Chapter 16. Continuous Invention of New Materials and Techniques, 9 / Smooth Unfolding of Construction
References
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Etna Street Cottage: Basket vault with layers of ultra-lightweight concrete laid over burlap
1974
Construction of an ultra-lightweight concrete vault, built over box columns and beams filled with concrete. Two different methods were used; lightweight concrete over woven basket, lath and burlap for solid vaulted roofs, and burlap impregnated with fiberglass resin, over woven ...
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Etna Street Cottage: Hollow wooden structure filled with lightweigth concrete
1974
Flexible and low-cost construction techniques consisted of a hollow wooden structure of columns and beams, filled with lightweigth concrete, and a simple foundation made of concrete blocks, with rebars embeddedand ready to receive slab mesh.
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Low Cost Houses for Mexicali: Basket vault with pumice concrete laid over burlap and chicken-wire
1976
Construction of basket and groin vaults with light weight pumice concrete laid over woven basket and applied on top of burlap and lath, both stapled into the wooden ribs of the interwoven basket.