The Julian Street Inn – Shelter for Homeless: Open lacework concrete trusses shot in place with gunite – Outline early sketches

01/01/1987

Sketches, Elevation

Eight sketches, studies on the effect of the truss on the space and feeling of the dining hall. Initial steps towards developing the most desirable overall shape for the truss along its lower boundary, not including internal structural members; earlier idea of the truss forming one full central arch and two half arches at the two ends.

Designers:

Christopher Alexander, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Medium:

Original on Paper

Size:

8 1/2"x11"

Content of

Construction Innovation

Julian Street Inn - Shelter for the Homeless: Lacework concrete trusses with curved members shot in the air 1988

Construction System, Sprayed Concrete

Created by:

Christopher Alexander, Gary Black, Carl Lindberg, Avery Miller, James Maguire

The dining hall of Julian street inn is the higher building volume of the complex; the hall, a sigle room, 30 feet wide and 50 feet long, was intended to seat about 100 people. When the shape of the volume ...

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The Julian Street Inn - Shelter for Homeless: Lacework concrete trusses with curved members shot in the air - Photographs of sketches depicting design process 01/01/1987

Construction Innovation, Sketches, Design Process

Photographer:

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

Source:

Digital

Characteristics:

B&W

Eighteen photographs of a sequence of sketches by Christopher Alexander on the shaping of the concrete truss in relation to its structural analysis; it starts with an early idea, then follow nine photographs of five alternatives, and the final eight ...