Go BackC.E.S. Office – Martinez House: Experimental gunnite all-concrete building – Photographs
01/01/1981Nineteen photographs depicting the construction of the 1st stage formwork for the vertical elements of the building, namely the formwork for: a) the outer surface of the six outer corner columns of the building volumes, b) the two short wall forming the two inner corners of the building volumes, and c) the two shear walls in the south facing wall located at the change of levels of the building volumes slabs. This articulation of the formwork is responsible for the ornamental sprayed concrete layers in the vertical elements of the exterior walls. The photos provide overall views, as well as views of the formwork details.
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C.E.S. Office - Martinez House: Construction experiment of octagonal freestanding concrete columns, with low-cost formwork, shot in gunite
1979
Construction technique for concrete columns, with base, capital and an elegant flare where the shaft meets the base, shot in gunite into a low-cost open form. The corners of the column shaft, with a flare where it meets the base, ...
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C.E.S. Office - Martinez House: Gunite all-concrete building
1980
Walls, columns, 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 dry ...
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C.E.S. Office - Martinez House: Experimental gunnite all-concrete building - Photographs
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C.E.S. Office - Martinez House: Experimental gunnite all-concrete building - Photographs
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C.E.S. Office - Martinez House: Experimental gunnite all-concrete building - Photographs
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C.E.S. Office - Martinez House: Photographs of the project during construction
01/01/1979
Nine images of the foundation works. They depict the completed first concrete pour on the first level of the building, the entrance porch showing the perimeter ornament stamped on the concrete during its early curing stage.
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C.E.S. Office - Martinez House: Experimental gunnite all-concrete building; formwork for vertical elements - Photographs
01/01/1981
One close up view of the front porch formwork, two more images depicting the front end house formwork, and one more showing the whole house formwork extending on its long side.
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C.E.S. Office - Martinez House: Experimental gunnite all-concrete building; wall framing - Photographs
01/08/1982
Four photographs from the stage of constructing the wood framing of the walls. The first image shows the mock-up of window openings on the lath of the wall, while on the second the framing of the windows has been completed. ...
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