The Julian Street Inn – Shelter for the Homeless: Cost-free clarifications for residential building – Roof & floor sheathing

15/08/1988

Construction Works, Clarifications

Two construction clarifications specifying: 1) The changes in the construction of the 2nd story floor decking; 2) The removal of the 2×4 unnecessary blocking between trusses.

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. ...

Contents

Records

References

Correspondence

Drawings

The Julian Street Inn - Shelter for the Homeless: Building Permit set R of drawings for the "Residential Building" - Framing Plans 27/08/1987

Structural Design, Project, Permit Drawing, Floor Plan

Designers:

Christopher Alexander, Gary Black, James Maguire, Eleni Coromvli, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Medium:

Blueprint

Size:

24"x36 1/2"

Scale:

1/8"=1', 1"=1'

Three framing plans with additional explanatory details related to specific wood connections and construction specifications.

Records

The Julian Street Inn - Shelter for the Homeless: Cost-free clarifications lists 28/11/1988

Project, Construction Works, Clarifications

Authors:

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

Four lists of clarifications containing: 1) Fourteen non-structural clarifications; 2) Eleven architectural revisions chosen out of the sixteen listed; 3) Twenty eight Structural revisions chosen out of the thirty two listed; 4) Contains the list of all the structural revisions ...