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Low-cost Houses for Mexicali – Basket vault with pumice concrete laid over basket and burlap and chicken-wire: Photographs

01/01/1976

Construction Process

Six photos illustrating barrel vaults in different settings during the first steps of their construction.

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Construction Innovation 1 Items

Low Cost Houses for Mexicali: Basket vault with pumice concrete laid over burlap and chicken-wire 1976

Construction System, Vaulted Roof & Ceiling

Construction of basket and groin vaults with light weight pumice concrete laid over woven basket and applied on top of burlap and lath, both stapled into the wooden ribs of the interwoven basket.

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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

Low Cost Houses for Mexicali 1975 to 1977

Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico

Low Cost Housing, Realized , Construction completed in 1977

A cluster of houses for large families, with a builders yard, built by the families themselves with the help of students from the Universidad Autonoma of Mexico, and a team of builders from the Center for Environmental Structure. Each house ...