Locus Manifesto-exposition: CES presented the construction innovation on the use of gunite, as applied in the Martinez house
2 2) The completed all-concrete building

The 40 architects already awarded the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture participated and exhibited their works. The exhibition was on international touring until 2016. Christopher Alexander’s participation included the extensive presentation of the Mexicali project in the “Saving the People’s Habitat” ...

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 ...

Shaping building elements by shooting gunite into lightweigh open formwork; styrofoam fillers on a plywood form were used for details and ornaments.

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”.

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 ...

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.