SDSU JOYFUL MEMORIES 69-96- ray bradbury/ arathy rangswami two stars of my 1/4 C memories ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >nakamura/matsuhisa/terada= grad student stars from >japan< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ECCENTRIC PLACES EXHIBITION > international architectural show !DESIGN STARS LARGEST GROUP in the history of s.d. architecture ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 5 PHOTOS=RADIANT MEMORY ! #1)#2) ray bradbury kind letter #3)#4) rangswami= tetra house #5) eccentric places show= sdsu Inbox x

                   +CONGRATULATIONS+
       >to sdsu/ed alum kotaro nakamura<
                   +REISCHAUER AWARD+
         >for teaching award selection by<
                          +JAN 2013+
            >the japan society, san diego<
                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                 +GREEN ARCHITECTURE+
       >sustainable design orientation has<
          >been kotaro's focus and his aid<
                            +JULY 2011+
             >in the wake of the tsunami<
                >in japan was thoughtful<
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^

          +FOND MEMORY OF TALENTED+
                     >sdsu/ed/eighties<
            +JAPANESE GRAD STUDENTS+
                  1) >kotaro nakamura<
                  2) >yoshiki matsuhisa<
                  3)   >chikako terada<
                             ^^^^^^^^
        >all focused on strong affordable<
                +HOUSING PROTOTYPES+
       >all have become star professionals<
              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^


                   +TONIGHT'S PHOTOS+
       >joyful memories during twenty five<
            >years of heading the sdsu/ed<
                           +1969-1996+
                >program are rewarding<
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

                  +PEOPLE ARE AT THE+
                             +HEAD+
                  >OF MY MEMOIR LIST
                         ^^^^^^^^^^

 

       #1)#2)    +RAY BRADBURY+
         >i have written an account of the<
            >kind letters written to me by<
                >the great author of the<
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
               +"MARTIAN CHRONICLES"+
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^
         >here is one written after he took<
          >a group of my prototype slides<
                      +MID SEVENTIES+
            >to los angeles after our first<
                     +SDSU ENCOUNTER+
                           ^^^^^^^^^^

      #3)#4)  +ARATHY RANGSWAMI+
        >i have written about many of our<
           >alumni from japan and india<
              >who worked very hard to<
                         +PRODUCE+
             >high quality thesis designs<
                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

            +ARATHY'S TETRA HOUSING+
              >is an exellent example of<
                         +DISASTER+
                >resistant architecture<
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^

      #5)        +ECCENTRIC PLACES+
        +ARCHITECTURE OF IMAGINATION+
              >international architectural<
                         >exhibition<
                  +SDSU, FEB. 2-24 1987+
                         ^^^^^^^^^^
      >the largest architectural exhibition<
           >i curated and designed during<
                +those twenty-five years<
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^
                  +FEATURED 18 STARS+
       >of the best international architacts<
           >from all over this planet earth<
              >(half from europe & japan)<
                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

                +ALPHABETICAL ORDER+
                     >(reading spaced)<
                           ^^^^^^^^
      +ANDREA BRANZI (italy) PETER COOK+
         +& CHRISTINE HAWLEY ( england )+
         +TOM GRONDONA ( usa ) JAMES+
          +HUBBELL (usa) ARATA ISOZAKI+
             +(japan) KEN KELLOGG (usa)+
                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

         +JOHN LAUTNER (usa) ERIC OWEN+
              +MOSS (usa) DAVID NIXON &+
                 +JAN KAPLICKY (england)+
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

          +ISAMU NOGUCHI, ROB QUIGLEY+
              +GLENN SMALL, TED SMITH+
                  +PAULO SOLERI (usa) &+
                      >(last but not least)<
              +MINORU TAKEYAMA (japan)+
                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
          (>minoru visited me in the silver<
            >ship as he had been chikakos<
                      +PHOTO ARCHIVE+
               >famed employer in japan<)
                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
            +A WELL ATTENDED OPENING+
                       >was shared by a<
            +VITAL EXHIBITOR'S SEMINAR+
                 >(video documentation)<
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^

                 gene ray, lajolla, california

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