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

01/01/1986

Sketches, Elevation

Two sketches of the first idea of tracery of an open lattice truss called “floral truss”: 1. The first sketch depicts a building section and focuses on the proportions of the truss and overall dining room space; 2. The second sketch is of the finite element model.

Designers:

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

Medium:

Original on Paper

Size:

8 1/2"x11"

References

Photographs 1 Items

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

Photographer:

Christopher Alexander/C.E.S., San Jose, CA, U.S.A.

Source:

Print

Characteristics:

4"x6", Color

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 ...