Eugene Ray SDSU 1970's

Eugene Ray SDSU 1970's
Eugene Ray 1970's. photo credit: Tom Davis

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

COSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS WAS the ULTIMATE LOUISIANA VIEW ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ seeing a ufo over baton rouge> gave my mature sansouci vision ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ CREOLE JUNGLE ORGANIC VIEW was raised to 65 transcendence> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ BIOMORPHIC DESIGN CONCEPT gave birth to a california vision ! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 5 PHOTOS REVEAL A HISTORY > circle progendered final sphere/ CALIFORNIA RADIANT OEUVRE !

                        +PERSPECTIVE+
          >these final "midnight musings"<
           >before our louisiana journey<
                            +OFFER+
               >some perspective to the<
               >design oeuvre evolution<
                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

              +COSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS+
                >caused by a ufo sighting<
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
      >raised my ultimate design vision in<
         >the sansouci forest/jungle locus<
             >of our ancestor's covington<
                         +1959-1969+
         >to a transcendental plateau via<
                +CIRCLE DESIGN FOCUS+
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^

                  +TONIGHT'S PHOTOS+
        >reveal the conceptual evolution<
          >to its final california maturity<
                         +1969-1996+
                              ^^^^^

      #1)        +SANSOUCI STUDIO+
              >(near covington louisiana)<
                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        >first design for the jungle studio<
            >residence was round and a<
                          +UNIVERSAL+
            >cosmic consciousness design<
                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                  +THIS WAS INVENTIVE+
                     +USING STRESSED+
                          >(box beam)<
                    +STRUCTURE DESIGN+
                         ^^^^^^^^^^^
         >the glazed pavilion i finally built<
               >was more affordable as it<
                      +13,500 DOLLARS+
                  >was built in 2 months<
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^
             (>design made in two weeks<
                  +POST AND BEAM W/+
                        +PREFAB ROOF+
               >of construction drawings<)
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^
                      +GLAZED WALLS+
                               >also<
       >brought the jungle into the house<
            >while providing a strong feel<
                     +NIGHT RADIANCE+
               >for cosmic consciousness<
                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

       #2)            +BIOMORPHIC+
       >design became my most advanced<
          >louisiana mode by mid-decade<
                              +1965+
           >with this concept for an office<
              >for landscape architects in<
                       +WEST VIRGINIA+
                             ^^^^^^^^
         >this coincided with an invitation<
             >to teach @ lsu architecture<
              >department by professors<
                      +ROBERT W. HECK+
                               >and<
                     +PATRICK D. STAUB+
                          ^^^^^^^^^^
           >pat staub will attend the lunch<
               >in new orleans when i gift<
                    >my drawings to the<
                         ^^^^^^^^^^^
               +HISTORIC NEW ORLEANS+
                     +C O L L E C T I O N+
                           ^^^^^^^^^

     #3)#4)  +CALIFORNIA RADIANCE+
           >(mature radiant design mode)<
                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
       >is seen in these two designs made<
        >in california for an anthropoligy<
                          +TANZANIA+
          >field headquarters for africa<
                      +U.C.-BERKELEY+
                           ^^^^^^^^
       >and an art & architecture building<
        >for southeast louisiana university<
                  +COMPETITION ENTRY+
           >(designed in lajolla california)<
                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

    #5)    +EXOTIC FACTORS & FORCES+
                           >(radiance)<
                   +PRIMARY LOUISIANA+
                      +A E S T H E T I C S+
                          ^^^^^^^^^^
         >was a research paper i wrote at<
                   +TULANE UNIVERSITY+
           >to stress the value i felt by the<
                    +TROPIC SYNDROME+
               >in the new orleans of our<
                   >french creole people<
                         ^^^^^^^^^^
         +JUNGLE ESSENCE OF THE WEST+
             +INDIES ALWAYS A STRONG+
                   +I N S P I R A T I O N+
                         ^^^^^^^^^^
               (>this paper progendered<
                   >the bungalow paper<
                          +1974-1975+)
                              ^^^^^^

                  gene ray lajolla, california

                >eugene ray, mfa, architect<
                >professor emeritus, sdsu<
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

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