Drawing

The Sala House: Concrete bracket and its formwork – Presentation Drawings

01/01/1982

Presentation Drawing, Details

Two drawings, one a detail of the concrete bracket formwork and the other a partial wall elevation focusing on the bay window and the bracket as support of its slab.

Designers:

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

Medium:

Original on Vellum

Content of

Construction Innovation

Sala House: Concrete bracket and its formwork 1982

Building Detail, Low-cost Formwork

Created by:

Christopher Alexander, Gary Black

Low-cost formwork for concrete brackets to support a bay window, made by attaching to the concrete formwork styrofoam fillers with the negative shape of the bracket.

Contents

Drawings

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, ...

Drawings

Photographs

Sala House: Concrete bracket and its formwork - Photographs 01/07/1983

Construction Innovation, Focus on Details

Photographer:

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

Source:

Digital, Print, Negative

Characteristics:

3 1/2"x5", B&W

Five photographs of the concrete bracket and the process followed for shaping and constructing it.