Photograph

The Julian Street Inn – Shelter for the Homeless: Exterior wall made of repetitive recessed bays framed by massive columns – Photographs

01/01/1988

Exterior View

Two images of the recessed bays along the wall facing the sidewalk of the main street.

Photograph:

1) Four of the recessed bays with the massive columns and capitals, forming a place to sit and rest
2) Detailing of the capital and its connection to the column shalf and the beam above

Photographer:

Artemis Anninou, San Jose, CA, U.S.A.

Source:

Digital, Slide

Characteristics:

Color

Content of

Construction Innovation 1 Items

Julian Street Inn - Shelter for the Homeless: Exterior wall made of repetitive recessed bays framed by massive columns 1987

Building Detail, Wall Treatment

Created by:

Christopher Alexander, Gary Black, Carl Lindberg, James Maguire

A long wall along the main street; the first floor wall is organized as an alternating repetition of cast concrete columns and plain recessed wall bays, all on a thick wall base, in contrast with the second floor wall, all ...

References

Scientific Research 2 Items

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

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. ...

Models & Mock-ups 1 Items

The Julian Street Inn - Shelter for the Homeless: Exterior wall cladding with hand-painted and hand-glazed tilework; mock-ups for the tiles 01/01/1988

Construction Innovation, Mock-up

Created by:

Christopher Alexander, Eleni Coromvli, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA

Medium:

Array

Size:

10 1/8"x10 1/8", 8 1/2"x11"

Scale:

1'=1'

Digitized

Three sets of cardboard mock-ups, in actual size, depicting the sequence of eight studies for finalizing the pattern and color of the tiles. .

Photographs 1 Items

The Julian Street Inn - Shelter for the Homeless: Exterior wall made of repetitive recessed bays framed by massive columns - Photographs of mock-up 01/01/1987

Construction Innovation, Construction Experiment & Mock-up

Photographer:

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

Source:

Digital

Characteristics:

Color

Digitized

Image of a full scale cardboard mock-up built early during the design and construction process, for testing shape and proportions of the recessed bay, the massive columns and their capitals, the embedded seat and the window.