Go BackThe Julian Street Inn – Shelter for Homeless: Lacework concrete trusses with curved members shot in the air – Photographs of sketches depicting design process
01/01/1987Eighteen photographs of a sequence of sketches by Christopher Alexander on the shaping of the concrete truss in relation to its structural analysis; it starts with an early idea, then follow nine photographs of five alternatives, and the final eight photographs show the final truss design.
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The Julian Street Inn - Shelter for Homeless: Open lacework concrete trusses shot in place with gunite - Sketches
8 8th early sketch
01/01/1987
Eight outline early sketches, a series of studies on the effect of the truss on the space and feeling of the dining hall. They present the initial steps towards developing the most desirable overall shape for the truss; the prevailing ...
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The Julian Street Inn - Shelter for Homeless: Open lacework concrete trusses shot in place with gunite - Sketches
2 2) Finite element model
01/01/1987
Two sketches describing the earlier idea of a scissors truss forming a three-foiled cusped truss.
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The Julian Street Inn - Shelter for Homeless: Open lacework concrete trusses shot in place with gunite - Sketches
2 2) Finite element model
01/01/1987
Two sketches of the first idea of tracery on three-foiled cusped truss called “floral” truss.
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The Julian Street Inn - Shelter for the Homeless: Open lacework concrete trusses shot in place with gunite - Structural element analysis run for truss #3 - Floral truss
08/05/1987
Truss #3 element analysis includes two parts: Part 1 contains 10 pages of initial, hand-calculated load distribution on the joints and frame-members performed on 23-Apr-1987; and part 2 contains 7 pages of computer runs studying load distribution on the joints ...
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The Julian Street Inn - Shelter for the Homeless: Open lacework concrete trusses shot in place with gunite - Structural element analysis run for truss #5 - Final Lily truss
03/08/1987
Truss #5 draft structural analysis containing 36 pages of complete computer-run data of the final concrete lace truss dated 3-Aug-1987.
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The Julian Street Inn - Shelter for the Homeless: Open lacework concrete trusses shot in place with gunite - Structural element analysis run for truss #4 - Rising Sun truss
08/06/1987
15 pages of computer-run structural analysis of a concrete truss version containing beam elements displacements and rotation results.