Correspondence

The Julian Street Inn – Shelter for the Homeless: Updating, after a visit to the job site, on issues requiring immediate responses. Issues are relating to: finish hardware, door specifications, location of electrical supply, construction type of the dining room foundation wall, and window designs

16/05/1988

Planning of Works, Notification

Sender:

Henry Sterngold, Housing for Independent People Inc., San Jose, CA, U.S.A.

Recipient:

Gary Black, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Medium:

Letter

Content of

Project

Julian Street Inn - Shelter for the Homeless 1986 to 1990

Julian St. & Montgomery St., San Jose, CA, U.S.A.

Civic, Realized , Construction completed in 1989; final interior painting in 1990

Client:

Housing for Independent People - Al DiLudovico, Executive Director

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Gary Black, Artemis Anninou, Carl Lindberg, James Maguire, Eleni Coromvli, Kleoniki Tsotropoulou

Contractor:

Oliver and Company, with Center for Environmetal Structure as major specialty subcontractor

Project cost:

$1,700,000

Project stages:

Pattern language for project by clients and C.E.S. Layout by clients and C.E.S. Use of full scale mock-ups Design Development and Building Permit drawings Direct Construction management and on-site design decisions Budget and subcontractors under C.E

Design and construction of a shelter for homeless people, to serve 50 to 100 people, on a site of 13,000 sf. The building of 15,000 square feet includes offices, living areas with a dining hall, sleeping rooms, courtyards and gardens. ...

References

Correspondence

The Julian Street Inn - Shelter for the Homeless: Request for an update on thirteen outstanding issues. There are items such as window schedule and orders, door and hardware, stairway, footings, and framing over new masonry. Additionally, inspector requests, truss approval, indemnification, roofing. Requesting an immediate review and approval of specific bid and change orders 03/08/1988

Project, Construction Works, Outstanding Issues

Sender:

Maxim Schrogin, Oliver & Company Inc., Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Recipient:

Christopher Alexander, Gary Black, Center for Environmental Structure , Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Medium:

Letter