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Martinez Tile Glazing Workshop: The first experimental all-gunite concrete building; construction of columns and beams – Photographs of 1st step

01/01/1979

Construction Process

Five photographs with overviews of the formwork for the columns and beams of the building, adapted to the requirements of the gunite method.

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Construction Innovation 1 Items

Martinez Tile Glazing Workshop: The first experimental all-gunite concrete building - construction of columns and beams 1979

Construction System, Sprayed Concrete

Walls, columns, vaults, beams, ceilings, all made by gunite shot on a light weight and low cost guidework of lightweight wooden frame. Gunite is a high-strength concrete made of sharp sand and concrete, carried in air under high pressure, shot ...

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Scientific Research 1 Items

Innovative Construction Systems, Techniques and Materials

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, ...

Projects 1 Items

Tile Glazing Workshop 1978 to 1981

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

Offices & Workshops, Realized , Construction completed in 1981

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 ...

Photographs 3 Items