Correspondence

The Julian Street Inn – Shelter for the Homeless: Addressing the issues encountered in relation to electrical installations in the walls, caused by difficulties in interpreting the provided drawings. This problem should have been communicated directly to the project manager on time otherwise the architect could not be held responsible. The same timeliness is demanded for any other problem encountered by the superintendent or a subcontractor in the future

25/04/1988

Construction Works, Notification

Sender:

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

Recipient:

Maxim Schrogin, Oliver & Company Inc., 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: Forwarding two letters to the Center for Environmental Structure from: 1. the Allied Electric Company discussing issues encountered running the electric conduits in the slab; 2. the Lescure Company requesting immediate feedback back on the submitted drawings for the sprinkler system, to avoid project delays 22/04/1988

Project, Design Matters, Notification

Sender:

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

Recipient:

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

Medium:

Fax