Go BackThe Julian Street Inn – Shelter for the Homeless: Exterior wall cladding with hand-painted and hand-glazed tilework; mock-ups for the tiles
01/01/1988Three sets of cardboard mock-ups, in actual size, depicting the sequence of eight studies for finalizing the pattern and color of the tiles. .
Model & Mock-up:
- 1) First set of mock-ups with four early pencil sketches of the tile pattern drawn at full scale
- 2) Second set of five mock-ups - 1st color scheme
- 3) Second set of five mock-ups - 2nd color scheme
- 4) Second set of five mock-ups - 3rd color scheme
- 5) Second set of five mock-ups - 4th color scheme
- 6) Second set of five mock-ups - 5th color scheme
- 7) Third set of two mock-ups with the pattern finally used - 1st variation of color tone
- 8) Third set of two mock-ups with the pattern finally used - 2nd variation of color tone
References
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The Julian Street Inn - Shelter for the Homeless: Exterior wall made of repetitive recessed bays framed by massive columns - Photographs of mock-up
01/01/1987
Image of a full scale cardboard mock-up built early during the design and construction process, for testing shape and proportions of the recessed bay, the massive columns and their capitals, the embedded seat and the window.
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The Julian Street Inn - Shelter for the Homeless: Exterior wall cladding with hand-painted and hand-glazed tilework - Photographs of model
01/01/1987
Photograph of an early working model of a section of the building wall for testing the relationhip between the recessed bays on the ground floor with the cladding of the second floor wall with tilework.
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The Julian Street Inn - Shelter for the Homeless: Exterior wall cladding with hand-painted and hand-glazed tilework - Photographs of sketches depicting design process
01/01/1988
Eighteen photographs of a sequence of sketches by Christopher Alexander together with colored mock-ups of the design either on tiles or cardboard, depicting the unfolding of the tile pattern from a simple flower design, to a geometric pattern with rhombs, ...
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