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

01/01/1986

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.

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The Julian Street Inn - Shelter for Homeless: Lacework concrete trusses with curved members shot in the air - Photographs of mock-ups depicting its design process 29/08/1988

Construction Innovation, Construction Experiment & Mock-up, Design Process

Six images of a cardboard full scale partial mock-up, depicting one of the spanning ends of the truss and the testing on site four alternatives for supporting the truss on the columns already built. The first, simple solution was chosen ...