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Low Cost Houses for Mexicali: Photographs of the layout process

01/01/1976

Layout Process on Site

Five photos from the layout process of the house cluster by the families on the site ground, using stakes and blocks; three images from the five-house cluster layout process, and two from the builder’s yard cluster. The photos depict the project site with corner stakes, blocks and chalk marks, identifying edges of houses and the common land, and people having group meetings or working on house layouts.

Photographer:

Christopher Alexander/C.E.S., Mexicali, Mexico

Source:

Digital, PMT, Print, Negative

Characteristics:

8"X10", 4"X5", 2 3/8"X3 6/8", Color, B&W

Content of

Project

Low Cost Houses for Mexicali 1975 to 1977

Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico

Low Cost Housing, Realized , Construction completed in 1977

Client:

Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, Mexicali - Mr. Jorge Nunez, Director of the School of Architecture

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Julio Martinez, Howard Davis, Donald Corner, students and families

Contractor:

Built by the families and local subcontractors under the management of the Center for Environmental Structure

Sponsor:

University of Baja California

Project cost:

$70,000

Project stages:

Pattern language for the project by C.E.S. Layout on the ground by clients and C.E.S. Preliminary Design drawings done after layout Direct Construction management along with on-site design decisions Budget and subcontractors under C.E.S. control Users in

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 ...

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