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