WALDEN 7 CONSTRUCTION DETAIL
A 3/8 mockup of a cluster of three balconies in Ricardo Bofill’s 1975 housing project Walden 7; concrete cast with terracotta tiles, grout, and paint.
Team: Joseph Hedaya, Kassidy Miller, Laura Song, and Jasper Townsend
Four concrete pours in one continuous cast
Design of the formwork, stacking on top of the one below it for each pour
Stacking formwork and pouring concrete
Cutting and adhering terracotta tiles
Applying stucco to the cast
Applying grout
Exploded axonometric showing the terracotta tiles applied to the concrete cast