Drawing

The Julian Street Inn – Shelter for the Homeless: As-Built Drawings – Building Layout & Grade Plan

01/03/1988

Architectural Design, As-Built Drawing, Site Plan, Grading Plan, Layout Process

Two drawings which include the as-built grade levels of the site, as recorded on 1-Mar-1988, and the accurate layout of the building complex on the site.

Designers:

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

Medium:

Original on Vellum

Size:

24"x36"

Scale:

1/8"=1'

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. ...

Contents

Drawings

References

Scientific Research

The Layout Process of Buildings on the Land - Visualization at Full Scale on Site

Areas of focus:

Design and Building Process

Guiding idea:

Step by Step Process

Each act of building needs to have a positive effect on its surroundings; to complete them, preserve their structure, make them better, by creating strong centers in them and next to them. Each new building is more alive when it ...

Drawings

The Julian Street Inn - Shelter for the Homeless: Building Permit set B of drawings for the "Building Complex" - Grading and Foundation Plans 10/07/1987

Structural Design, Project, Permit Drawing, Foundation Plan

Designers:

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

Medium:

Blueprint

Size:

24"x36 1/2"

Scale:

1/8"=1', 1/2"=1', 1"=1'

Four structural drawings, including 1) Grading plan with sections; 2) Foundation plan and details; 3) Plan of concrete slabs; 4) Foundation details.

Records

The Julian Street Inn - Shelter for the Homeless: Field Order - Modification of building layout 01/03/1988

Project, Construction Works, Field Order

Authors:

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

Field Order #6 notifying the general contractor of modifications on the layout of the building; it provided one page with the description of the changes recorded on attached floorplan.