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

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 ...

The design process of a project and its construction process are united into one continuous and intertwined making process, unfolding in a step-by-step sequence. Design ends together with the completion of the construction process. "Making" is a conception of the ...

One of the main topics of research, included in every building project, was to identify, early on in the design process, the material and techniques of construction. This would re-establish building as an art, and allow rapid shaping and adaptation, ...

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. ...

Two drawings of the precast concrete truss, the first showing reinforcement information and placement, and the other one the truss as it stands within the volume of the dining hall, in relatioship to the other building elements of the space.

Three structural drawings of the concrete truss with successive editing and improvements marked by the building department reviewer and including professional seals and signatures with expiration date 30-Sep-1989.

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 ...