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01/01/1979Seventeen images depicting concrete pouring works. They depict preparations for pouring concrete, and the completion of the first slab pour on the entrance porch.
Photograph:
- 1) Getting ready to start pouring concrete
- 5) Christopher Alexander with a hose on the entrance porch slab
- 6) Alexander shoots the final concrete layer on the entrance porch slab
- 7) Close-up of Alexander shooting concrete
- 9) Herman Diedrich shooting concrete in the slab next to that of the porch
- 12) Christopher Alexander looking at the screeded slab
- 13) Christopher Alexander & Herman Diedrich close to completing the screeding of the slab
- 15) Christopher Alexander & Herman Diedrich start removing the formwork
- 16) Alexander paying attention at the connection between perimeter foundation beam and slab
References
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C.E.S. Office - Martinez House: Photographs of foundation construction works
01/01/1979
Eight images of the foundation excavations works, and the formation of the different levels of the building.
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C.E.S. Office - Martinez House: Photographs of foundation construction works
01/01/1979
Twenty-five images of the foundation formworks. They depict various operations and elements of the formwork, like retaining walls, footings and perimeter beams, including both overviews and close-ups.
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C.E.S. Office - Martinez House: Photographs of foundation construction works
01/01/1979
Nine images of concrete works. They depict the completed first concrete slab pour of the entrance porch, showing the ornamental border, made by stamping the concrete surface during its early curing stage.