Tile Glazing Workshop

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 ...

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 ...

278-page document describing a sequence of building operations which were followed on the first two of the experimental structures built on the Martinez site, using the gunite techniques developed by the Center for Environmental Structure. These construction operations were named ...

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.

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.

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.

Image of the concrete structure completed.

Three photographs of the tile workshop exterior completed; in the first one the balustrade of the adjacent seat is included.

Three images depicting the completed building exterior.

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 ...

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 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 ...

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. .

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 ...