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1978 to 1981The 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 and all other necessary materials.
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Martinez Tile Glazing Workshop: The first experimental all-gunite concrete building, with vaulted ceiling and pitched roof
1979
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 ...
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Martinez Tile Glazing Workshop: The first experimental all-gunite concrete building - construction of columns and beams
1979
Walls, columns, vaults, beams, ceilings, all made by gunite shot on a light weight and low cost guidework of lightweight wooden frame. Gunite is a high-strength concrete made of sharp sand and concrete, carried in air under high pressure, shot ...
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Martinez House: Memo requesting the signing and returning of attached Corporate "Understanding" forms of Kaiser Cement Corporation.
05/05/1980
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Martinez House: Report on project and brochure describing The Center for Environmental Structure, were sent; proposing a presentation of the building to Kaiser Cement Corporation and a discussion about its further development
05/05/1980
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Martinez House: Notification of the approval to support the "All Gunite House Prototype" with a grant of sacks of Portland cement, by the Kaiser Cement Corporation management team
09/09/1980
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C.E.S. Office - Martinez House: All Gunnite Concrete House - meeting with Kaiser Cement Corporation
06/06/1980
Kaiser Cement Corporation inter-office memorandum following the 4-Jun-1980 meeting in Martinez, wherein it presents the C.E.S. project of building prototype homes with gunnite cement, requests and recommends support by the Corporation.
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C.E.S. Office - Martinez House: All Gunnite Concrete House - meeting with Kaiser Cement Corporation
18/08/1980
Kaiser Cement Corporation inter-office memorandum following the 15-Aug-1980 meeting in Martinez, wherein observations are made after a presentation of the prototype gunnite house; recommendation to continue the support of this project with materials and financial assistance.
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C.E.S. Office - Martinez House: All Gunnite Concrete House - Products Promotion
01/01/1980
Newsletter describing the Martinez building’s construction system and all its efficiencies, and recommends to the ACA’s Products Promotion Committee to accept the Center for Environmental Structure’s request for subsidy.
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Martinez Tile Workshop: Photographs of the project during construction
01/01/1979
Image of the concrete structure completed.
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Martinez Tile Workshop: Photographs of the building
3 3) The tile workshop and the adjacent green space formed by the balustrade and seat
01/01/1979
Three photographs of the tile workshop exterior completed; the concrete balustrade and seat form a good-shaped green space adjacent to it.
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Martinez Tile Workshop: Photographs of the building
2 2) The tile workshop in the background, at the time the ground floor slabs of the main building were completed
01/01/1979
Three images depicting the building exterior when close to completion.
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References
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Users Involved in the Construction of their Project
The benefits of the involvement of the users in the actual construction of their houses under the guidance and management of the architect-builder or the contractor, besides the obvious economical, are manifested in the personal qualities and feeling of these ...
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Innovative Construction Systems, Techniques and Materials
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, ...
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C.E.S. Office - Martinez House
1977 to
1984
The second building completed on the Martinez site, was a 2,000 square feet house. A gunite all-concrete building as well, it was the first sizable and fully functional project in which C.E.S. used gunite, while applying all permit and specification ...
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Heavy Timber Carpentry Workshop
1985 to
1986
The third building completed on the Martinez site was a heavy timber carpentry workshop, 800 square feet of floor area, with 12"x12" columns and 8"x14" beams, specially engineered trusses and wood paneling. .
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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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