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method:gunite-shot-concreteGunite (Shot Concrete)
A technique in which concrete is shot from a high-pressure hose with an accelerator; produces stiff, strong material that stays where placed without heavy formwork.
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- Process-Based Construction MethodsimplementsAlexander's proposed approach using high technology to provide processes (not components) that create sophisticated elements cheaply while fitting local circumstance.
Events (2)
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- The start of Alexander's seven-year development process for the gunite construction technique.
- The primary test bed for Alexander's gunite construction technique over a seven-year development period.
Chapters (1)
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- Chapter 16: How Living Process Should Inspire — Continuous Invention of New Materials and TechniquesintroducesThe working unit under analysis; Alexander argues for inventing new construction techniques that support living process and adaptation.
Methods (1)
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- Alexander's technique of carving cheap styrofoam as formwork for complex concrete shapes, enabling brackets, arches, and ornament at low cost.
Related by similarity (8)
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- Specialized technique used for constructing the complex lacework concrete trusses at the Julian Street Inn.
- Dry air-shot concrete technique used to create finely detailed, formwork-free concrete trusses.
- Trusses with complex curved configurations shot in place against guidework in the air, used at the San Jose homeless shelter.
- Using a form-board and a fine nozzle on a gunite gun to spray a half-inch layer of fine concrete to make raised ornament.
- Alexander's 1961 invention using conical clay tiles stacked and riffled like a deck of cards to form near-spherical vaults without wood formwork.
- Test-time adaptation from a small number of examples without parameter updates.
- Ability to predict correctly for stimulus-action pairs never previously experienced by inferring structural rules; key measure for TEM-t performance.
- Shot midpoints follow k50 ∝ dr/ρd; higher cohesion and lower mismatch yield fewer required examplesclaim0.662Core quantitative prediction of UCCT validated by E2 threshold ordering