Formwork for a concrete bracket: Sketches

01/01/1978

Sketches, Axonometric, Elevation

Various small pencil sketches for a concrete bracket, all in one page, with some construction and formwork details; built as a construction experiment.

Designers:

Christopher Alexander, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Medium:

Original on Tracing Paper

Size:

8 1/2"x11", 12 1/4"x17 3/4"

Content of

Work of Art

Formwork for a concrete bracket 1978

Personal Work of Art, Building Detail

Created by:

Christopher Alexander

The form of the bracket is made cheaply, by gluing styrofoam together with rubber cement, which allows adjustment on the styrofoam pieces, until the proportions are right.

References

Photographs

Concrete bracket formwork: Photographs of mock-up 01/01/1978

Work of Art, Construction Experiment & Mock-up

Photographer:

Christopher Alexander/C.E.S., Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Source:

Print, Negative

Characteristics:

8"x10", 4"x5", B&W

Photograph of the styrofoam formwork for a concrete bracket, built as a construction experiment.