Locus Manifesto-exposition: CES presented the construction innovation on the use of simple and chip formwork techniques for concrete works, as applied in the Sala House

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” ...

Low-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.

Rose 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.

Photographs of the rose concrete balustrade, used as a railing for the parking deck.

Five photographs of the concrete bracket and the process followed for shaping and constructing it.