Martinez Tile Glazing Workshop: The first experimental all-gunite concrete building; vaulted ceiling and pitched roof construction process – Photographs of 1st step construction stage

01/01/1979

Construction Process, Construction Experiment & Mock-up

Eighteen photographs depicting the first step of the vaulted ceiling and the pitched roof construction process, which is the making of a full scale mock-up of a section of the ceiling formwork, out of metal and plywood; work towards finalizing the curvature of the vaulted ceiling and testing required bracing and strengthening, considering the weight of the concrete after the application of gunnite .

Photographer:

Harissos Tsiringas/C.E.S., Martinez, CA, U.S.A.

Source:

Negative, Contact Sheet

Characteristics:

35mm, B&W

Content of

Construction Innovation

Martinez Tile Glazing Workshop: The first experimental all-gunite concrete building, with vaulted ceiling and pitched roof 1979

Construction System, Sprayed Concrete, Sloped Roof & Vaulted Ceiling

Created by:

Christopher Alexander, Harissos Tsiringas

Barrel vault ceiling and pitched roof, both made by using the gunite technique, constructed in six basic steps: 1) Fabrication of a full scale mockup of a section of the ceiling formwork, out of metal and plywood; 2) Construction of ...

Contents

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References

Scientific Research

Innovative Construction Systems, Techniques and Materials

Areas of focus:

Design and Building Process

Guiding idea:

Construction Innovation

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

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 ...

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