Go BackInnovative 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, using new techniques that were machine-assisted, computer-assisted, and highly flexible so that the shaping could be controlled by human hands and human thought without massive and expensive investment in human labor.
The construction innovations included modern techniques for new types on masonry wall, new types of vault, new types of wood structure, roof structure and roof surfaces, new types of cabinets and furniture, structural inventions, innovations in block fabrication and various construction innovations.
Thoughts and Arguments Explored and Developed
Techniques of construction which help in making living centers
Smooth unfolding of construction
Mock-ups in full scale with the actual material, built in the early phases of a project, help test new construction techniques and estimate labor costs
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The Production of Houses
1985
The fifth volume in “The Center for Environmental Structure Series” on architecture published by Oxford University Press, “The Production of Houses” puts Alexander’s theories to the test and shows what sort of production system can create the kind of environment Alexander ...
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The Nature of Order - An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe.
Book Three - A Vision of a Living World
2005
“A Vision of a Living World”, the third volume of “The Nature of Order” series, presents, for the first time, a full spectrum of Alexander’s and CES built and unbuilt works. The book describes hundreds of buildings, plans, neighborhoods, drawings, ...
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The Battle for the Life and Beauty of the Earth - A Struggle between Two World-Systems
2012
The ninth and last volume of “The Center for Environmental Structure Series” on architecture published by Oxford University Press is the “The Battle for the Life and Beauty of the Earth – A Struggle between Two World-Systems”. The book puts ...
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The Patterns, Construction, Continuous Floating Slab
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The Patterns, Construction, Mortarless Block Wall
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The Patterns, Construction, Composite Bamboo Foam Beam
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The Patterns, Construction, Composite Bamboo Foam Plank
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The Patterns, Construction, Sulphur Reinforcing and Topping
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The Patterns, Patio Section, Translucent Opening Patio Roof
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Chapter 2. The Builder's Yard
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Chapter 5. Step-by-Step Constuction
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Chapter 15. Emergence of Formal Geometry, 8 / A Further Structural Example
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Chapter 5. The Practical Matters of Forging a Living Center, 4 / Beings in Arches, Spaces and Columns: The Example of West Dean
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Chapter 5. The Practical Matters of Forging a Living Center, 5 / Emergence of the Arches
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Chapter 5. The Practical Matters of Forging a Living Center, 6 / Detailed Design of the Structural Columns
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Chapter 16. Continuous Invention of New Materials and Techniques, 10 / The Paradigm of Smooth Unfolding as a Target for Every Construction Technique
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Chapter 16. Continuous Invention of New Materials and Techniques, 11 / Monocoque Construction
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Chapter 16. Continuous Invention of New Materials and Techniques, 3 / What Matters is that we Have Techniques of Construction Which Help us Make Living Centers
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Chapter 16. Continuous Invention of New Materials and Techniques, 4 / An Innovation for Village Construction - Stacked Tile Vaults
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Chapter 16. Continuous Invention of New Materials and Techniques, 5 / Cheap and Beautiful Ways of Forming Concrete
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Chapter 16. Continuous Invention of New Materials and Techniques, 5A / Wood and Concrete Combinations
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Chapter 16. Continuous Invention of New Materials and Techniques, 6 / Heavy Wood Construction
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Chapter 16. Continuous Invention of New Materials and Techniques, 7 / New Forms of Brick and Block Construction
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Chapter 16. Continuous Invention of New Materials and Techniques, 8 / Sophisticated May Mean Adavanced or it May Mean Primitive in appearance but Advanced in Content
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Chapter 16. Continuous Invention of New Materials and Techniques, 9 / Smooth Unfolding of Construction
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Chapter 17. Production of Giant Projects Through High-Speed Adaptive Production, 10 / Fabrication of Luminous Glass Ceiling
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Chapter 17. Production of Giant Projects Through High-Speed Adaptive Production, 2 / High-Speed Adaptative Production: Technical Problems that Must Be Solved
Chapter 17. Production of Giant Projects Through High-Speed Adaptive Production, 3 / Slowly Created Harmony in a Massive project: The Example of the Athens Megaron
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Chapter 17. Production of Giant Projects Through High-Speed Adaptive Production, 4 / The Core of the Solution: A Combination of Large Numbers, High Speed, Minute Adaptation, Craft and Cost Control
Chapter 17. Production of Giant Projects Through High-Speed Adaptive Production, 5 / Adaptative Design Emerging within the Whole
Chapter 17. Production of Giant Projects Through High-Speed Adaptive Production, 6 / The Water- jet Cutter
Chapter 17. Production of Giant Projects Through High-Speed Adaptive Production, 7 / Prefabrication of Marble on Fberglass Mats Following by On-site Modification and Context Determined Design Adjustment
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Village School in Bavra
1962
Bavra, near Mehmedabad, Gujarat, IndiaEducational, Realized , Construction completed in 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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Peru Project - Low Cost Housing for the United Nations
1969 to
1970
11km north of Lima, Lima, PeruMaster Planning, Low Cost Housing, Realized , Invited Competition, Proposal submitted in 1970Master plan for a community of 1500 houses, submitted as one out of twelve other competition entries for the United Nations sponsored international housing competition PREVI (Proyecto Experimental de Vivienda). The Center for Environmental Structure was chosen as the ...
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Etna Street Cottage
1974
Etna Street, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Residential, Realized , Construction completed in 1974Experimental building project, two-story 400 sq. ft. cottage, with a hollow wooden structure filled with concrete and featherweight concrete vaults. Completed in ten weeks, without a building permit at the back of the C.E.S. office on Etna Street, and was ...
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Low Cost Houses for Mexicali
1975 to
1977
Mexicali, Baja California, MexicoLow Cost Housing, Realized , Construction completed in 1977A cluster of houses for large families, with a builders yard, built by the families themselves with the help of students from the Universidad Autonoma of Mexico, and a team of builders from the Center for Environmental Structure. Each house ...
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C.E.S. Office - Martinez House
1977 to
1984
4207 Arthur Road, 94553, Martinez, CA, U.S.A.Residential, Realized , Construction completed in 1984The 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
4207 Arthur Road, 94553, Martinez, CA, U.S.A.Offices & Workshops, Realized , Construction completed in 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 ...
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House for John and Mara Lighty
1981 to
1989
2675 Harness Drive, Berryessa Estates, Pope Valley, Napa County, CA, U.S.A.Residential, Realized , Construction completed in Aug-1989Terraced house built for a couple; the house consists of six building volumes, gracefully positioned on a wooded slope among white oak trees, and includes the living room - kitchen volume, the studio volume, the bedroom - library volume, a ...
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Sala House
1981 to
1983
700 Hillside, 94706, Albany, CA, U.S.A.Residential, Realized , Construction completed in Jun-1983Three-story tower, 20 feet by 20 feet in plan on each floor, on a wooded, sloping site. The interior structure of the house is wood post and beam with pine panelling and hand-painted surfaces, and the exterior is a red ...
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Eishin Campus - High School: Central Hall
1982 to
1985
Nihongi 112-1, Iruma-shi, Saitama Prefecture, JapanEducational, Realized , Construction completed in 1985The Central Hall is located at the end of the homebase street. Α student gathering area with four-foot-thick concrete base walls and arched openings, with built-in benches, which double as entrances to the building. Arches and seats form alcoves, and ...
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Eishin Campus - High School: Gymnasium
1982 to
1985
Nihongi 112-1, Iruma-shi, Saitama Prefecture, JapanEducational, Realized , Construction completed in 1985The Gymnasium is a large, 11,340 square feet, wooden building, surrounded by the water of the lake and accessed through a bridge. The walls covered with black plaster, and the dark red metal roof give its exterior identity, and wood ...
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Eishin Campus - High School: Dining Hall
1982 to
1985
Nihongi 112-1, Iruma-shi, Saitama Prefecture, JapanEducational, Realized , Construction completed in 1985The Dining Hall is located on a high point of the site overlooking the lake, with an extensive lawn in front of it, and the bridge crossing the lake leading into it. It is a wooden, long and narrow building ...
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Eishin Campus - High School: Judo Hall
1982 to
1985
Nihongi 112-1, Iruma-shi, Saitama Prefecture, JapanEducational, Realized , Construction completed in 1985The Judo Hall was initially part of the College Complex, located at the edge of the south ridge. It is a wooden building, with a floor area of 3,000 square feet, 80 feet long, 30 feet high, used for judo ...
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Eishin Campus - High School: Parents Clubhouse
1990 to
1995
Nihongi 112-1, Iruma-shi, Saitama Prefecture, JapanEducational, Realized , Construction completed in 2002The Parents Clubhouse is a small building built at the edge of the lake for entertainment purposes.
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Eishin Campus - High School: College Buildings D and E
1982 to
1987
Nihongi 112-1, Iruma-shi, Saitama Prefecture, JapanEducational, Realized , Construction completed in Jun-1987The two college buildings on the north side of the College Complex were incorporated into the High School; they are located to the right and left of the Central Hall, flanked by the Arts and Science buildings. Each two-storey college ...
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Farmers' Market
1982 to
1985
North Blackstone Avenue and West Shaw Avenue, Fresno, CA, U.S.A.Commercial, Realized , Construction completed in 1985A trellised structure to form the main spine for the weekly Farmer's open air market in Fresno, with 6,000 square foot floor area. Redwood arched trusses, on concrete block piers, 120 feet long, and 40 feet wide. Floor of grey ...
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Fresno Market
1983 to
1984
Fresno, CA, U.S.A.Commercial, Designed , Not built12-acre site, intended for a place for community and vivid life with commercial buildings that were to be built around the trellised structure of the Farmer's Market.
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New System of Office Furniture for Haworth, Inc.
1985 to
1986
Holland, MI, U.S.A.Office Furniture, Designed , Furniture prototypes built by C.E.S.The new system of office furniture, intended for mass production, was designed in such a way as to be capable of creating the environment for millions of workers, in an endless variety of specific configurations. The line of furniture provided ...
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Heavy Timber Carpentry Workshop
1985 to
1986
4207 Arthur Road, 94553, Martinez, CA, U.S.A.Offices & Workshops, Realized , Construction completed in Apr-1986The 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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Offices and Workshops for Sweet Potatoes Children's Clothing Factory
1985 to
1986
1509A San Pablo Avenue, 94702, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Offices & Workshops, Office Furniture, Realized , Construction completed in Apr-19862,300 square feet of interior office space for the management and administrative staff for "Sweet Potatoes" clothing factory to accommodate two partners and eleven employees. All interior furnishings, walls, floors, ceilings, lighting, built-in cabinets, desks, storage, chairs, tables, custom fitted ...
