Low Cost Houses for Mexicali: Step-by-step construction process using cement interlocking block for foundation and walls and light-weight concrete for vaults – Photographs

01/01/1976

Construction Process

Two views of the original color sketches by Peter Bosselman, outlining the construction process in detailed sequential steps; ten PMTs and their corresponding negatives depict: 1) Excavation & staking; 2) Foundation & slab; 3) Columns & walls; 4) Wall tie-beams formwork & gable ends; 5) Roof basket frame weaving; 6) Roof construction; 7) Door and window frames in block walls; 8) Doors and windows fabrication & roof coating; 9) Plastering & window installation; 10) Glazing, paving & painting.

Photographer:

Peter Bosselman, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Source:

Digital

Characteristics:

Color

Content of

Construction Innovation

Low Cost Houses for Mexicali: Step-by-step construction process using cement interlocking block for foundation and walls and light-weight concrete for vaults 1976

Construction System, Cement Interlocking Blocks, Vaulted Roof & Ceiling

Created by:

Christopher Alexander, Julio Martinez, Howard Davis, Donald Corner

Twentry three building operations, as an example of a step-by-step construction process, capable of allowing mass production of large number of houses which are all different without increasing costs. These operations are so defined that can be applied to each ...

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Photographs

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Scientific Research

Design and Construction is one Integrated Making Process

Areas of focus:

Design and Building Process

Guiding idea:

Construction Process

The design process of a project and its construction process are united into one continuous and intertwined making process, unfolding in a step-by-step sequence. Design ends together with the completion of the construction process. "Making" is a conception of the ...

Projects

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 ...

Photographs

Low Cost Houses for Mexicali: Step-by-step construction process using cement interlocking block for foundation and walls and light-weight concrete for vaults - Photographs 01/01/1976

Construction Innovation, Construction Process

Photographer:

Peter Bosselman, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Source:

PMT, Negative

Characteristics:

8 1/2"x11", B&W

Series of sketches by Peter Bosselman, outlining the construction process in detailed sequential steps; ten PMTs and their corresponding negatives depict: 1) Excavation & staking; 2) Foundation & slab; 3) Columns & walls; 4) Wall tie-beams formwork & gable ends; ...