Low-cost Houses for Mexicali: Photographs of the buildings

01/01/1976

Exterior View

Eleven photos showing the builders yard courtyard with the fountain, perimeter buildings and arcades, as well as its entrance gate. In addition, four photos of the house cluster, with views of the entrance gate and the arcades surrounding the courtyard.

Photograph:

1) Builders yard courtyard with fountain and main building, as seen from the arcade
2) Builders yard courtyard with fountain and the arcade
3) Corner in the builders yard courtyard with the fountain
4) Close-up of courtyard fountain in the builders yard
5) Close-up of courtyard fountain in the builders yard, with children
6) The builders yard arcade
7) Builders yard entrance gate detail, seen from the street
8) House cluster entrance gate, viewed from the street
9) House cluster entrance gate, viewed from inside the courtyard
10) House cluster arcade with barrel vaulted roof and round columns with low walls in between
11) House cluster arcade with clay-tiled floor

Content of

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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 ...