C.E.S. Office – Martinez House: Photographs of drawings

01/01/1983

Drawing

Eight Architectural Construction Drawings of the house and the tile workshop: 1) Site Plan; 2) Floor Plan; 3) Elevations; 4) Foundation Plan and Section; 5) Construction Details; 6) Corner Column Details; 7) Window Details; 8) Car-Port / Tile Workshop drawings.

Photographer:

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

Source:

PMT, Negative

Characteristics:

8 1/2"x11", B&W

Content of

Project

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

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

Residential, Realized , Construction completed in 1984

Client:

Center for Environmetal Structure - C.E.S. Directors

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Jonathan Fefferman, Harissos Tsiringas, Gary Black, David Dacus, Olasheni Agbabiaka

Contractor:

Center for Environmetal Structure

Project cost:

$120,000

Project stages:

Layout on the site by C.E.S. Design Development and Building Permit drawings done after layout Direct construction management and on-site design decisions Users involved in the construction Innovative construction methods

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 ...
Tile Glazing Workshop 1978 to 1981

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

Offices & Workshops, Realized , Construction completed in 1981

Client:

Center for Environmetal Structure - C.E.S. Directors

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, others

Contractor:

Center for Environmetal Structure

Project stages:

Layout on the site by C.E.S. Design Development and Building Permit drawings done after layout Direct construction management and on-site design decisions Users involved in the construction Innovative construction methods

The first building completed on the Martinez site, was an experimental gunite all-concrete building, with 200 square feet of floor area, concrete vaulted ceiling and concrete pitched roof. It was used as the tile glazing workshop, equipped with a kiln ...

Contents

Photographs

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References

Construction Innovations

C.E.S. Office - Martinez House: Gunite all-concrete building 1980

Construction System, Sprayed Concrete

Created by:

Christopher Alexander, Jonathan Fefferman, Harissos Tsiringas, Gary Black, David Dacus, Olasheni Agbabiaka

Walls, columns, beams, ceilings, all made by gunite shot on a light weight and low cost guidework of lightweight wooden frame. Gunite is a high-strength concrete made of sharp sand and concrete, carried in air under high pressure, shot dry ...

Photographs

C.E.S. Office - Martinez House: Photographs of drawings 01/01/1984

Project, Drawing

Photographer:

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

Source:

Digital, PMT, Negative

Characteristics:

8 1/2"x11", B&W

Eight architectural drawings of the house and the tile workshop: 1) Site Plan; 2) Floor Plan; 3) Floor Plan with Window Schedule; 4) Section; 5) Front & Side Elevations; 6). Rear & Side Elevations; 7) Tile Workshop Elevation with Bench ...