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Julian Street Inn - Shelter for the Homeless
1986 to
1990
Julian St. & Montgomery St., San Jose, CA, U.S.A.Civic, Realized , Construction completed in 1989; final interior painting in 1990Design and construction of a shelter for homeless people, to serve 50 to 100 people, on a site of 13,000 sf. The building of 15,000 square feet includes offices, living areas with a dining hall, sleeping rooms, courtyards and gardens. ...
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Plan and Process for Self-help Housing
1988 to
1991
Washington, D.C., U.S.A.Low Cost Housing, Designed , Completed in 1991Innovative process, introducing a system of user participation for the production of affordable single family housing for ownership, as a basis for improving quality of life. This program was intended to bring the insights and successes of various C.E.S. overseas ...
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Tokyo International Forum: Conference Center for City of Tokyo
1989
3-5-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JapanCivic, Designed , Invited Competition, Not builtInvited design competition entry for a complex of conference halls, auditoria, exhibition halls, and other public facilities at a central site in downtown Tokyo, occupied by the City Hall, which was to be razed to make way for this project. ...
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Sullivan House
1990 to
1994
Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Residential, Realized , Construction completed in 1996House reconstruction design and construction management. Concrete, redwood, fruitwood, plaster, terrazzo tiled floors and hand made metal detailed interiors.
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Mary Rose Museum
1991 to
1993
Portsmouth, Hampshire, U.K.Civic, Designed , Not builtMuseum for Henry VIII's ship, sank in 1547, raised in 1982, and then preserved in a dry dock next to HMS Victory. The museum, with an area of construction of about 8,000 square meters, was to be built over dry ...
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West Dean College Gardens Visitor's Center
1994 to
1996
Near Chichester, West Sussex, U.K.Civic, Realized , Construction completed in Nov. 1995The West Dean Center is a simple one-story masonry building with a large red-tiled roof and intricate brickwork for its thick walls. The building is surrounded by gardens, and its south facing wall has large arched windows overlooking the garden ...
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Frankfurt Parkstadt Housing Project
1995 to
1996
Hoechst, Frankfurt, GermanyResidential, Designed , Not builtThe Frankfurt Parkstadt Unterliederbach project included the development of a new urban neighborhood in a landscaped setting, for Hoechst Pharmaceutical in Frankfurt West, close to the international airport and the river Main, a housing project both for Hoechst employees and ...
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Megaron Mousikis Athinon - Opera House
2001
Athens, GreeceCivic, Designed , Not builtIn 2002 Megaron Mousikis Athinon was the largest Concert Hall in Athens and was in the process of being extended further by a vast extension, including underground opera house, conference center, library and so on. Christopher Alexander was approached by ...
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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
1962
Construction System, Vaulted Roof & CeilingFabrication of roof truncated cylindrical tiles and development of the vaulted roof ribs for the construction of the school roof. The guna-type roof ribs are made by cone-shaped tiles, each one about a foot long and 4" to 5" ...
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Peru Project - Low Cost Housing for the United Nations: Composite bamboo foam beams
1969
Construction System, Bamboo Foam Beam & PlankBoxed beams rectangular in section, 20 cm wide, 40 cm deep and 5 meters long, made of 6cm bamboos, placed over plywood templates, with a core of poly-urethane fire-retardant foam, foamed in place. The bamboos are pinned and spot glued ...
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Peru Project - Low Cost Housing for the United Nations: Composite bamboo foam planks
1969
Construction System, Bamboo Foam Beam & PlankThe 2nd floor and roof structure are bamboo/polyurethane foam sandwitch planks laid over beams. The outer skin of the planks are made of 6cm bamboos and the core is two lbs. density polyurethane. A sand-sulfur topping is poured after planks ...
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Peru Project - Low Cost Housing for the United Nations: Interlocking concrete blocks for mortarless block wall
1969
Construction System, Cement Interlocking BlocksBearing walls, shear walls and ground floor partitions are cavity walls of interlocking, self-aligning concrete blocks, moulded on site. The block is self-supporting up to a height of three floors. Vertical edges, corners and horizontal upper edges are either poured ...
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Peru Project - Low Cost Housing for the United Nations: Continuous floating slab
1969
Construction System, Poured ConcreteThe floors are 10 cm unreinforced concrete slabs, laid down in 5.20 meters strips, similar to the house width, by a road building machine. Exposed edges are turned down, filled block (20 cm x 20 cm). Structural pin connections for ...
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Peru Project - Low Cost Housing for the United Nations: Sulphur reinforcing and topping
1969
Construction System, Poured ConcreteThe connecting surfaces of blocks which make up shear walls, bearing walls and columns are coated with molten sulphur and fiberglass for tensile reinforcement. Sulphur mixed with sand is placed on the bamboo/foam planks and beams for structural and functional ...
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Etna Street Cottage: Basket vault with layers of ultra-lightweight concrete laid over burlap
1974
Construction System, Vaulted Roof & CeilingConstruction of an ultra-lightweight concrete vault, built over box columns and beams filled with concrete. Two different methods were used; lightweight concrete over woven basket, lath and burlap for solid vaulted roofs, and burlap impregnated with fiberglass resin, over woven ...
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Etna Street Cottage: Hollow wooden structure filled with lightweigth concrete
1974
Construction System, Timber FrameworkFlexible and low-cost construction techniques consisted of a hollow wooden structure of columns and beams, filled with lightweigth concrete, and a simple foundation made of concrete blocks, with rebars embeddedand ready to receive slab mesh.
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Low Cost Houses for Mexicali: Production of earth-cement interlocking blocks
1975
Construction System, Cement Interlocking BlocksProduction of earth-cement blocks in the builder's yard, vibrated and compressed in a block-making machine, and fabricated on the basis of specially designed and made steel molds for four different shapes of blocks; cylindrical blocks for free standing columns, corner ...
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Low Cost Houses for Mexicali: Step-by-step construction process using cement interlocking block for foundation and walls and light-weight concrete for vaults
1976
Construction System, Cement Interlocking Blocks, Vaulted Roof & CeilingTwentry three building operations, as an example of a step-by-step construction process, capable of allowing mass production of large number of houses which are all different without increasing costs. These operations are so defined that can be applied to each ...
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Low Cost Houses for Mexicali: Basket vault with pumice concrete laid over burlap and chicken-wire
1976
Construction System, Vaulted Roof & CeilingConstruction of basket and groin vaults with light weight pumice concrete laid over woven basket and applied on top of burlap and lath, both stapled into the wooden ribs of the interwoven basket.
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Construction Yard: Experiments in spayed concrete
1977
Construction System, Sprayed Concrete, Sloped Roof & Vaulted CeilingSpayed concrete experiments and mockups, conducted with graduate students at the University of California, Berkeley, as a special study course. The mockups included the construction of vaults, walls, columns, floors, beams, arches, in sprayed concrete over steel armature .
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C.E.S. Office - Martinez House: Outdoor walls and seat with balustrade in arches
1979
Construction System, Sprayed ConcreteThe seat with its balustrade, built next to the tile workshop in Martinez, were built solely with sprayed concrete. Styrofoam or polysterene cut-outs to shape were used and placed against a backing of sheetrock, providing an ultra-low-cost formwork. Then concrete ...
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Martinez Tile Glazing Workshop: The first experimental all-gunite concrete building, with vaulted ceiling and pitched roof
1979
Construction System, Sprayed Concrete, Sloped Roof & Vaulted CeilingBarrel 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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C.E.S. Office - Martinez House: Construction experiment of octagonal freestanding concrete columns, with low-cost formwork, shot in gunite
1979
Construction System, Sprayed ConcreteConstruction technique for concrete columns, with base, capital and an elegant flare where the shaft meets the base, shot in gunite into a low-cost open form. The corners of the column shaft, with a flare where it meets the base, ...
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Martinez Tile Glazing Workshop: The first experimental all-gunite concrete building - construction of columns and beams
1979
Construction System, Sprayed ConcreteWalls, 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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C.E.S. Office - Martinez House: Gunite all-concrete building
1980
Construction System, Sprayed ConcreteWalls, columns, 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 dry ...
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Berryessa Terraced House: Wooden post and beam, load bearing structural frame combined with sprayed concrete exterior walls
1981
Construction System, Combination of Timber Framework and ConcreteTimber frame and concrete combination system: the vertical loads are taken by the interior post and beam system system, where columns and beams are simply pinned together by invinsible steel pins. All shear forces are taken by a one and ...
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Sala House: Concrete bracket and its formwork
1982
Building Detail, Low-cost FormworkLow-cost formwork for concrete brackets to support a bay window, made by attaching to the concrete formwork styrofoam fillers with the negative shape of the bracket.
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Sala House: Wooden post and beam, load bearing structural frame combined with red and grey cast concrete exterior walls
1982
Construction System, Combination of Timber Framework and ConcreteTimber frame and concrete combination system: the vertical loads are taken by the interior post-and-beam system system, where columns and beams are simply pinned together by invinsible steel pins. All shear forces are taken by a one and a half ...
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Sala House: Concrete balustrade and its formwork
1983
Building Detail, Low-cost FormworkRose colored concrete balustrade made by pouring concrete into a low-budget assembly of two sheets of sheetrock, braced, and with hand-cut styrofoam fillers shaped to the form of the void in-between.
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Eishin Campus - High School: Dining Hall heavy timber structure with moment resisting frames
1984
Construction System, Heavy Timber Load Bearing StructureDining Hall wooden structure with moment resisting frames due to unusually large windows.
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Eishin Campus - High School: Central Hall exterior wall X-truss, connected to the interior roof truss
1984
Construction System, Heavy Timber Load Bearing StructureLongitudinal X-truss on the long direction exterior wall of the building below the roof, connected to the interior curved truss of the building with moment connections. .
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Eishin Campus - High School: Judo Hall heavy timber stepped truss
1984
Construction System, Heavy Timber Load Bearing StructureJudo Hall trusses stepped in form, following the line of a stepped flat ceiling.
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Eishin Campus - High School: Central Hall heavy timber truss with curved members
1984
Construction System, Heavy Timber Load Bearing StructureDouglas fir horse-shoe-shaped truss, a pure compression truss, with no interior bracing, but with a longitudinal exterior X-truss. The truss is connected to the massive concrete piers at the base with moment connections.
