C.E.S. Office – Martinez House: Ornamental concrete layer on the exterior wall envelope – Photographs

01/01/1984

Focus on Details

Six photographs of the ornamental concrete horizontal layers, just below the concrete roof cornice, forming intricate detailing on the edges of the sprayed concrete layers, all painted in white.

Photograph:

1) Ornamental concrete layer, forming a transition zone between the column and wall surfaces, and the cornice above
2) The same detail seen in a wider context of building elements
3) The same detail encountered in an external corner of the building
4) The same detail adjusted to the existing window
5) The same detail blown up, at the meeting point of two house volumes built at different levels; the roof shade is cast on them
6) The same detail spanning between two columns with a window in the middle

Content of

Construction Innovation 1 Items

C.E.S. Office - Martinez House: Ornamental concrete layers on the exterior wall envelope 1983

Work of Art for Project, Ornament

Ornamental concrete layers, both vertical and horizontal, painted white, in contrast to the blue of the wall large surfaces. The vertical concrete layers were incorporated in the formwork of columns and shear walls, while the horizontal concrete layers were shot ...

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, ...

Projects 1 Items

C.E.S. Office - Martinez House 1977 to 1984

4207 Arthur Road, 94553, Martinez, CA, U.S.A.

Residential, Realized , Construction completed in 1984

The second building completed on the Martinez site, was a 2,000 square feet house. A gunite all-concrete building as well, it was the first sizable and fully functional project in which C.E.S. used gunite, while applying all permit and specification ...