Correspondence

The Julian Street Inn – Shelter for the Homeless: Asking for the contractor’s recommendations on waterproofing details for the exterior walls that would give a final solution to the problem. A statement of halting construction activities that affect directly this issue is also made

31/01/1988

Design Matters, Response to Request

Sender:

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

Recipient:

Steven H. Oliver, Oliver & Company Inc., 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: Responding to the request for waterproofing recommendations and clarifying that the contractor is not qualified to make such recommendations as to such solutions. Also, expresses the need to have a definite statement as to when construction activities can be resumed 04/02/1988

Project, Design Matters, Response to Request

Sender:

Steven H. Oliver, Oliver & Company Inc., Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Recipient:

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

Medium:

Letter