Correspondence

The Julian Street Inn – Shelter for the Homeless: Follow-up of a telephone conversation, discussing the issue of having to adjust the layout of the building on the site and the need to update drawings

02/03/1988

Planning of Works, Request for Feedback

Sender:

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

Recipient:

Christopher Alexander, 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: Re: San Jose Housing Project. Giving an update on 8 different aspects of the project and requesting the issuing of specific change orders and drawings regarding the proposed changes, which are also affecting the contract budget. Budget excesses to be included in the change orders 31/03/1988

Project, Financial, Outstanding Issues

Sender:

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

Recipient:

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

Medium:

Letter

Drawings

The Julian Street Inn - Shelter for the Homeless: Building Permit set B of drawings for the "Building Complex" - Site Plan 25/08/1987

Architectural Design, Project, Permit Drawing, Site Plan

Designers:

Christopher Alexander, Gary Black, James Maguire, Eleni Coromvli, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Medium:

Blueprint

Size:

24"x36 1/2"

Scale:

1/20"=1'

Revised architectural drawing depicting the building complex as it was laid out on the site, and including a vicinity map and a building-code summary table.