Eugene Ray SDSU 1970's

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

Thursday, June 5, 2014

H.H.RICHARDSON, ARCHITECT / plantation synchronicity

+PLANTATION SYNCHRONICITY+
>(richardson w/ ray family)<
+H.H.RICHARDSON, ARCHITECT+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>the great american architect, h.h.richardson was born<
>in 1838 at st. joseph plantation, on the mississippi at<
>VACHERIE LOUISIANA+
>and i must wonder a link to the ray family as there<
>were many richardsons married w/ the john rays<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY /+
+VALCOUR AIME+
>to get to the 2007 piece i wrote about the unique<
>creole planter who gave st. joseph plantation as<
+(FAMED "OAK ALLEY"+
+LOCUS NEXT DOOR)+
>a wedding present to his daughter josephine &<
>its link to his gardens and oak alley plantation<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                                     
 >st joseph plantation has recently been opened<
+(1000 ACRES STILL UNDER+
+SUGAR PRODUCTION)+
>to touring after a long and difficult restoration<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>the neat lawn in front of st. joseph plantation<
>does not reflect the jungle of vegetation that<
+(HEAT=SEEDS=SOIL+
+RAIN=LIGHT+(love))+
>grows with great vitality for indigo & sugar<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>as a boy in new orleans, visiting ray grandparents<
>the st charles street car passed this h.h. richardson<
+(JOHN RAY DESIGNED the+
>(research / sam wilson)<
+LEE BASE & PEDESTAL)+
>library as it circled the r.e. lee circle monument<
>(i consider this library nola's finest building)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>h.h. richardson was a powerful designer of,
>impressive buildings that created a school<
+(GOOGLE: H.H. RICHARDSON+
+& ST JOSEPH PLANTATION)+
>of american architecture in massachusetts<
>(influencing louis sullivan & f.ll.wright)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

+MY PAHLAVI  LIBRARY ROOF+
>(pyrex vaults on octet space frame)<
+/ PYREX STRUCTURAL GLASS+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>my original design drawing for<
>the iran national library, 1977<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>the 77 concept for the pahlavi international<
>library competition for the govt. of iran has<
+(PAHLAVI  LIBRARY+
+PUBLISHED IN A+U)+
>synchronistically, intuitively (unconscious)
>in structural glass a bit of h.h.richardson<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

+H.H. RICHARDSON BUILDINGS+
>(constructed in massachusettes)<
+ALL FROM THE LATE 19th C.+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >crane memorial library, h.h. richardson, architect<
+(RICHARDSON LOVED+
+MEDIEVAL POWER)+
>(romanesque rusticity & polychrome ceramics)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >woburn, mass. library, h.h. richardson, architect<
+(BOOKS & SCHOLARSHIP+
+/ IMPRESSIVE CENTER)+
>architect, a brick and stone power assemblage<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>trinity church, boston, h.h. richardson, architect<
+(ARCHIBALD STAIGG AN+
+ENGLISH SHIP CAPTAIN)+
>the milieu of our staigg grandfather as a boy<
>(ulyses s. grant lived next door after retiring)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

+TULANE UNIVERSITY HAS MUCH+
>(h.h. richardson was a radiant<
>influence in american design)<
+RICHARDSONIAN ROMANESQUE+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>gibson hall tulene university, new orleans<
+(MY 1st TULANE CLASSES)+
>(first building) harrod & andry, architects<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>tilton memorial library, tulane university<
+(MY GRUY SEMINAR 2008)+
>(by andry & bendernagel architects)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+SYNCHRONICITY: / CHICK+
+BENDERNAGEL WAS MY+
>(for friend patrick d. staub<
>& my sdsu s.a. jim bourke
>i dedicate this blog piece)<
+TULANE CLASSMATE, 52+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu


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