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Eishin Campus - High School: Gymnasium heavy timber hammerbeam trusses
1984
Construction System, Heavy Timber Load Bearing StructureGymnasium hammerbeam roof trusses, spanning 53 feet, with mortise and tenon connection details, and specially fabricated steel connections for joints.
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Fresno Farmers' Market: Redwood arched roof trusses
1984
Construction System, Heavy Timber Load Bearing StructureFresno Farmer's market redwood arched roof trusses with concrete columns. The timber arched trusses were prefabricated in the C.E.S. warehouse near Berkeley, about 200 miles from the site, then moved to the building site and raised and fixed to get ...
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Eishin Campus - High School: College Buildings structural design of flat ceiling beams in large classrooms, within the aperiodic structural grid of the building
1985
Construction System, Reinforced ConcreteThe ceiling designed with massive concrete crossbeams at first to cope with the wide span, and a horizontal mat of wide and flat beams in close spacing, acting as a horizontal moment-resisting diaphragm, provides resistence to horizontal forces caused by ...
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Eishin Campus - High School: College Buildings structural design of columns and flat ceiling beams in ground floor arcades, within the aperiodic structural grid of the building
1985
Construction System, Reinforced ConcreteThe design of the massive columns along the College Building arcades was not sufficient to take all the moment of the vertical shear forces coming down the outside wall of the building, and then transferring through the ceiling into the ...
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Eishin Campus - High School: College Buildings & the aperiodic structural grid
1985
Construction System, Reinforced ConcreteThe spatial and dimensional requirements of the large classrooms on the first floor, the long arcades on the ground floor, and the entrance volume led to an asymmetrical division of spaces to accomodate the differentiated shapes and sizes. The two ...
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Haworth New Office Furniture System: Thick Wall Components Set
1985
Construction System, Monocoque ConstructionA unique set of thick wall components, which were pre-manufactured stable structures, out of which the rooms were made and which had the solidity and flexibility of design that allowed a "custome" atmosphere to be created. The set included ...
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Haworth New Office Furniture System: Columns, low walls and sliding doors, as free-standing or embedded elements of walls
1985
Work of Art for Project, Office Space ElementParticular wall elements combined with the thick wall system enabled a variety in the enclosure of spaces. Hollow plywood colums, simple and fairly thick, extending from floor to ceiling or arising out of a low wall, for defining corners and ...
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Haworth New Office Furniture System: Thick Wall with built-in counter, shelves and files / Herman Miller New Office Furniture System: Counter with shelves and files
1985
Construction System, Monocoque ConstructionThick wall unit made of two panels with built-in counter surface, drawers below and shelves and cupboard above; it provides an excellent combination of storage and layout space. The counter top in natural wood is 28" deep, at 28" above ...
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Martinez Heavy Timber Carpentry Workshop: Heavy timber load bearing frames and trusses
1985
Construction System, Heavy Timber Load Bearing StructureHeavy Timber Loading Bearing Frames and Trusses; 12"x12" columns and 8"x14" beams and trusses; all wood.
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Sweet Potatoes Offices and Workshops: Thick Walls
1985
Construction System, Monocoque ConstructionA custom made set of thick wall components, all premanufactured with the same height, standardized thickness, and a variety of standardized lengths, to enable the realization of a variety of rooms, as they were laid out by the users. ...
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Experiments and mock-ups for low-cost heavy timber house of 80 m2
1986
Construction System, Heavy Timber Load Bearing StructureExploring the possibilities for developing a cost-effective and sustainable heavy timber construction system, using a three-dimensional truss for the construction of the whole house.
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Julian Street Inn - Shelter for the Homeless: Lacework concrete trusses with curved members shot in the air
1988
Construction System, Sprayed ConcreteThe dining hall of Julian street inn is the higher building volume of the complex; the hall, a sigle room, 30 feet wide and 50 feet long, was intended to seat about 100 people. When the shape of the volume ...
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Julian Street Inn - Shelter for the Homeless: Construction experiments for testing the prefabrication of wall-segment tile panels and lifting them in place
1988
Construction System, Hand-glazed Tilework PanelSeries of experiments and tests performed in the C.E.S. workshop in Martinez, for prefabricating wall-segment panels flat on the ground with the hand-glazed tiles, the required reinforcement and concrete layer, and then testing the procedure of lifting them in place. ...
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House for Roger and Karuna Hodgson: New kind of wall construction
1991
Construction System, Structural WallMockups for innovative block techniques used the construction of structural walls made of concrete blocks laid out in a way allowing a fine line of marble to be inlaid in a chase.
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Mary Rose Museum: Arched trusses to span the 30-meter wide dry-dock where the ship was to be permanently housed
1991
Construction System, Reinforced ConcreteArched trusses, conceived and design early in the design process along with the foundation design. Deep pile foundationa on either side of the dry dock were designed to carry the arched trussesThe main arches were to be pierced tracery made ...
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West Dean College Gardens Visitor's Center: Massive thick structural walls with poured concrete, blocks and bricks
1994
Construction System, Structural WallConstruction of perimeter and transverse structural walls, eighteen inches to two feet thick. The materials used was an integrated poured combination of bricks, concrete, flint, stone and massive blocks and insulation working together as a single structural wall, because of ...
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West Dean College Gardens Visitor's Center: Structural columns
1994
Construction System, Reinforced ConcreteColumns to support the arches in the cross-walls; low columns with simple capitals resting on the thick walls. Arriving at the proper shape and size of the column capital was an arduous process, since the arches are low, with their ...
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West Dean College Gardens Visitor's Center: Arches in the transverse load bearing walls
1994
Construction System, Structural WallThe four thick cross-walls are pierced by low arches, to make the openings between the spaces. The size of the openings differ, and so the curve of the arches differ as well. The final curvature of each arch was finalized ...
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Eishin Campus - High School: Club House new form of hollow, composite, wood and plywood columns and beams
1995
Construction System, Monocoque ConstructionConstruction system with structural members which are large, yet light, efficient and structurally sound; it is based on massive hollow beams and columns, about 24" by 24", built out of plywood and small section lumber, with frequent interior collars, thus ...
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New Town for Hoechst Parkstadt-Unterliederbach: New kind of wall construction
1996
Construction System, Structural WallMockups for innovative block techniques used the construction of structural walls made of a mixture of concrete blocks and bricks. Normal concrete blocks used together with cast blocks which have special treatment with chases, reveals and ornaments in them.
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Bridge for Puerto Rico: Precast, pierced-concrete, long span shell design
1996
Construction System, Reinforced ConcreteA highly innovative structure, designed to be made out of prestressed light-weight pierced concrete shells, for a 500 meter span; extensive finite-element simulations were run to ensure its high structural strength.
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Megaron Mousikis Athinon - Opera House: Colored glass panels for the curved vaulted ceiling of the concourse areas
2001
Work of Art for Project, Luminous Glass CeilingFabrication of experimental glass panels, for a ceiling 25 meters by 50 meters, made directly by a computer-model mechanical fabrication technique from a hand-drawn sketch, then transferred to Photoshop for further processing.
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Megaron Mousikis Athinon - Opera House: Multi-colored marble floors, consisting of various sizes and different color marble pieces in geometric and ornamental patterns
2001
Work of Art for Project, Prefabricated Marble FloorPrefabrication of marble floors for the concourse areas of about 8.000 m2, in sections of about two feet by four feet, assembled on a fiberglass matt, with the marble pieces being glued with epoxy to the mat. Individual pieces were ...
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The Peru Project - Low Cost Housing for the United Nations: Preliminary Design Drawings - Construction Process
01/01/1969
Architectural Design, Project, Preliminary Design, AxonometricAxonometric drawing illustrating in a sequence the phases of the construction process of a house. .
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The Peru Project - Low Cost Housing for the United Nations: Interlocking concrete blocks for mortarless block wall - Drawings
01/01/1969
Construction Innovation, Preliminary Design, Axonometric, DetailsAxonometric drawing showing part of a mortarless wall constructed by interlocking blocks and its connection to the floating slab.
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The Peru Project - Low Cost Housing for the United Nations: Interlocking concrete blocks for mortarless block wall - Drawings
01/01/1969
Construction Innovation, Preliminary Design, Axonometric, DetailsEarly construction details of square and round concrete blocks for columns, column capitals and brackets.
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The Peru Project - Low Cost Housing for the United Nations: Composite bamboo & polyurethane foam beams - Drawings
01/01/1969
Construction Innovation, Preliminary Design, Axonometric, DetailsSketches illustrating various types of composite bamboo and polyurethane foam beam. The beam developed was 40cm high with bamboos forming the beam perimeter. .
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The Peru Project - Low Cost Housing for the United Nations: Cross sections of rooms depicting the entire construction system
2 2nd house cross section depicting the entire construction system
01/01/1969
Construction Innovation, Preliminary Design, SectionTwo cross section drawings demonstrating the complete system of construction innovations to be implemented in each house, using mortarless load bearing cavity walls coated with molten sulphur for tensile reinforcement, and light weight beam and plank system made out of ...
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The Peru Project - Low Cost Housing for the United Nations: Sulphur reinforcing and topping - Drawings
01/01/1969
Construction Innovation, Preliminary Design, AxonometricAxonometric drawing describing a new technique for using sulphur additive to the floor topping and wall surfacing for waterproofing purposes.
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The Peru Project - Low Cost Housing for the United Nations: Composite bamboo & polyurethane foam planks - Drawings
01/01/1969
Construction Innovation, Preliminary Design, Section, DetailsDetail section of a composite bamboo/polyurethane foam plank, laid over a beam, with sand-sulphur topping on the planks to form the upper walking surface .
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The Peru Project - Low Cost Housing for the United Nations: Composite bamboo & polyurethane foam beams and planks - Drawings
01/01/1969
Construction Innovation, Preliminary Design, Axonometric, DetailsAxonometric section of an exterior mortarless block cavity wall and its connection to the composite bamboo/polyurethane beam and to the bamboo/polyurethane plank, used for floors.
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Low Cost Houses for Mexicali: Construction system details - Drawings
01/01/1976
Construction Innovation, Construction Drawings, DetailsFive pages of construction details regarding: a) Basic interlocking wall block system; b) Original foundation system; c) Revised foundation sequence; d) Round columns, square columns and connection to walls; e) Walls .
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Low Cost Houses for Mexicali: Construction system details - Construction Drawings
01/01/1976
Construction Innovation, Construction Drawings, DetailsTwo pages of construction details regarding a) Perimeter beam and concrete roof vault connection and b) Roof vault construction layers.
