RADIANT CENTRIFUGAL ENERGY / architecture, a powerful medium

+JEAN BAPTISTE VERLOIN de GRUY+

>(father >born at versailles<

>col. in louis xiv regiment)<

+SON OF OUR FRENCH IMMIGRANT+

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>architect, craftsman, builder of a domed sugar mill<

>of prefab houses< for immigrants from the canary<

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+JEAN BAPTISTE de GRUY+

>islands and carts for jean lafitte to smuggle goods<

>at dawn / >(the brother of joseph verloin de guy<

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+MARIANNE COUTURIER)+

>our great (4) grand father and marianne coutourier<

>whose parents plantation straddled napoleon ave)<

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>as a >child in baton rouge the transcendental<

>event of the year was >tropical cyclones< w/<

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+ / BARATARIA JUNGLE)+

>the popular name of >hurricanes< that would<

>come out of the gulf of mexico /(degruy bay)<

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 >to celebrate the power of the tropical cyclone<
>and its influence on my psyche this collage is<
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+METAPHYSICAL GRAPHICS)+
>an expression of this energy on my creativity<
>in architecture and its metaphysical graphics<
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+> /  DESIGN ARCHIVES)+
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>(gift to >sdsu &<
>thnoc archives)<
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 >upon moving into our present home many<
>designs were organized into binder books<
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+GAS STATION RECYCLE)+
>that i shall leave SDSU & THNOC. these<
>photos review some of that historical work<
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+>>>> / BINDER BOOK)+
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>(economy color xerox<
>correspondence docs)<
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 >affordable xerographics made it possible<
>to make any number of copies of design<
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+>>> / 1980 EXHIBITION)+
>graphics to share w/ others and organize<
>into archival binder books in my library<
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 >my archive is >equally balanced< between<
>visionary, experimental< >work and designs<
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+UNISPHERE HOUSE BOAT)+
>made for >actual clients< w/ difficult budgets<
>programs and sites (silver ship on 22% slope)<
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+>> / CALIFORNIA VILLA)+
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>(three unit decentralized<
>plan / basement winery)<
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 >an overview of my constructed oeuvre in<
>california reveals a variety of programs &<
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+/ PICTORS RESTAURANT)+
>these two projects from san diego show a<
>california villa, (top) w/ a theme restaurant<
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+ / BEACH BUNGALOW)+
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>(tensile structure / x brace<
>palm thatch roof / lift up)<
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 >other contrasting design programs are in<
>this case a >beach bungalow (top) and a<
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+/ MODERN PLANTATION)+
>wind & solar energized sugar plantation<
>programmed for a >3 generations family<
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+ / GARDEN IN DOME RES)+
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>(kit of parts< assembly<
>aluminum skin dome)<
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 >in the case of these two prototype designs<
>a large garden residence inside a spherical<
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+>>>> / IRAN LIBRARY)+
>enclosure (top) contrasts w/ the library for<
>the original >government of iran (lower) <
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 >YES, such joy it was ! a quarter of a century<
> of intense production of architectural designs<
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+>>/ THE SILVER SHIP+
>and metaphysical graphics emerged from here<
+(DAVE, MARIO, CHRIS+
+JACK, AND DENNIS)+ !
>for a cost of $45,000, with thanks to all our 5<
>young students< who helped me build it 1980<
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+LUNCH W/ DAVE YESTERDAY+
+ALWAYS A >JOY W/ MUCH TO+
>(thanks dave< / >next time<
>shall be my treat pleasure)<
+SHARE OF  >ARTISTRY PLANS+
>(just acquired maholy nagy<
>book / >on blog tomorrow)<
+VIEWING of  DESIGNS / BOOKS+
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>exellent >ufo-et abduction program on<
>coast to coast radio< tonight / >this has<
+("MEET THE HYBRIDS"+
+BY >BARBARA LAMB)+
>become a very >common problem< &<
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>WE HOPE  >POLITICIANS<SOLVE+
>(please follow my Facebook<
>reference >massive secrecy)<
+(REPLACE TV "CIRCUS ANTICS")+ !
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eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu