Low Cost Houses for Mexicali: Construction system details – Construction Drawings

01/01/1976

Construction Drawings, Details

Five pages of construction details regarding: a) Basic interlocking wall block system; b) Original foundation system; c) Revised foundation sequence; d) Round columns, square columns and connection to walls; e) Walls .

Designers:

Christopher Alexander, Julio Martinez, Howard Davis, Donald Corner, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Medium:

Photocopy

Size:

8 1/2"x11"

Content of

Construction Innovation

Low Cost Houses for Mexicali: Production of earth-cement interlocking blocks 1975

Construction System, Cement Interlocking Blocks

Created by:

Christopher Alexander, Julio Martinez, Howard Davis, Donald Corner

Production of earth-cement blocks in the builder's yard, vibrated and compressed in a block-making machine, and fabricated on the basis of specially designed and made steel molds for four different shapes of blocks; cylindrical blocks for free standing columns, corner ...

References

Scientific Research

Innovative Construction Systems, Techniques and Materials

Areas of focus:

Design and Building Process

Guiding idea:

Construction Innovation

One of the main topics of research, included in every building project, was to identify, early on in the design process, the material and techniques of construction. This would re-establish building as an art, and allow rapid shaping and adaptation, ...

Photographs

Low Cost Houses for Mexicali - Production of earth-cement interlocking blocks: Photographs of drawings 01/01/1976

Construction Innovation, Drawing

Photographer:

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

Source:

Digital

Characteristics:

B&W

Two photographs of construction details drawings, the first depicting the basic interlocking block wall system and the second the production molds.