Model & Mock-up

The Julian Street Inn – Shelter for Homeless: Courtyard fountain with lion’s head; model for the lion

01/01/2020

Model

A full scale gypsum-cast model of a lion’s head for the courtyard fountain.

References

Scientific Research 1 Items

Ornament and Function as Products of Unfolding

Ornament arises as part of the design process, when a person is making and seeks to embellish this "something" while making it. It arises as a result of the latent centers in the uncompleted thing requiring still more centers, requiring ...

Projects 1 Items

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

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. ...

Drawings 1 Items

The Julian Street Inn - Shelter for the Homeless: Courtyard fountain with hand-painted and hand-glazed tilework and Courtyard Fountain with Lion's Head - Sketches 01/01/1988

Construction Innovation, Sketches, Perspective, Elevation

Two sketches on the same page, one being a schematic perspective view of the courtyard fountain with a lion’s head depicting the water spouting element and a grid of diagonally placed pattern suggesting the tile layout. The second sketch depicts ...

Photographs 1 Items

The Julian Street Inn - Shelter for Homeless: Lion's Head and hand-painted and hand-glazed tilework for cladding the courtyard fountain - Photographs 01/01/1989

Construction Innovation, Focus on Details

Photograph of fountain with the hand-glazed tiles cladding the fountain base, and the cast concrete lion’s head.