Go BackBerryessa Terraced House: Foundation concrete works – Photographs
10/02/1982Four images of the concrete slabs and retaining walls after the formwork had been removed. In some of them the blue tiles embedded in the perimeter slab beam can be discerned.
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Design and Construction is one Integrated Making Process
The design process of a project and its construction process are united into one continuous and intertwined making process, unfolding in a step-by-step sequence. Design ends together with the completion of the construction process. "Making" is a conception of the ...
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The Layout Process of Buildings on the Land - Visualization at Full Scale on Site
Each act of building needs to have a positive effect on its surroundings; to complete them, preserve their structure, make them better, by creating strong centers in them and next to them. Each new building is more alive when it ...
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Berryessa Terraced House: Initial excavations - Photographs
01/05/1981
Four views depicting the first excavation activities to form the platforms of the main volumes of the house, as indicated by the stakes placed during the initial layout on the land, which defined the corners of the house volumes.
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Berryessa Terraced House: Layout of house with stakes on the land - Photographs
01/07/1981
Four views depicting the first step of the layout process on the site, in order to determine the location and approximate size of the house volumes, in relatioship to the site slope, views and existing trees; main constraints were the ...
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Berryessa Terraced House: Foundation perimeter beam and slab formwork under construction - Photographs
01/07/1981
The construction of the formwork for the perimeter beam and slab of the foundation finalized the design of the footprint and levels of the volumes of the house, which followed pretty closely the layout of the house staked on the ...
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