Low Cost Houses for Mexicali: Photographs of building interios

01/01/1976

Interior View

Fourteen photos of the house interiors: Two photos of corridors with barrel roof and rooms opening on all sides and four photos of different bedrooms. A picture of the corner of a room with bookcase and two photos with children in rooms; also a photo of a bathroom and another one of a window detail. The last three photos show different living room settings, while in the last one there is a bed alcove along the corridor leading to the living room.

Photographer:

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

Source:

Digital, Print, Negative

Characteristics:

8"x12", 8"x10", 4"x5", 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 ...

Contents

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References

Scientific Research

The Uniqueness of People's Individual Worlds, Always Respected and Manifested

Areas of focus:

Design and Building Process

Guiding idea:

Participation of Users

In the last two centuries "modular" design has produced identical apartments, arranged in typical apartment blocks. The same is true for mass-produced furniture. Uniqueness, which expresses personal needs and whiches, and which springs from the need to adapt and connect ...