FLASH OF LIGHT #5 / a christmas season review

+EUGENE RAY, ARCHITECT+

>(a christmas 2014 review<

>of >selected prototypes)<

+> / A CHRISTMAS REVIEW+

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>this is the fifth night's blog in which<

>i have selected 13 of my images for<

>christmas season architecture review<

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+FLASH OF LIGHT #5  /+

>architectural oeuvre)<

+TODAY'S 13 IMAGES)+

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+METAPHYSICAL GRAPHICS+

>are not shown in tonight's 13 images<

>but i am showing biotronic designs<

+(DEEP REFLECTION+

+OF GENETIC DNA)+

>tonight (metaphysic graphics soon)<

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 >transcendental chamber for groups in an<
>art park using a variety of cybernetic<
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+ / BIOTRONIC ENERGY)+
>eqpt in addition to biotronic energy<
>provided in the >cone and sphere<
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 >transcendental chamber for individuals in<
>"kit of parts" do it yourself assembly units<
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+>> / "PEOPLE WASHES")+
>i have titled "people washes" intended<
>for use in family private back yards<
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 >in the early summer of 1969 i constructed<
>an exhibition at tulane university using a<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>/ TULANE EXHIBITION)+
>variety of lighting including ultra violet<
>light for >transcendental manifestation<
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 >demonstrating the variety of my design work<
>are a townhouse & residence located in los<
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+> / BOVENKAMP DESIGN)+
>angeles (hollywood) for a film set builder<
>(illustrated is the townhouse prototype)<
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>fiber optic floors and walls has been a factor<
>of my architecture in several projects… the<
+(SOLAR POWERED >"FIBER+
+OPTIC" FLOORS & WALLS)+
>"yogurt encounters" shop was one of them<
>….it is using solar energy that is the key<
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 >double dome raised residence on round "room<
>columns" for sloped sites is my affordable idea<
+("DOUBLE UNIT" DESIGN+
+/ >STRONG & NATURAL)+
>for california…note that the "double" unit is an<
>important concept as in the silver ship design<
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>furniture has been an important phase of my<
>oeuvre and i must devote more attention to<
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+HAIR CUTTING STUDIO)+
>it….this sofa was designed for calif zephyr<
> a hair studio i constructed w/ my students<
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 >low rent housing for the nola lower 9th ward<
>was designed in 1966, before katrina, and it<
+(NOLA LOWER 9TH WARD+
+AFFORDABLE HOUSING)+
>coild have saved lives & property if built, as<
>the concept used tilt up conc slab design<
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 >eco mundo beach resort built of indigenous<
>materials found along the beaches of lower<
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+/ ECO MUNDO RESORT)+
>baja california, mexico/ design of 1995<
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 >tri-partal concept for chapel, library &<
>observatory for madre grande abbey<
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+>>/ MADRE GRANDE)+
>in the mountains east of san diego<
>(biotronic dome & cone design)<
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 >"yogurt encounters of the best kind"<
>is my design of a yogurt shop using<
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+>>>/ YOGURT SHOP)+
>"fiber optic" tables that light in the<
>dark / (crafted by fobes & jung)<
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 >this collage of four 1969 photos of my<
>nola "radiant architecture" expresses<
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+COLOR, LIGHT, ENERGY)+
>the climax of my work in louisiana<
>and preview of my california work<
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+"RADIANT ARCHITECTURE"+
>(as built by the ancients)<,
+IS BEST STUDIED IN THE+
+(google : eugene ray /<
>"the gods machines")<
+WUN CHOK BONG BOOK+
+"THE GOD'S MACHINES"+
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eugene ray, mfa, architect

professor emeritus, sdsu