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Berryessa House: Wooden post and beam, load bearing structural frame combined with sprayed concrete exterior walls - Design Development Drawings
15/11/1981
Construction Innovation, Design Development, Section, DetailsDrawing with vertical section details of the living room – kitchen volume of the house, depicting the timber-concrete combination construction system, across walls, ceiling and roof, in which the timber frame is used for vertical forces and the concrete shell ...
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Berryessa House: Wooden post and beam, load bearing structural frame combined with sprayed concrete exterior walls - Design Development Drawings
2 2) Horizontal section details
15/11/1981
Construction Innovation, Design Development, Section, DetailsTwo drawings with section details of the studio volume of the house, depicting the timber-concrete combination construction system, across walls, window seats, ceiling and roof, in which the timber frame is used for vertical forces and the concrete shell for ...
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Berryessa House: Wooden post and beam, load bearing structural frame combined with sprayed concrete exterior walls - Design Development Drawings
2 2) Axonometric of framing connections, designed and built for vertical forces
15/11/1981
Construction Innovation, Design Development, Axonometric, Framing PlanTwo drawings with framing plan and details.
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The Sala House: Wooden post and beam, load bearing structural frame combined with red and grey cast concrete exterior walls
2 2) Wall section
01/01/1982
Construction Innovation, Presentation Drawing, Axonometric, SectionTwo drawings illustrating the construction system. The axonometric combines the three main stages of construction; the top part shows the wooden post and beam frame with the wall infills, ready for the pour; the middle part shows the formwork for ...
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The Sala House: Heavy Timber Frame
5 5) Wood corbel section detail
01/01/1982
Construction Innovation, Presentation Drawing, Axonometric, DetailsFive drawings with construction details of the timber frame.
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The Sala House: Concrete bracket and its formwork - Presentation Drawings
2 2) Partial wall elevation focusing on the bay window and the bracket that supports its slab
01/01/1982
Construction Innovation, Presentation Drawing, DetailsTwo drawings of the concrete bracket.
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Sala House: Concrete balustrade and its formwork - Presentation Drawings
01/01/1982
Construction Innovation, Presentation Drawing, DetailsDetailed drawing depicting an axonometric of the concrete balustrade with the removable styrofoam forms, and a partial plan of the deck.
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The Campus of Eishin - High School: Gymnasium heavy timber hammerbeam trusses - Design Development Drawings
9 9) Detail of another steel plate fabricated for special commections
01/04/1984
Construction Innovation, Design Development, Section, DetailsNine drawings of truss sections and details; its stepped structure shapes harmoniously the interior gym space.
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The Julian Street Inn - Shelter for the Homeless: Exterior wall cladding with hand-painted and hand-glazed tilework - Permit Drawings
2 2) Precast panel details
10/08/1987
Construction Innovation, Permit Drawing, Section, ElevationTwo drawings of the prefabricated wall panels with the clay tiles imbedded in them.
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The Julian Street Inn - Shelter for Homeless: Open lacework concrete trusses shot in place with gunite - Permit Drawings
2 2) Dining room cross section wit the truss, as it stands in relatioship to the other elements of the space
10/07/1987
Construction Innovation, Permit Drawing, Section, ElevationTwo drawings of the precast concrete truss, which ultimately was not prefabricated but shot in place.
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The Julian Street Inn - Shelter for Homeless: Open lacework concrete trusses shot in place with gunite - Construction Drawings
3 3) Revised building permit drawing with red pen notes and marks
23/05/1988
Construction Innovation, Construction Drawings, Section, Elevation, DetailsThree structural drawings of the concrete truss with successive editing and improvements and including professional seals and signatures.
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Eishin Campus - High School: Club House new form of hollow, composite, wood and plywood columns and beams: Framing Plans
17/02/1995
Construction Innovation, Design Development, Framing PlanThree pages of two floor plans and one roof framing plan; all drawings include explanatory notes of structural members.
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Eishin Campus - High School: Club House new form of hollow, composite, wood and plywood columns and beams: Foundation beam and column details
17/02/1995
Construction Innovation, Design Development, DetailsTwo sketch drawings of foundation details. One is a horizontal section of building corner depicting foundation with dry stack block wall, peripheral and cross running box-beams connected to solid wood and wood-box columns; the second is a vertical section detail ...
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Eishin Campus - High School: Club House new form of hollow, composite, wood and plywood columns and beams: First and second floor column details
17/02/1995
Construction Innovation, Design Development, DetailsTwo axonometric drawings and two vertical sections of one exterior and one interior wood-box columns with metal straps. The drawings refer to the the structural connections of first and second floor frames to the columns; with annotated information on each ...
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Eishin Campus - High School: Club House new form of hollow, composite, wood and plywood columns and beams: Roof and cornice details
17/02/1995
Construction Innovation, Design Development, DetailsThree pages with sketches illustrating various views of the south wall at the second level and its connection to the roof. Views include one elevation and one perspective of the exterior wall structure and roof indicating use of lime plaster ...
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Village School in Bavra: Elementary School, Bavra, India
01/01/1962
Project, Project Report15-page document describing in its first four pages how the school project in Bavra came about and how it was realized. The following 11 pages depict photographic instances of the construction process and the human interaction between participants. Referenced as ...
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C.E.S. Office - Martinez House: Construction Operations Manual
16/05/1980
Project, Project Report278-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 ...
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Neighborhood of Seventy Low Cost Houses: Colombia House Process - Part 4: Construction Handbook
01/07/1989
Project, Project Report, Progress Report59-page document with construction guidelines, ensuring that each house could be built according to the individual designs developed with each family, and without increasing construction costs. The construction system used was a modified version of the typical construction system of ...
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Low Cost Houses for Mexicali: Specifications and costs for the ISSSTECALI housing project
01/01/1976
Construction Innovation, Construction Works, Construction Process31-page document describing the project construction process and the construction operations to be followed, in order to produce affordable and quality houses, designed and built by their owners on a community or on a larger city level.
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Low Cost Houses for Mexicali: Construction operations
01/01/1976
Construction Innovation, Construction Works, Construction Process40-page document outlines the twenty three construction steps of the Mexicali project, which illustrate the step-by-step construction process, and it is organized into ten major building operations. Each building operation includes the “Summary of Operation” chart, detailed drawings and description ...
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Construction Yard: Sprayed Concrete Building System
01/01/1977
Construction Innovation, Construction Experiment & Mock-up, Construction Process91-page document describing general engineering concepts for the sprayed-concrete building system in and containing six parts. It includes five sections with: 1) General description of the building system; 2) Detailed specifications of building elements; 3) Specifications of structural scheme for ...
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C.E.S. Office - Martinez House: Octagonal freestanding concrete columns construction, with low-cost formwork
01/01/1981
Construction Innovation, Construction Works, Construction ProcessIncludes “Summary of Operation” chart, detailed drawings and description of the Octagonal Freestanding Column, in three variations. Used in the C.E.S. Office Construction Manual draft.
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Berryessa Terraced House: Wooden post and beam, load bearing structural frame combined with sprayed concrete exterior walls
01/01/1981
Construction Innovation, Construction Works, Construction Process8-page document outlines three important building operations of the project, namely the following: Pitched Concrete Roof, Post and Beam Wall with Concrete Exterior, and Concrete Column Base for Wooden Column. Each Building Operation includes the “Summary of Operation” chart and ...
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House for Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Card: Wooden Plank Roof with its Details
01/01/1981
Construction Innovation, Construction Works, Construction Process12-page document outlines three important building operations for the construction of the project, namely: Column-Beam Connection, Russian Plank Roof, and Wooden Window. Each building operation includes the “Summary of Operation” chart and detailed drawings. The Russian plank roof detail was ...
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The Peru Project - Low Cost Housing for the United Nations: Photographs of drawings
01/01/1969
Project, DrawingAxonometric drawing of “Construction” prepared for the design PREVI competition, illustrating the sequence of the construction operations. They were exhibited at the 14th International Architecture Biennale Exhibition: “Office US”.
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The Campus of Eishin - High SchooI: Central Hall - Photographs of the project during construction
01/01/1984
Project, Works in ProgressThe Central Hall under construction in 1984. As we see here, although this building is relatively large, it is being put together in a way of working which allows individual craftsmen to work piecemeal, keeping their individual tasks at their ...
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The Campus of Eishin - High SchooI: Judo Hall - Photographs of the project during construction
01/01/1984
Project, Works in ProgressErection of the Judo Hall in early morning light. The photo was exhibited at the 14th International Architecture Biennale Exhibition: “Office US”.
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The Campus of Eishin - High SchooI: Dining Hall - Photographs of the project during construction
01/01/1984
Project, Works in ProgressErection of the Dining Hall heavy carpentry.
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The Mary Rose Museum: Photographs of project model of the first design phase
01/01/1991
Project, ModelPhotograph of the first model of the museum building with arched trusses to span the 30-meter wide dry-dock where the ship was to be permanently housed.
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West Dean College Gardens Visitor's Center: Photographs of the project during construction
01/01/1995
Project, Exterior View, Works in ProgressThree images depicting two views of the north elevation and one of the south elevation at various moments of the construction process.
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West Dean College Gardens Visitor's Center: Photographs of building interior
6 6) Thick cross-wall with arched opening and its connection to a sloping ceiling
01/01/1996
Project, Interior ViewSix images with the arched openings in the massive cross walls.
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The Peru Project - Low Cost Housing for the United Nations: Interlocking concrete blocks for mortarless block wall & Composite bamboo/polyurethane foam beams - Photographs of drawings
01/01/1969
Construction Innovation, DrawingPhotograph of construction details regarding primarily the composite bamboo/foam beam types, and the column cement blocks and capitals.
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The Peru Project - Low Cost Housing for the United Nations: Photographs of drawings
01/01/1969
Construction Innovation, DrawingPhotograph of detailed cross section, demonstrating the complete system of construction innovations to be implemented in each house, using mortarless load bearing cavity walls coated with molten sulphur for tensile reinforcement, and light weight beam and plank system made from ...
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The Peru Project - Low Cost Housing for the United Nations: Sulphur reinforcing and topping - Photographs of drawings
01/01/1969
Construction Innovation, DrawingPhotograph of axonometric drawing depicting the toilet and shower spaces, in relation to the use of sulphur topping as a water proofing agent for the surfaces.
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The Peru Project - Low Cost Housing for the United Nations: Composite bamboo/polyurethane foam beams and floor planks - Photographs of mock-ups
01/01/1969
Construction Innovation, Construction Experiment & Mock-upEleven images depicting the full scale fabricated composite beams and floor planks and their assembly in mock-ups, in real settings.
