Go BackC.E.S. Office – Martinez House: Experimental gunite all-concrete building; vaulted ceiling and pitched roof construction process – Photographs of 6th step of construction process
01/01/1979Seven photographs depicting the sixth step of the vaulted ceiling and the pitched roof construction process, which includes the shooting of gunnite in layers and its final finishing.
Photograph:
- 1) Alexander is shooting the first layer of gunite on the sloped roof
- 2) The sloped roof partly covered with a thin layer of gunite
- 3) Alexander applying a milky liquid on the roof
- 4) Alexander finishing the shooting of gunite on the sloped roof
- 5) Alexander troweling the ridge of the pitched roof
- 6) Alexander sitting on the ridge, expressing his joy for the completion of works
- 7) Another image of Alexander, similar to the previous one
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C.E.S. Office - Martinez House: Experimental gunite all-concrete building; vaulted ceiling and pitched roof construction process - Photographs of 1st step of construction process
01/01/1979
Six photographs depicting the first step of the vaulted ceiling and the pitched roof construction process, which included the making of a full scale mock-up of the middle raised section of the ceiling formwork, out of metal and plywood. .
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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
01/01/1979
Thirteen photographs depicting the second step of the vaulted ceiling and the pitched roof construction process, which ends with the completion of the vaulted ceiling formwork.
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C.E.S. Office - Martinez House: Experimental gunite all-concrete building; vaulted ceiling and pitched roof construction process - Photographs of 3rd step construction stage
01/01/1979
Fifteen photographs depicting the third step of the vaulted ceiling and the pitched roof construction process, which concluded with the shooting of layers of gunite on the barrel vault formwork, to ensure the proper covering of the reinforcement.
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