C.E.S. Office – Martinez House: Experimental gunite all-concrete building; vaulted ceiling and pitched roof construction process – Photographs of 2nd step of construction process

Photograph:

• 1) Securing plywood sheets on the perimeter beam to simulate & finalize the slope of the pitched roof
• 2) Distant side view of the plywood sheets simulating the pitch of the roof
• 3) Commencing the construction of the raised vaulted ceiling formwork
• 4) Christopher Alexander working at the table saw, set on site
• 5) Detail of formwork
• 6) Trimming the edges of the two sheets of plywood, forming the curvature of the raised section of the vaulted ceiling
• 7) Last touches after the nailing & trimming of the two sheets of plywood
• 8) Distant view of the raised middle part of the vaulted ceiling formwork
• 9) Detail of the formwork at the edge of the raised middle section of vaulted ceiling
• 10) Securing the ends of the vaulted ceiling, before being cut to shape
• 11) Interior view of the formwork at the middle section of the vaulted ceiling
• 12) Front view of the formwork of barrel vault ceiling fully completed
• 13) Top view of the formwork of barrel vault ceiling fully completed