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The Peru Project - Low Cost Housing for the United Nations: Composite bamboo/polyurethane foam beams and floor planks - Photographs of model
01/01/1969
Construction Innovation, ModelFour photographs of the house models. The first image depicts the interior space arrangement of the generic type house model as viewed from the side; the other three images show the ceiling structure of the baboo beams and planks for ...
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The Peru Project - Low Cost Housing for the United Nations: Interlocking concrete blocks for mortarless block wall - Photographs of drawings
01/01/1969
Construction Innovation, DrawingPhotograph of sketch depicting the continuous electrical system; detail of the electrical system, as a continuous elastomeric strip, mounted onto the surface of the block walls.
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The Peru Project - Low Cost Housing for the United Nations: Interlocking concrete blocks for mortarless block wall & Composite bamboo/polyurethane foam beams and planks - Photographs of drawings
01/01/1969
Construction Innovation, DrawingPhotographs of two axonometric drawings with construction details. They were exhibited at the 14th International Architecture Biennale Exhibition: “Office US” in 2014.
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The Peru Project - Low Cost Housing for the United Nations: Composite bamboo/polyurethane foam beam and planks - Photographs of mock-ups
01/01/1969
Construction Innovation, Construction Experiment & Mock-upPhotograph of real size mock-up of a composite bamboo/polyurethane foam plank, laid over a beam, with sand-sulphur topping on the planks to form the upper walking surface, accompanied by a detail section drawing. It was exhibited at the Locus Manifesto-exposition “Re-enchant ...
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The Peru Project - Low Cost Housing for the United Nations: Interlocking concrete blocks for mortarless block wall - Photographs of mock-ups
01/01/1969
Construction Innovation, Construction Experiment & Mock-upTwelve photographs of onsite full-scale mock-ups of the cavity wall made of interlocking, mortarless, self-aligning concrete blocks.
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The Peru Project - Low Cost Housing for the United Nations: Composite bamboo/polyurethane foam beams - Photographs of testing procedure
01/01/1969
Construction Innovation, Construction Experiment & Mock-upSixteen photographs from testing the application of vertical loads on a real-size fabricated composite bamboo beam, for assessing the extent it affected its buckling. .
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The Peru Project - Low Cost Housing for the United Nations: Interlocking concrete blocks for mortarless block wall & Composite bamboo/polyurethane foam beams - Photographs of mock-ups
01/01/1969
Construction Innovation, Construction Experiment & Mock-upSeven photographs of onsite mock-ups for establishing the connection between the concrete block cavity wall, the composite bamboo/polyurethane beams and the floor planks.
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The Peru Project - Low Cost Housing for the United Nations: Interlocking concrete blocks for mortarless block wall - Photographs of mold
01/01/1969
Construction Innovation, Construction Experiment & Mock-upFour photographs of the mold used for the casting of cement interlocking hollow wall blocks, along with images of the finished block.
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Etna Street Cottage: Basket vault with layers of ultra-lightweight concrete laid over burlap - Photographs
01/01/1974
Construction Innovation, Work in ProgressThree images depicting exterior close-up views of the light weight concrete vaults, before being completed.
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Etna Street Cottage: Basket vault with layers of ultra-lightweight concrete laid over burlap - Photographs
01/01/1974
Construction Innovation, Work in ProgressThree interior views of the lightweight concrete vaults.
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Etna Street Cottage: Basket vault with layers of ultra-lightweight concrete laid over burlap - Photographs
01/01/1974
Construction Innovation, Work in ProgressThree images, the first two depicting the barrel vault lattice in place and the last one, the roof lattice of the wall thickening extension.
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Etna Street Cottage: Basket vault with layers of ultra-lightweight concrete laid over burlap - Photographs
01/01/1974
Construction Innovation, Construction ProcessFour images from the construction process, depicting various views of the domical vault roof structure during the lattice and burlap placment.
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Etna Street Cottage: Basket vault with layers of ultra-lightweight concrete laid over burlap - Photographs
01/01/1974
Construction Innovation, Construction ProcessTwo interior views from the construction process, depicting the lattice structure of the vault, sitting on the boxed-in lightweight concrete columns and beams, with burlap being placed partially.
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Etna Street Cottage: Basket vault with layers of ultra-lightweight concrete laid over burlap - Photographs
01/01/1974
Construction Innovation, Construction ProcessThree images from the construction process, depicting various views of the burlap installation stage.
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Etna Street Cottage: Basket vault with layers of ultra-lightweight concrete laid over burlap - Photographs
01/01/1974
Construction Innovation, Construction ProcessTwo images from the construction process, depicting the lightweight concrete being in place on the domical vault.
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Etna Street Cottage: Hollow wooden structure filled with lightweigth concrete - Photographs
01/01/1974
Construction Innovation, Construction ProcessFive images from the construction process, depicting the initial stages of installing and securing the hollow columns to the foundations, bracing them and connecting them to the hollow beams and roof latice before filling with light concrete.
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Etna Street Cottage: Hollow wooden structure filled with lightweigth concrete - Photographs
01/01/1974
Construction Innovation, Construction ProcessTwo images depicting the second floor structure in a more advanced stage of construction.
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Etna Street Cottage: Hollow wooden structure filled with lightweigth concrete - Basket vault with layers of ultra-lightweight concrete laid over burlap - Photographs
01/01/1974
Construction Innovation, Construction ProcessTwo images depicting the finished exterior connection details of the columns and beam around the main entrance wall opening in relation to the vaulted roofs.
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Low-cost Houses for Mexicali: Step-by-step construction process using cement interlocking block for foundation and walls and light-weight concrete for vaults - Photographs
01/01/1976
Construction Innovation, Construction ProcessThirty three photos grouped in sets illustrating the sequence of the construction operations in the project, and specifically the nineteen out of the twenty three construction steps.
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Low-cost Houses for Mexicali - Basket vault with pumice concrete laid over basket and burlap and chicken-wire: Photographs
01/01/1976
Construction Innovation, Construction ProcessSix photos illustrating barrel vaults in different settings during the first steps of their construction.
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Low-cost Houses for Mexicali - Production of earth-cement interlocking blocks: Photographs of the four types of blocks
01/01/1976
Construction Innovation, Construction Experiment & Mock-upSeven photos illustrating the different blocks produced specifically for the project in the builder’s yard. A couple of them were exhibited at the 2014 Locus Manifesto-exposition “Re-enchant the World: Architecture and the City facing society´s transitions”, in Science Cabinet 2.
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Low-cost Houses for Mexicali - Basket vault with pumice concrete laid over basket and burlap and chicken-wire: Photographs of drawings
01/01/1976
Construction Innovation, DrawingTwo photographs of construction drawings with details.
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Low-cost Houses for Mexicali - Production of earth-cement interlocking blocks: Photographs of drawings
01/01/1976
Construction Innovation, DrawingTwo photographs of construction details drawings.
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Low-cost Houses for Mexicali - Production of earth-cement interlocking blocks: Photographs of fabrication process
01/01/1976
Construction Innovation, Construction ProcessSix different photos showing the method and process of block fabrication.
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Low-cost Houses for Mexicali - Basket vault with pumice concrete laid over basket and burlap and chicken-wire: Photographs
01/01/1976
Construction Innovation, Focus on DetailsSeven photos present details of the constructed vaults, as implemented in various finished vaults formed in rooms with different dimensions and floor plans.
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Construction Yard: Sprayed Concrete Building System - Photographs of mock-up
01/01/1977
Construction Innovation, Construction Experiment & Mock-upImages depicting two full scale mock-ups built with sprayed concrete; the first mock-up comprises an exterior wall segment shot with sprayed concrete, which supports the formwork of a sloped roof with a barrel-vault ceiling and the second is a mock-up ...
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Construction Yard: Sprayed Concrete Building System - Photographs of mock-up
01/01/1977
Construction Innovation, Construction Experiment & Mock-upThree images depicting the formwork of the wall-system mock-up ready for the spraying of concrete and the mock-up of two concrete round columns, supporting an arch.
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Construction Yard: Sprayed Concrete Building System - Photographs of mock-up
01/01/1977
Construction Innovation, Construction Experiment & Mock-upImages depicting three stages of building a real size mock-up of a sloped roof segment over a barrel vault ceiling, using sprayed concrete.
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Construction Yard: Sprayed Concrete Building System - Photographs of mock-up
01/01/1977
Construction Innovation, Construction Experiment & Mock-upImage of a vaulted roof sitting upon a wooden supporting structure.
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Construction Yard: Sprayed Concrete Building System - Photographs of mock-up
01/01/1977
Construction Innovation, Construction Experiment & Mock-upImage of a low wall sprayed with concrete, with arch shaped openings.
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C.E.S. Office - Martinez House: Concrete balustrade in arches & seat - Photographs
01/01/1979
Construction Innovation, Exterior ViewThree photographs of the bench and the ornated balustrade, built next to the tile workshop.
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C.E.S. Office - Martinez House: Concrete balustrade in arches & seat - Photographs
01/01/1979
Construction Innovation, Focus on DetailsDetail of the balustrade connected to the bench, made of sprayed concrete.
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C.E.S. Office - Martinez House: Concrete balustrade in arches & seat - Photographs
01/01/1979
Construction Innovation, Exterior ViewThree photographs of the completed structure of the bench and the ornated balustrade, using the gunnite method of construction.
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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
Construction Innovation, Construction Process, Construction Experiment & Mock-upDigitizedSix 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
Construction Innovation, Construction ProcessDigitizedThirteen 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
Construction Innovation, Construction ProcessDigitizedFifteen 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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C.E.S. Office - Martinez House: Experimental gunite all-concrete building; vaulted ceiling and pitched roof construction process - Photographs of 4th step of construction process
01/01/1979
Construction Innovation, Construction ProcessDigitizedSeven photographs depicting the fourth step of the vaulted ceiling and the pitched roof construction process, which includes the construction of the front and back gable ends of the barrel vault ceiling.
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C.E.S. Office - Martinez House: Experimental gunite all-concrete building; vaulted ceiling and pitched roof construction process - Photographs of 5th step of construction process
01/01/1979
Construction Innovation, Construction ProcessDigitizedSeven photographs depicting the fifth step of the vaulted ceiling and the pitched roof construction process, which includes the installation of thermal insulation sheets.
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C.E.S. Office - Martinez House: Experimental gunite all-concrete building; vaulted ceiling and pitched roof construction process - Photographs of 6th step of construction process
01/01/1979
Construction Innovation, Construction ProcessDigitizedSeven photographs depicting the sixth step of the vaulted ceiling and the pitched roof construction process, which includes the shooting of gunnite in layers and its final finishing.
