Photograph

The Peru Project – Low Cost Housing for the United Nations: Composite bamboo/polyurethane foam beams – Photographs of testing procedure

01/01/1969

Construction Experiment & Mock-up

Photographer:

Christopher Alexander/C.E.S., Lima, Peru

Source:

Negative

Characteristics:

35mm, B&W

Content of

Photograph

The Peru Project - Low Cost Housing for the United Nations: Composite bamboo/polyurethane foam beams - Photographs of testing procedure 01/01/1969

Construction Experiment & Mock-up

Photographer:

Christopher Alexander/C.E.S., Lima, Peru

Source:

Negative

Characteristics:

35mm, B&W

Sixteen photographs from the load testing procedure of the real-size composite bamboo beam mock-up. Images depict various steps of size verification, fastening the beam and gradually adding weights .