HANDS ON CONSTRUCTION / was our modus operandi

+FOR A DECADE IN LOUISIANA+

+ACTING AS CONTRACTER AS+

+WELL AS ARCHITECT WAS+

>saving many patron dollars<

+MY PROCESS OF BUILDING+

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>in california i shared this process w/ my<

>students until i was told if anyone was<

(+APPRENTICE LEARNING+

+A TALIESIN HISTORY+)

>hurt in class it would be my fault<

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>this is the completed railcar conversion sofa<
+APPRENTICE CONSTRUCTION+
>as constructed by my sdsu design students<
>using my silver ship working drawings<
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>one of my favorite louisiana radiant projects<

>as photographed by devoted LSU alumnus<

+AMERICAN HOME MAGAZINE+

>and friend , john messina of new orleans< 

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+RADIANT ARCHITECTURE+

>designed w/ cosmic vision and<
>apprentice constructed process<
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>"pictor's metamorphisis" is a restaurant that<
>i designed and built on india street in s.d.<
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>this was the second of two projects i built<
>with the aid of my students in san diego<

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>"pictors metamorphisis" possessed a combine<
>of cosmic and tropical reference elements<
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>the symbolic signage was my personal<

>painted cosmic conscious elements<

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>the aesthetic strength of these elements<
>was in 3d cut out cosmic symbology<
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>cosmic conscious symbology in signage<

>and interior color-light wall elements<
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+HANDS ON CONSTRUCTION+
>(sdsu environmental design)<
+WAS VITAL TO OUR WORK+
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>our early sdsu affordable housing prototypes<
>used self constructed super furniture units<
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>earth day annually gave us an opportunity<
>to build hands on geodesic structures<
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>our international exhibition for visionary<

>architecture was built by our students to<

+"ECCENTRIC PLACES"+

>my design and construction drawings<

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+HANDS ON APPRENTICE BUILDING+

>going back to my own beginnings<

+WAS A FLLW TALIESIN TRADITION+

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eugene ray, mfa, architect

professor emeritus, sdsu