Go BackThe Julian Street Inn – Shelter for Homeless: Lacework concrete trusses with curved members shot in the air – Photographs
01/07/1990Two views of the dining hall finished trusses.
One of them was exhibited at the 2014 Locus Manifesto-exposition “Re-enchant the World: Architecture and the City facing society´s transitions”, in Science Cabinet 2.
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The Julian Street Inn - Shelter for Homeless: Lacework concrete trusses with curved members shot in the air - Photographs
01/05/1989
Two views of the dining hall truss before it was painted.
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The Julian Street Inn - Shelter for Homeless: Lacework concrete trusses with curved members shot in the air - Photographs
01/07/1989
Two views of the dining hall finished truss, still unpainted.