The Julian Street Inn – Shelter for the Homeless: Construction experiments for testing the prefabrication of wall-segment tile panels and lifting them in place – Technical study

01/01/1988

Construction Experiment & Mock-up, Calculations

12-page draft study on the technical and structural requirements for the lifting process of the prefabricated wall-segment tile panels, and three pages with notes on the panel erecting and lifting-hardware .

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Construction Innovation 1 Items

Julian Street Inn - Shelter for the Homeless: Construction experiments for testing the prefabrication of wall-segment tile panels and lifting them in place 1988

Construction System, Hand-glazed Tilework Panel

Series of experiments and tests performed in the C.E.S. workshop in Martinez, for prefabricating wall-segment panels flat on the ground with the hand-glazed tiles, the required reinforcement and concrete layer, and then testing the procedure of lifting them in place. ...

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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

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. ...