Low Cost Houses for Mexicali: Photographs of people during construction

01/01/1976

Working in Construction

Seventeen photos with people during the project construction, working, celebrating events, resting or just posing. The first image shows the project staff and householders celebrating a birthday; then, there are five photos of householders and their kids; one image of an apprentice and one of Christopher Alexander during discussion with the project founders; two photos of people at work and five with people taking a break and one more of the birthday celebration.

Photographer:

Howard Davis/C.E.S., Mexicali, Mexico

Source:

Digital, Print, Negative

Characteristics:

8"x12", 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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References

Scientific Research

Users Involved in the Construction of their Project

Areas of focus:

Design and Building Process

Guiding idea:

Participation of Users

The benefits of the involvement of the users in the actual construction of their houses under the guidance and management of the architect-builder or the contractor, besides the obvious economical, are manifested in the personal qualities and feeling of these ...