Correspondence

The Julian Street Inn – Shelter for the Homeless: A note written on a page with a sketch of the window grills at the courtyard entry, including sizes of rods, anchors and rough construction information.

01/01/1988

Design Matters, Request for Feedback

Sender:

James Maguire, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Recipient:

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

Medium:

Note

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: Handwritten letter reporting on the current schedule of activities, events and issues needing to be addressed and answered. Mentioned attachments are missing. 23/10/1988

Project, Construction Works, Informative

Sender:

James Maguire, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Recipient:

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

Medium:

Letter

Records

The Julian Street Inn - Shelter for the Homeless: Cost-free Clarifications for entry courtyard 22/09/1988

Project, Construction Works, Clarifications

Authors:

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

Three clarifications focused on the design of the entry courtyard which include: 1) an elevation and a plan of the entry, 2) elevations and details of the entry wall and its openings and 3) a structural connection of the wall ...