The Julian Street Inn – Shelter for Homeless: Lacework concrete trusses with curved members shot in the air – Photographs of mock-up depicting its design process

01/01/1987

Construction Experiment & Mock-up, Design Process

Six photographs of a scale mock-up of an early version of concrete truss, experimenting with the construction of the truss formwork and reinforcement, using styrofoam for making the voids of the concrete truss.

Photographer:

Ismet Khambatta/C.E.S., Martinez, CA, U.S.A.

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Digital

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Construction Innovation

Julian Street Inn - Shelter for the Homeless: Lacework concrete trusses with curved members shot in the air 1988

Construction System, Sprayed Concrete

Created by:

Christopher Alexander, Gary Black, Carl Lindberg, Avery Miller, James Maguire

The dining hall of Julian street inn is the higher building volume of the complex; the hall, a sigle room, 30 feet wide and 50 feet long, was intended to seat about 100 people. When the shape of the volume ...

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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. ...

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The Julian Street Inn - Shelter for Homeless: Lacework concrete trusses with curved members shot in the air - Photographs of mock-up 01/11/1988

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

Photographer:

James Maguire/C.E.S., San Jose, CA, U.S.A.

Source:

Digital

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Photograph of the full scale mock-up of the final concrete truss built out of reinforced cardboard, following the dimensions and details of the finally engineered truss, and lifted on the dining hall walls, to be tested in its real place ...