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Village School in Bavra
1962Four- room school for the village, made by four arched walls and a ribbed vaulted roof, and built by Christopher Alexander and the villagers, at the minimum available budget of less than $1000.
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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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Bavra Village School - Domed vault made from layers of cone-tile stacked to form arches, and laid together to form a spherical vault: Photographs
01/01/1962
Three images depicting the school roof under construction: 1. Brick arches are completed and dome formwork in process; 2. Dome formwork being placed; and 3. Dome ribs being formed by placing the guna tiles. They were exhibited at the Locus Manifesto-exposition ...
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Photograph of Christopher Alexander with Janet Johnson in India
01/01/1962
Photograph taken in the village of Bavra, following the completion of the village school construction.