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C.E.S. Office - Martinez House: Experimental gunite all-concrete building; vaulted ceiling and pitched roof construction process - Photographs
01/01/1979
Construction Innovation, Construction ProcessDigitizedEight photographs of the tile workshop construction site showing the building at various stages of the construction process.
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C.E.S. Office - Martinez House: Experimental gunite all-concrete building; columns and beams formwork erection - Photographs of 1st step
01/01/1979
Construction Innovation, Construction ProcessDigitizedFive photographs with overviews of the formwork for the columns and beams of the building, adapted to the requirements of the gunite method.
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C.E.S. Office - Martinez House: Experimental gunite all-concrete building; columns and beams formwork erection - Photographs of 1st step
01/01/1979
Construction Innovation, Construction ProcessDigitizedNine photographs with close-ups, focusing on the details of the column and beam formworks which accommodate gunite requirements.
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C.E.S. Office - Martinez House: Experimental gunite all-concrete building; columns and beams shooting concrete - Photographs of 2nd step
01/01/1979
Construction Innovation, Construction ProcessDigitizedEight photographs showing the setting up of the equipment for spraying the concrete, as well as the spraying of concrete in the formworks of columns and beams.
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C.E.S. Office - Martinez House: Experimental gunite all-concrete building; columns and beams shooting concrete - Photographs of 2nd step
01/01/1979
Construction Innovation, Construction ProcessDigitizedTen photographs showing columns and beams with the shot-concrete already encased in the formworks, after excess concrete had been removed.
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C.E.S. Office - Martinez House: Construction of octagonal freestanding concrete columns, with low-cost formwork, shot in gunite - Photographs of mock-up
01/01/1979
Construction Innovation, Construction Experiment & Mock-upThree photographs of a constuction experiment, for testing the detailing of the concrete column, as well as the sequence of operations required for building it in sprayed concrete.
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C.E.S. Office - Martinez House: Construction of octagonal freestanding concrete columns, with low-cost formwork, shot in gunite - Photographs of mold
01/01/1979
Construction Innovation, Construction Experiment & Mock-upView of the jig used as a templete for cutting the compound curves on a two-by-two, used to build the corners of the form, for building the column. This curve, cut off the plane of the diagonal, allows a flare ...
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C.E.S. Office - Martinez House: Fireplace - Photographs
01/01/1981
Construction Innovation, Work in ProgressTwo photographs of the poured in place, monolithic concrete Count Rumford type fireplace, being the first element built above ground .
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C.E.S. Office - Martinez House: Small all-gunnite shed built as an experimental building - Photographs of mock-up
01/01/1981
Construction Innovation, Construction Experiment & Mock-upSix photographs of the experimental shed under construction, for testing the construction techniques and details not used in the tile workshop, as for example the wooden plank ‘Russian type’ roof.
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C.E.S. Office - Martinez House: Experimental gunite all-concrete building; formwork for vertical elements - Photographs
01/01/1981
Construction Innovation, Construction ProcessDigitizedSeven photographs depicting the construction of the two-sided formwork of the corner columns of the building volumes.
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C.E.S. Office - Martinez House: Experimental gunnite all-concrete building; formwork for vertical elements - Photographs
01/01/1981
Construction Innovation, Construction ProcessFour photographs depicting the formwork ready for the gunite concrete works.
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Berryessa House: Wooden post and beam, load bearing structural frame combined with sprayed concrete exterior walls - Photographs of mock-up
01/05/1981
Construction Innovation, Construction Experiment & Mock-upThe first full-scale mock-up of a wall section, made in the C.E.S. office, to test the combination of wood cladding on the interior side of the wall and exposed concrete surface on its exterior side.
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C.E.S. Office - Martinez House: Experimental gunnite all-concrete building; wall framing - Photographs
01/08/1982
Construction Innovation, Construction ProcessFour photographs from the stage of constructing the wood framing of the wall elements.
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Sala House: Heavy timber structural frame, combined with concrete exterior walls - Photographs
01/08/1982
Construction Innovation, Work in ProgressPhotograph of the ground floor timber framework, in which an aperiodic grid starts to appear, continued similarly in the other floors.
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Sala House: Concrete balustrade at the entrance terrace - Photographs of mock-up
01/08/1982
Construction Innovation, Construction Experiment & Mock-upPhotograph of a mock-up for the concrete balustrade together with the wooden framing support structure. Part of the balustrade mock-up is in concrete and others in cardboard.
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C.E.S. Office - Martinez House: Fireplace - Photographs
01/08/1982
Construction Innovation, Work in ProgressTwo photographs of the Count Rumford type concrete fireplace.
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Sala House: Concrete balustrade at the entrance terrace - Photographs of drawings
01/01/1982
Construction Innovation, DrawingPhotographs of two drawings of the formwork for the concrete balustrade.
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Sala House: Wooden post and beam, load bearing structural frame combined with red and grey cast concrete exterior walls - Photographs
01/07/1983
Construction Innovation, Exterior View, Interior ViewTwo images of the house, juxtaposing the wood-concrete combined construction system; one of the exterior concrete walls and the other of the interior with the wood cladding and the exposed structural frame.
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Sala House: Concrete balustrade at the entrance terrace - Photographs
01/07/1983
Construction Innovation, Exterior ViewThree versions of the same photograph depicting the rose-painted low-cost concrete balustrade, used as a railing for the parking deck. One of them was exhibited at the 2014 Locus Manifesto-exposition “Re-enchant the World: Architecture and the City facing society´s transitions”, in ...
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Sala House: Concrete bracket and its formwork - Photographs
01/07/1983
Construction Innovation, Focus on DetailsFive photographs of the concrete bracket and the process followed for shaping and constructing it. A number of them were exhibited at the 2014 Locus Manifesto-exposition “Re-enchant the World: Architecture and the City facing society´s transitions”, in Science Cabinet 2.
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Sala House: Concrete balustrade at the entrance terrace - Photographs
01/01/1983
Construction Innovation, Work in ProgressPhotograph of formwork of the concrete balustrade, using styrofoam for shaping the voids.
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C.E.S. Office - Martinez House: Experimental gunnite all-concrete building; Photographs of construction stages
01/01/1983
Construction Innovation, Construction ProcessFour photographs of the same wall completed in a period of eigtheen months, depicting the sequential construction stages of building the wall with gunite. The last additional photograph, showing the whole house just after the shooting of the gunite, was exhibited ...
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Sala House: Concrete balustrade at the entrance terrace - Photographs
01/07/1983
Construction Innovation, Exterior ViewTwo images of the parking terrace with the concrete balustrade.
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Sala House: Heavy timber structural frame, combined with concrete exterior walls - Photographs
01/01/1983
Construction Innovation, Focus on DetailsTwo images of the timber connection between post and beams through shaped corbels.
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Sala House: Heavy timber structural frame, combined with concrete exterior walls - Photographs
01/07/1983
Construction Innovation, Focus on DetailsProfessional photograph of the timber connection between post and beams through shaped corbels.
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The Campus of Eishin- High School: Central Hall heavy timber truss with curved members - Photographs of model
01/01/1983
Construction Innovation, ModelTwo views of the balsa wood model of the truss, which assisted in conceiving the structural behavior, especially under earthquake forces. It was exhibited at the 14th International Architecture Biennale Exhibition: “Office US” in 2014.
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Fresno Farmer's Market: Photographs of model
01/09/1983
Construction Innovation, ModelStudy model showing five of the arched frames with the base concrete pillars of the market structure.
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Berryessa House: Erecting the timber framing structure - Photographs
01/01/1983
Construction Innovation, Construction ProcessThree photographs depicting the timber framing works for the living room and kitchen volume.
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Berryessa House: Erecting the timber framing structure - Photographs
01/01/1983
Construction Innovation, Construction ProcessTwo photographs depicting the completion of roof framing works.
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C.E.S. Office - Martinez House: Wooden roof with its details - Photographs
01/01/1984
Construction Innovation, Focus on DetailsTwo photographs of the “Russian” type wooden roof .
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C.E.S. Office - Martinez House: Interior and exterior concrete columns details - Photographs
01/01/1984
Construction Innovation, Focus on DetailsView from the interior, through the porch, with focus on the columns, with flare on the shaft to meet the base and capital, made with low cost formwork and shot with gunite .
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C.E.S. Office - Martinez House: Ornamental concrete layer on the exterior wall envelope - Photographs
01/01/1984
Construction Innovation, Focus on DetailsSix photographs of the ornamental concrete horizontal layers, just below the concrete roof cornice, forming intricate detailing on the edges of the sprayed concrete layers, all painted in white.
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C.E.S. Office - Martinez House: Interior beam, column and column capital detailing - Photographs
01/01/1984
Construction Innovation, Focus on DetailsThree images focusing on details of connections between beams, column capitals, and ceiling borders all made of sprayed concrete.
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Fresno Farmers' Market: Redwood Arched Roof Trusses - Photographs
01/03/1984
Construction Innovation, Construction ProcessThree images of the arched frame members in the warehouse, where they were fabricated.
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Fresno Farmers' Market: Redwood Arched Roof Trusses - Photographs
01/03/1984
Construction Innovation, Work in ProgressThe arched frame under construction on the floor of the workshop.
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Fresno Farmers' Market: Redwood Arched Roof Trusses - Photographs
01/05/1984
Construction Innovation, Construction ProcessRaising the timber arches to get the main structure up; in two versions.
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C.E.S. Office - Martinez House: Ceiling patterns and ornaments - Photographs
01/01/1984
Construction Innovation, Focus on DetailsSix photographs of ceiling details with focus on the patterns and ornaments, all made of sprayed concrete. They were exhibited at the 2014 Locus Manifesto-exposition “Re-enchant the World: Architecture and the City facing society´s transitions”, in Science Cabinet 2.
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The Campus of Eishin- High School: Central Hall heavy timber truss with curved members - Photographs
01/01/1984
Construction Innovation, Working in ConstructionFour craftsmen having lunch, lying on the curved truss bents, before the bents were erected inside the Central Building. It was exhibited at the 14th International Architecture Biennale Exhibition: “Office US” in 2014.
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The Campus of Eishin- High School: Dining Hall Heavy Timber Structure with moment resisting frames - Photographs of model
01/03/1984
Construction Innovation, ModelTwo views of the balsa wood work model of the heavy timber structural frame. The black pieces of carboard indicate the location of plywood sheets, for the moment resisting frames.
