C.E.S. Office – Martinez House: Small all-gunnite shed built as an experimental building – Photographs of mock-up

01/01/1981

Construction Experiment & Mock-up

Six photographs of the experimental shed under construction, for testing the construction techniques and details not used in the tile workshop, as for example the wooden plank ‘Russian type’ roof.

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Construction Innovation 1 Items

C.E.S. Office - Martinez House: Wooden plank roof construction details 1981

Building Detail, Roof & Eave

The "Russian" type plank roof consists of two layers of long boards running from ridge to eave, with two grooves milled in each board; before being built on the house, its construction method and detailing was tried on the small ...

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 ...