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C.E.S. Office – Martinez House: Construction Operations Manual
16/05/1980278-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 building “entities” or “wholes” and are described through field notes and the recording of the actual construction process applied. There are approximately 20 steps of operations followed on the 230 sq. ft. small workshop and 40 steps that were applied on the 1196 sq. ft. house; each step or operation consisted of a number of sub steps. .
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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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Tile Glazing Workshop
1978 to
1981
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 ...
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