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The Campus of Eishin - High School: Gymnasium - Heavy timber hammerbeam trusses - Photographs of model
01/03/1984
Construction Innovation, ModelBalsa wood work model of the building with the heavy timber trusses.
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The Campus of Eishin- High School: Central Hall heavy timber truss with curved members - Photographs of drawings
01/01/1984
Construction Innovation, DrawingTwo drawings of the Central Hall with details prepared by Mr. Sumiyoshi.
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Fresno Farmers' Market: Redwood Arched Roof Trusses - Photographs
01/08/1984
Construction Innovation, Work in ProgressTwo views of the fourteen moment resisting frames made of redwood laminate arches and resting on concrete block pillars.
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Fresno Farmers' Market: Redwood Arched Roof Trusses - Photographs
01/08/1984
Construction Innovation, Focus on DetailsThree close-up views of the arched frames and the concrete block pillars.
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Fresno Farmetrs' Market: Redwood Arched Roof Trusses - Photographs
01/08/1984
Construction Innovation, Work in ProgressFive images depicting the phase of pouring concrete into the hollow concrete block piers for fastening each one of the fourteen moment resisting frames made of redwood laminate arches supported by them.
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Fresno Farmers' Market: Redwood Arched Roof Trusses - Photographs
01/03/1984
Construction Innovation, Construction ProcessThe prefabricated pieces for the columns of the arched frames, freshly prepared on the floor of the workshop.
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C.E.S. Office - Martinez House: Interior and exterior concrete columns details - Photographs
01/01/1984
Construction Innovation, Focus on DetailsThree views of the porch columns, with flares on the column shaft, forming a tall base and a transition towards the capital; they were built with low-cost formwork and shot with gunite.
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The Campus of Eishin - High School: Gymnasium - Heavy timber hammerbeam trusses - Photographs of drawings
01/03/1984
Construction Innovation, DrawingViews of two drawings with fabricated connection details of the truss members.
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Martinez Heavy Timber Carpentry Workshop: Heavy Timber Load Bearing Frames and Trusses - Photographs
01/01/1985
Construction Innovation, Work in ProgressPhotograph of the load bearing structure of the workshop, columns, beams and roof trusses, before its cladding and finishing were completed.
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Martinez Heavy Timber Carpentry Workshop: Heavy Timber Load Bearing Frames and Trusses - Photographs of drawings
01/01/1985
Construction Innovation, DrawingPhotograph of an axonometric drawing depicting the roof truss .
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Sweet Potatoes Offices and Workshops: Thick Walls - Photographs
01/01/1985
Construction Innovation, Work in ProgressThree photographs of various types of thick wall panels, fabricated in the C.E.S. workshop, moved to the project site and stacked ready for instalation.
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Sweet Potatoes Offices and Workshops: Thick Walls - Photographs of mock-up
01/01/1985
Construction Innovation, Construction Experiment & Mock-upTwo views of a cardboard full scale mock-up of a thick wall, built in situ, which depict the detail of an arched opening at the point the arch meets the wall, and the articulation of the wall at the meeting ...
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Sweet Potatoes Offices and Workshops: Thick Walls - Photographs of mock-up
01/01/1985
Construction Innovation, Construction Experiment & Mock-upTwo images of cardboard full scale mock-ups of thick walls, built in situ, to simulate and test the partitions between adjacent private offices.
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Sweet Potatoes Offices and Workshops: Thick Wall with three panels, and built-in drawers, shelves, counter, cupboards, and small compartments - Photographs
01/01/1985
Construction Innovation, Work in ProgressSeven partial views of the thick wall and its panels, installed in the end part of the long wall of the production room, focusing on its various built-in elements, and depicting various stages towards completion of the construction.
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Sweet Potatoes Offices and Workshops: Thick Wall with Catalog Counter - Photographs
01/01/1985
Construction Innovation, Interior View, Work in ProgressFour photographs of the thick wall with the sloping top catalog counter.
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Sweet Potatoes Offices and Workshops: Thick Wall with Doorway - Photographs
01/01/1985
Construction Innovation, Interior View, Work in Progress, Focus on DetailsSix photographs of the thick wall panel with arched doorway depicted during its production and installation.
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Sweet Potatoes Offices and Workshops: Thick Wall with Four Panels and Counter - Photographs
01/01/1985
Construction Innovation, Interior View, Work in Progress, Focus on DetailsFive photographs of thick walls with counter after being installed in the private offices, two of them being close-up views.
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Sweet Potatoes Offices and Workshops: Thick Wall with Open Shelves - Photographs
01/01/1985
Construction Innovation, Interior View, Work in ProgressOne view of the whole wall being installed in one of the end walls of the production room.
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Sweet Potatoes Offices and Workshops: Columns and Low Walls - Photographs
01/01/1985
Construction Innovation, Interior View, Work in ProgressTwo photographs of a low wall with columns resting on top, constructed similarly in a few more locations; the elements in the photo are still in natural wood, before being painted.
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The Campus of Eishin- High School: Central Hall heavy timber truss with curved members - Photographs
01/05/1985
Construction Innovation, Interior ViewThe Central Hall, emptied from people to show off the beautiful curved wooden truss. The photo was exhibited at the 2014 Locus Manifesto-exposition “Re-enchant the World: Architecture and the City facing society´s transitions”, in Science Cabinet 2, and at the 14th ...
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The Campus of Eishin - High School: Gymnasium - Heavy timber hammerbeam trusses - Photographs
01/05/1985
Construction Innovation, Interior ViewThree views of the building interior with the hammerbeam trusses giving good shape to the interior space.
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The Campus of Eishin - High School: Gymnasium - Heavy timber hammerbeam trusses - Photographs
01/05/1985
Construction Innovation, Interior ViewTwo views of the building interior with the hammerbeam trusses giving good shape to the interior space.
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The Campus of Eishin - High School: Gymnasium - Heavy timber hammerbeam trusses - Photographs
01/05/1985
Construction Innovation, Interior ViewTwo views of the gymnasium aisles, showing the columns with the x-bracing.
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C.E.S. Office - Martinez House: Interior and exterior concrete columns details - Photographs
01/07/1986
Construction Innovation, Focus on DetailsTwo photographs of the entrance porch columns, with flares on the column shaft, forming a tall base and a transition towards the capital, which interlocks with the beam. .
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Experiments and mock-ups for low-cost heavy timber house of 80 m2 - Photographs of mock-up
01/01/1986
Construction Innovation, Construction Experiment & Mock-upView of a one-third full-size timber model of a low-cost heavy timber house of 80 m2, built in the C.E.S. workshop for experimenting with the qualities of heavy timber as a material that could be shaped and carved as a ...
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The Campus of Eishin- High School: Central Hall exterior x-bracing truss - Photographs
01/01/1987
Construction Innovation, Focus on DetailsCentral Hall longitudinal x-bracing truss, seen on the outside wall, just below the roof of the building.
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The Campus of Eishin- High School: College Buildings - Flat beam ceiling structural design in large classrooms - Photographs
01/07/1987
Construction Innovation, Interior ViewInterior of one lecture room with the structure of the ceiling beams.
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The Julian Street Inn - Shelter for Homeless: Lacework concrete trusses with curved members shot in the air - Photographs of mock-up depicting its design process
01/01/1987
Construction Innovation, Construction Experiment & Mock-up, Design ProcessSix photographs of a scale mock-up of an early version of concrete truss, experimenting with the construction of the truss formwork and reinforcement, using styrofoam for making the voids of the concrete truss.
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The Campus of Eishin- High School: Central Hall exterior x-bracing truss - Photographs
01/01/1987
Construction Innovation, Focus on DetailsCentral Hall longitudinal x-bracing truss, seen on the outside wall, just below the roof of the building.
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The Julian Street Inn - Shelter for Homeless: Lacework concrete trusses with curved members shot in the air - Photographs of model
01/01/1987
Construction Innovation, ModelImage depicting the interior space of the dining hall paper model with the four trusses in place.
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The Julian Street Inn - Shelter for Homeless: Lacework concrete trusses with curved members shot in the air - Photographs of sketches depicting design process
01/01/1987
Construction Innovation, Sketches, Design ProcessEighteen photographs of a sequence of sketches by Christopher Alexander on the shaping of the concrete truss in relation to its structural analysis; it starts with an early idea, then follow nine photographs of five alternatives, and the final eight ...
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The Julian Street Inn - Shelter for the Homeless: Construction experiments for testing the prefabrication of wall-segment tile panels and lifting them in place - Photographs of experimental mock-up depicting construction process
01/01/1988
Construction Innovation, Construction Experiment & Mock-up, Construction ProcessTen photographs of a full scale test tiled wall panel, the size and shape of an exterior wall segment with a window opening, depicting the procedure of its fabrication. The test explored the possibilities and difficulties of its prefabrication and ...
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The Julian Street Inn - Shelter for the Homeless: Construction experiments for testing the prefabrication of wall-segment tile panels and lifting them in place - Photographs of experimental mock-up depicting construction process
01/01/1988
Construction Innovation, Construction Experiment & Mock-up, Construction ProcessNine images from the process of moving the full scale prefabricated test tiled wall panel out of the workshop and lifting it, for testing its weight and behaviour. Finally the prefabrication of the tiled wall panels was not selected as ...
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The Julian Street Inn - Shelter for Homeless: Lacework concrete trusses with curved members shot in the air - Photographs of mock-up
01/11/1988
Construction Innovation, Construction Experiment & Mock-up, Design ProcessPhotograph of the full scale mock-up of the final concrete truss built out of reinforced cardboard, following the dimensions and details of the finally engineered truss, and lifted on the dining hall walls, to be tested in its real place ...
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The Julian Street Inn - Shelter for Homeless: Lacework concrete trusses with curved members shot in the air - Photographs of mock-ups depicting its design process
29/08/1988
Construction Innovation, Construction Experiment & Mock-up, Design ProcessSix images of a cardboard full scale partial mock-up, depicting one of the spanning ends of the truss and the testing on site four alternatives for supporting the truss on the columns already built. The first, simple solution was chosen ...
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The Julian Street Inn - Shelter for the Homeless: Construction experiments for testing the prefabrication of wall-segment tile panels and lifting them in place - Photographs of experimental mock-up depicting construction process
01/01/1988
Construction Innovation, Construction Experiment & Mock-up, Construction ProcessFour views of a full scale test tiled wall panel, the size and shape of an exterior wall segment with a window opening. They depict the first stage of its prefabrication procedure, during which tiles are laid out in relation ...
