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Modesto Community Mental Health Center: Construction Drawings – Elevations

01/01/1974

Architectural Design, Construction Drawings, Elevation

Three drawings with building exterior elevations and one drawing with the interior elevations of “Occup. Therapy Social Hall” building .

Designers:

Christopher Alexander, Murray Silverstein with Nacht & Lewis Architects, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.

Medium:

Blueprint

Size:

24 1/4"x36

Scale:

1/4"=1'

Content of

Project

Stanislaus County Mental Health Center 1970 to 1973

Modesto, CA, U.S.A.

Civic, Realized , Construction completed in 1973

Client:

Stanislaus County Mental Health Services - Dr. Hewitt F. Ryan, County Director of Psychiatric Services

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Murray Silverstein

Contractor:

Beuving Construction, Oakdale, California

Project cost:

$1,500,000

Design and construction process:

1) Creation of a pattern language for the new mental health center, which defined the general spatial layout and conditions required by the psychiatric services. 2) Layout on the site: C.E.S. worked intensively on the ground with the team of users; in a period of about one week, the layout of the building on the site, according to the pattern language, was completed. 3) Final drawings: The plan laid out on the site with stakes, was then recorded on paper, and the final building drawings prepared directly from this data, with few changes. 4) Users were brought in again, while final decisions about structure and materials were made.

Project stages:

Pattern language for the project by clients and C.E.S. Layout on the site by clients and C.E.S. Development Design and Construction Drawings done after layout

A community mental health center for outpatients and outpatient care with seven buildings, including clinics, outpatient facilities, therapeutic departments for adults, teenagers and children, staff facilities, administrative offices, gardens, courts and walkways, with total area 24,000 square feet. The key ...

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Modesto Community Mental Health Center: Construction Drawings - Elevations and Sections 01/01/1974

Architectural Design, Project, Construction Drawings, Elevation

Designers:

Christopher Alexander, Murray Silverstein with Nacht & Lewis Architects, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.

Medium:

Blueprint

Size:

28"x42"

Scale:

3/4"=1', 1/8"=1'

Drawing with elevations and sections: 1) East Elevation; 2) South Elevation; 3) West Elevation; 4) North Elevation; 5) Section A-A; 6) Interior Wall Section and 7) Exterior Wall Section; stamped as “Preliminary” in the Construction Drawings series.

Photographs

Modesto Community Mental Health Center: Photographs of drawings 01/01/1974

Project, Drawing

Photographer:

Christopher Alexander/C.E.S., Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Source:

PMT

Characteristics:

8 1/2"x11", B&W

Three Construction Drawings, namely the general floor plan and two with sets of the various building elevations.