Martinez Tile Glazing Workshop: The first experimental all-gunite concrete building; vaulted ceiling and pitched roof construction process – Photographs

Barrel vault ceiling and pitched roof, both made by using the gunite technique, constructed in six basic steps: 1) Fabrication of a full scale mockup of a section of the ceiling formwork, out of metal and plywood; 2) Construction of ...

One of the main topics of research, included in every building project, was to identify, early on in the design process, the material and techniques of construction. This would re-establish building as an art, and allow rapid shaping and adaptation, ...

The first building completed on the Martinez site, was an experimental gunite all-concrete building, with 200 square feet of floor area, concrete vaulted ceiling and concrete pitched roof. It was used as the tile glazing workshop, equipped with a kiln ...

Eighteen photographs depicting the first step of the vaulted ceiling and the pitched roof construction process, which is the making of a full scale mock-up of a section of the ceiling formwork, out of metal and plywood; work towards finalizing ...

Twenty-three photographs depicting the second step of the vaulted ceiling and the pitched roof construction process, which includes a mock-up with plywood sheets secured on the building beams, for finalizing the slope of the pitched roof, as well as the ...

Twenty photographs depicting the third step of the vaulted ceiling and the pitched roof construction process, which includes the treatment of the formwork surface, the placing and fastening of steel bars and steel mesh reinforcement, and ultimately the shooting of ...