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The Julian Street Inn - Shelter for Homeless: Lacework concrete trusses with curved members shot in the air - Photographs
01/01/1988
Construction Innovation, Work in ProgressPhotomontage of seven photographs depicting the formwork and the reinforcement for the precast concrete truss as it was being built .
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Berryessa House: Timber framing detail - Photographs
01/01/1988
Construction Innovation, Focus on DetailsTwo images of connections between 6″x6″ Douglas fir posts and 6″x8″ Douglas fir main beams and 4″x6″ secondary beams through shaped doweled corbels.
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Berryessa House: Deciding on spacing and size of windows - Photographs
01/01/1988
Construction Innovation, Construction ProcessFive images of mock-ups for the living room windows for shaping their details in relationship to each other and in relation to the space between them. The first depicts the alcove windows, the next two the windows towards the veranda ...
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Berryessa House: Deciding on spacing and size of windows - Photographs
01/01/1988
Construction Innovation, Construction ProcessThree images of the mock-up for finalizing the shape of the studio windows with the seats built in the thickness of the wall.
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Berryessa House: Preparation for shooting the gunite - Construction of walls - Photographs
01/01/1988
Construction Innovation, Construction ProcessSeven images depict the various construction activities to be accomplished on the external surface of the walls, to prepare them for the shooting of the gunite, being the finishing material of all exterior walls.
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Berryessa House: Preparation for shooting the gunite - Construction of walls - Photographs
01/01/1988
Construction Innovation, Construction ProcessTwo images of the internal side of walls, depicting alternatives for the finishing material and color, before it was decided that 1″x18″ pine planks placed between the posts was to be used.
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Berryessa House: Preparation for shooting the gunite - Construction of roofs and parapets - Photographs
01/01/1988
Construction Innovation, Construction ProcessThree images depicting the testing of proposed parapet mock-ups.
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Berryessa House: Preparation for shooting the gunite - Construction of roofs and parapets - Photographs
01/01/1988
Construction Innovation, Construction ProcessThree images depicting the completed construction of the studio volume roof and parapet and the interior of the living room and kitchen ceiling, ready for the shooting of the gunite. .
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Berryessa House: Shooting the gunite at the outside wall surfaces - Photographs
01/01/1988
Construction Innovation, Construction ProcessEight images from the process of shooting the gunite in all the volumes of the house, and then screeding it.
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The Campus of Eishin- High School: College Buildings - Flat beam ceiling structural design in ground floor arcades - Photographs
01/11/1989
Construction Innovation, Exterior ViewFour views of the College Buildings arcades; massive columns with base and capitals, and the closely-spaced ceiling beams, create a positive space where geometry and function are tightly intertwined.
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The Julian Street Inn - Shelter for Homeless: Lacework concrete trusses with curved members shot in the air - Photographs
01/05/1989
Construction Innovation, Interior View, Work in ProgressTwo views of the dining hall truss before it was painted.
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The Julian Street Inn - Shelter for Homeless: Lacework concrete trusses with curved members shot in the air - Photographs
01/07/1989
Construction Innovation, Interior ViewTwo views of the dining hall finished truss, still unpainted.
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Neighborhood of Seventy Low-Cost Houses: Prototype house construction - Photographs
01/11/1989
Construction Innovation, Work in ProgressTwo images of the prototype house in early construction stage, illustrating the first floor construction up to the placement of the lintels.
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Neighborhood of Seventy Low-Cost Houses: Prototype house master builders - Photographs
01/05/1989
Construction Innovation, Working in ConstructionSix images with the master builders working on the prototype house construction on wall and lintel completion, plumbing and sewage works.
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Neighborhood of Seventy Low Cost Houses: Reinforced concrete beam and column structure with brick infill - Photographs
01/05/1989
Construction Innovation, Working in ConstructionFour images of the prototype house depicting the construction sequence: 1) Starting from the foundation and the initial steps of the brick wall layout before the pouring of the exterior columns; 2) Complreting the first-floor walls and the peripheral beams ...
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The Julian Street Inn - Shelter for Homeless: Lacework concrete trusses with curved members shot in the air - Photographs
01/07/1990
Construction Innovation, Interior ViewTwo views of the dining hall finished trusses. One of them was exhibited at the 2014 Locus Manifesto-exposition “Re-enchant the World: Architecture and the City facing society´s transitions”, in Science Cabinet 2.
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House for Roger and Karuna Hodgson: New kind of wall construction - Photographs of mock-up
01/01/1991
Construction Innovation, Construction Experiment & Mock-upWorking on a full scale mock-up for a wall section built with concrete blocks, experimenting with the making of chases for setting in fine lines of white marble .
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The Upham House: Concrete wall shape and detailing - Photographs of mock-up
01/01/1991
Construction Innovation, Mock-up, Design ProcessPhotographs of four different mock-ups of a wall section built out of concrte blocks in combination with different materials for testing texture through alterations.
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The Upham House: Concrete wall shape and detailing - Photographs of mock-up
01/01/1991
Construction Innovation, Mock-up, Design ProcessTwo views of a detailed, full-size cardboard mockup of a complete bay of the wall was built on site, on which the final sizes of columns, the offset of the columns in front of the wall, the offset of the ...
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The Mary Rose Museum: Arched trusses to span the 30-meter wide dry-dock where the ship was to be permanently housed - Photographs of models
01/01/1991
Construction Innovation, ModelThree photographs of project models.
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The Mary Rose Museum: Arched trusses to span the 30-meter wide dry-dock where the ship was to be permanently housed - Photographs of drawings
01/01/1991
Construction Innovation, DrawingPhotographs of two drawings of the museum dry dock.
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The Mary Rose Museum: Arched trusses to span the 30-meter wide dry-dock where the ship was to be permanently housed - Photographs of drawings
01/01/1991
Construction Innovation, DrawingPerspective of the lattice work of the trusses covering the main exhibition hall.
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West Dean College Gardens Visitor's Center - Massive thick structural walls with concrete, blocks and bricks: Plinth of perimeter wall under construction - Photographs
01/07/1994
Construction Innovation, Exterior View, Work in ProgressConstructing the plinth of the perimeter thick wall.
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West Dean College Gardens Visitor's Center - Massive thick structural walls with concrete, blocks and bricks: Perimeter wall under construction - Photographs
01/09/1994
Construction Innovation, Exterior View, Work in ProgressTwo views from the process of constructing the perimeter thick wall, using a combination of concrete, concrete blocks, bricks and flint.
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West Dean College Gardens Visitor's Center - Arches in the transverse load bearing walls: Photographs of drawings
01/01/1994
Construction Innovation, SketchesTwo sketches of the building depicting its transformation from a plain rectangle with long walls pierced with windows, into a structured space by introducing four massive cross-walls, integrated with the functional arrangement of the building. As the design unfolded, ...
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West Dean College Gardens Visitor's Center - Massive thick structural walls with concrete, blocks and bricks: Thick walls under construction - Photographs
01/12/1994
Construction Innovation, Focus on Details, Work in ProgressTwo views of thick wall construction details, during construction.
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West Dean College Gardens Visitor's Center - Arches in the transverse load bearing walls: Photographs of sketches with arches and their curves
01/09/1994
Construction Innovation, Sketches, Design ProcessThree photographs of early sketches by Christopher Alexander depicting the emergence and shaping of the wall arches. The templates for making the curve of the formworks were copied from these sketches; in the second photo, the top sketch gave the ...
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The Campus of Eishin - High School: Club House new form of hollow, composite, wood and plywood columns and beams - Photographs of drawings
01/01/1994
Construction Innovation, DrawingDrawings of construction details for the massive hollow beams and columns, about 24″ by 24″, built out of plywood and small section lumber, with frequent interior collars.
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West Dean College Gardens Visitor's Center - Structural Columns: Photographs of mock-ups
01/03/1995
Construction Innovation, Mock-upImages of four columns mock-ups built out of cardboard for testing shape and height, as well as shape and size of its capital.
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West Dean College Gardens Visitor's Center - Arches in the transverse load bearing walls: Photographs
01/04/1995
Construction Innovation, Interior View, Work in ProgressThree images of the arched cross-walls supported by low columns, during the construction phase.
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The Campus of Eishin- High School: Club House new form of hollow, composite, wood and plywood columns and beams - Photographs
01/01/1995
Construction Innovation, Interior View, Focus on DetailView of the clubhouse interior with focus on one of the hollow massive column with blackstrap.
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New Town for Hoechst Parkstadt-Unterliederbach: New kind of wall construction - Photographs of mock-up
01/01/1996
Construction Innovation, Construction Experiment & Mock-upPhotographs of two early mock-ups of a new kind of wall construction with a brick-masonry mixture for the four-story apartments.
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New Town for Hoechst Parkstadt-Unterliederbach: New kind of wall construction - Photographs of mock-up
01/01/1996
Construction Innovation, Construction Experiment & Mock-upPhotographs of two different experimental wall bays, built with standard concrete blocks with special treatment for the base and top.
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New Town for Hoechst Parkstadt-Unterliederbach: New kind of wall construction - Photographs of mock-up
01/01/1996
Construction Innovation, Construction Experiment & Mock-upPhotograph of the top section of a wall in which special cast blocks were used together with normal blocks, which introduce reveals and ornaments.
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Towards a Theory of Units
01/01/1975
Academic, Student Work, M.Arch Thesis267-page thesis submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Master of Architecture. The subject of this study deals with the concept of organicness in relation to architecture, and with, which would be the acts that could ...
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An American House for the Eighties: Evolution of the All-Masonry House; includes the final report and a draft of it
01/09/1981
Academic, Student Work, Professional ReportProfessional Report on the process of building and the new construction method applied to the Martinez house and workshop. Contents: II. Acknowledgements; III. Notes of Involvement; IV. Preface; V. Introduction; VI. Precedents: a) Construction Patterns, b) Building Projects, c) Masonry ...
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Wholeness and Order in Large Span Roof Trusses
01/01/1985
Academic, Student Work, Professional Report Draft63-page structural analysis of wooden truss behavior relating the earlier approach of their construction with the present, and refering to the design of the timber roof trusses of the Central Hall, the Gymnasium and the Judo Hall of the Eishin ...
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The Architect's Responsibility and the Process of Building "The Martinez Experiment"
12/05/1985
Academic, Student Work, M.Arch ThesisThe Master of Architecture thesis presents in its 312 pages the theory behind the development of the Sprayed Concrete Building System, and a detailed documentation of the system as recorded during the construction of the Martinez House, between Fall 1981 ...
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