The Julian Street Inn – Shelter for the Homeless: Answers and clarifications with reference to site meeting on August 4, 1988

04/08/1988

Construction Works, Clarifications

Four pages with answers on the 20 points raised by the contractor during the August 4th meeting. The given answers relate only to the architectural quality of the building as technical quality is the main responsibility of the contractor.

Authors:

Christopher Alexander, Gary Black, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Content of

Project

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. ...

References

Records

The Julian Street Inn - Shelter for the Homeless: Reports of construction meetings - August 1988 25/08/1988

Project, Administrative, Minutes of Meeting

Authors:

Henry Sterngold, Housing for Independent People Inc., San Jose, CA, U.S.A.

Four reports with minutes of meetings which took place on 04-Aug-1988, 11-Aug-1988, 18-Aug-1988 & 25-Aug-1988. Meetings focused on detailed lists of construction and design issues requiring prompt solutioning by the contractor and the architect, an update on the subcontractors’ activities, ...