Go BackLocus Manifesto-exposition: CES presented the construction innovation on the use of gunite, as applied in the Martinez house
30/05/2014Two boards included in Science Cabinet #1 of the exhibit, illustrating phases of the construction process using gunite experimentally for building an all-concrete structure, as well as the building as completed.
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C.E.S. Office - Martinez House: Gunite all-concrete building
1980
Walls, 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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C.E.S. Office - Martinez House: Interior beams, columns, column capitals and ceiling patterns
1983
Shaping building elements by shooting gunite into lightweigh open formwork; styrofoam fillers on a plywood form were used for details and ornaments.
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C.E.S. Office - Martinez House: Photographs of the building
01/07/1986
Five photographs of the building exterior, as seen when approaching it from the site entrance. The second one was exhibited at the Locus Manifesto-exposition “Re-enchant the World: Architecture and the City facing society´s transitions”.
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C.E.S. Office - Martinez House: Experimental gunnite all-concrete building; Photographs of construction stages
01/01/1983
Four 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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C.E.S. Office - Martinez House: Ceiling patterns and ornaments - Photographs
01/01/1984
Six 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.