The Julian Street Inn – Shelter for the Homeless: Open lacework concrete trusses shot in place with gunite: Structural element analysis of truss #2 – Early version

02/04/1987

Design Matters, Calculations

4-page with finite element analysis of hand-calculated load distribution on the joints and frame-members. Two structural sketches depict truss #2, an earlier design idea, forming one full central arch and two half arches at the two ends.

Authors:

Randall Schmidt, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Content of

Construction Innovation

Julian Street Inn - Shelter for the Homeless: Lacework concrete trusses with curved members shot in the air 1988

Construction System, Sprayed Concrete

Created by:

Christopher Alexander, Gary Black, Carl Lindberg, Avery Miller, James Maguire

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 ...

References

Projects

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. ...

Drawings

The Julian Street Inn - Shelter for Homeless: Open lacework concrete trusses shot in place with gunite - Outline early sketches 01/01/1987

Construction Innovation, Sketches, Elevation

Designers:

Christopher Alexander, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Medium:

Original on Paper

Size:

8 1/2"x11"

Eight sketches, studies on the effect of the truss on the space and feeling of the dining hall. Initial steps towards developing the most desirable overall shape for the truss along its lower boundary, not including internal structural members; earlier ...