Correspondence

Martinez House: RE: Center for Environmental Structure Experimental House – Pacheco, CA; expressing impressions and concerns after visiting the cement gunite home; advising for variations on the use of such structures

05/09/1980

Construction Works, Financial Support

Sender:

Nels E. Carlson, The Hofmann Company, Concord, CA, U.S.A.

Recipient:

Chuck Soule, Kaiser Cement Corporation, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Medium:

Letter

Content of

Project

C.E.S. Office - Martinez House 1977 to 1984

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

Residential, Realized , Construction completed in 1984

Client:

Center for Environmetal Structure - C.E.S. Directors

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Jonathan Fefferman, Harissos Tsiringas, Gary Black, David Dacus, Olasheni Agbabiaka

Contractor:

Center for Environmetal Structure

Project cost:

$120,000

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 second building completed on the Martinez site, was a 2,000 square feet house. A gunite all-concrete building as well, it was the first sizable and fully functional project in which C.E.S. used gunite, while applying all permit and specification ...
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 ...

References

Records

C.E.S. Office - Martinez House: All Gunnite Concrete House - meeting with Kaiser Cement Corporation 18/08/1980

Project, Construction Works, Memorandum

Authors:

Chuck Soule, Kaiser Cement Corporation, Oakland, CA, U.S.A.

Kaiser Cement Corporation inter-office memorandum following the 15-Aug-1980 meeting in Martinez, wherein observations are made after a presentation of the prototype gunnite house; recommendation to continue the support of this project with materials and financial assistance.