Drawing

Low Cost Houses for Mexicali: Construction system details – Drawings

01/01/1976

Construction Drawings, Details

Two pages of roof construction details.

Drawing:

Content of

Construction Innovation 1 Items

Low Cost Houses for Mexicali: Basket vault with pumice concrete laid over burlap and chicken-wire 1976

Construction System, Vaulted Roof & Ceiling

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.

References

Scientific Research 1 Items

Innovative Construction Systems, Techniques and Materials

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 1 Items

Low-cost Houses for Mexicali - Basket vault with pumice concrete laid over basket and burlap and chicken-wire: Photographs of drawings 01/01/1976

Construction Innovation, Drawing

Digitized

Two photographs of construction drawings with details.