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Modesto Community Mental Health Center: Construction Drawings – Floor Plans

01/01/1974

Architectural Design, Construction Drawings, Floor Plan

Eight drawings of the floor plans of the building complex. Included are drawing A3 of the general floor plan and seven more drawings of the floor plans of the individual buildings, namely drawing A5 for unit A-H, drawing A6 for unit B-C, drawing A7 for unit D, drawing A8 for unit E, drawing A9 for unit F, drawing A10 for unit G, drawing A11 for unit J; a Finish Schedule and a Door Schedule are also included.

Designers:

Christopher Alexander, Murray Silverstein with Nacht & Lewis Architects, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.

Medium:

Blueprint

Size:

24 1/4"x36

Scale:

1/8"=1', 1/4"=1'

Content of

Project

Stanislaus County Mental Health Center 1970 to 1973

Modesto, CA, U.S.A.

Civic, Realized , Construction completed in 1973

Client:

Stanislaus County Mental Health Services - Dr. Hewitt F. Ryan, County Director of Psychiatric Services

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Murray Silverstein

Contractor:

Beuving Construction, Oakdale, California

Project cost:

$1,500,000

Design and construction process:

1) Creation of a pattern language for the new mental health center, which defined the general spatial layout and conditions required by the psychiatric services. 2) Layout on the site: C.E.S. worked intensively on the ground with the team of users; in a period of about one week, the layout of the building on the site, according to the pattern language, was completed. 3) Final drawings: The plan laid out on the site with stakes, was then recorded on paper, and the final building drawings prepared directly from this data, with few changes. 4) Users were brought in again, while final decisions about structure and materials were made.

Project stages:

Pattern language for the project by clients and C.E.S. Layout on the site by clients and C.E.S. Development Design and Construction Drawings done after layout

A community mental health center for outpatients and outpatient care with seven buildings, including clinics, outpatient facilities, therapeutic departments for adults, teenagers and children, staff facilities, administrative offices, gardens, courts and walkways, with total area 24,000 square feet. The key ...

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Modesto Community Mental Health Center: Construction Drawings - Floor Plans 01/01/1974

Architectural Design, Project, Construction Drawings, Floor Plan

Designers:

Christopher Alexander, Murray Silverstein with Nacht & Lewis Architects, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.

Medium:

Blueprint

Size:

28"x42"

Scale:

1/8"=1'

Ground floor plan of all buildings, as they were laid-out on the site; stamped as “Preliminary” in the Construction Drawings series.

Photographs

Modesto Community Mental Health Center: Photographs of drawings 01/01/1974

Project, Drawing

Photographer:

Christopher Alexander/C.E.S., Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Source:

PMT

Characteristics:

8 1/2"x11", B&W

Three Construction Drawings, namely the general floor plan and two with sets of the various building elevations.