plans, and perspectives of special features of interior and exterior elements, like concrete balustrade, door, alcove, exterior concrete wall construction system .

Photograph of a mock-up for the concrete balustrade together with the wooden framing support structure. Part of the balustrade mock-up is in concrete and others in cardboard.

Photographs of two drawings of the formwork for the concrete balustrade.

Three versions of the same photograph depicting the rose-painted low-cost concrete balustrade, used as a railing for the parking deck. One of them was exhibited at the 2014 Locus Manifesto-exposition “Re-enchant the World: Architecture and the City facing society´s transitions”, in ...