+HAND DRAWN+
>five of 100 sheets of construction studies<
>was the process i took during my<
+SABBATICAL+
>leave as a SDSU professor<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+COSMOS LINK+
>working drawings are no longer hand drawn<
>this is the last generation of a link with<
+LEONARDO DA VINCI+
+EGYPTO-SUMERIA+
>cosmos<
+RADIANT TECHNOLOGY+
>but was elaborate to use for teaching<
>for changes i redrew the sheets<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+GRATITUDE+
>i am grateful ,yesterday, to have received<
>a message from my old nola friend<
+JOHN H. LAWRENCE+
>of the historic new orleans collection<
>who showed my louisiana graphics<
+ARCHITECTURAL+
>in a meeting of national archivists<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+TONIGHT'S PHOTOS+
>although i do not consider construction drawings<
>as important as metaphysical graphics they<
+POSSESS ESSENCE+
>and should be valued accordingly<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
#1) +SITE PLAN+
>this early site plan is of a version in which<
>the parking deck and stair is centralised<
+REAR ENTRANCE+
>this was later shifted to the left<
>w/ entrance from the front<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
#2) +ISOMETRIC+
>of the structure reveals the lamella roof<
>the giant 40 ft long bridge truss and<
+LONGITUDINAL+
>the transverse wood & bar joists<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
#3) +LAMELLA ROOF+
>structure is very strong and economical<
>w/ six ft long triangulated 2 by 6 inch<
+GEODESIC+
>members forming the roof vault<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
#4) +STUDIO SPACE+
>on the second level is clear span<
+40 FT BY 25 FT+
>made possible by the bridge<
>truss central spanning<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
#5) +TRANSVERSE+
>building cross section of the early version<
>in which the building is raised allowing<
+LAMELLAS SHOWN+
+W/ BAR JOISTS+
>the central stair and rear entrance<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+OVER VIEW+
>hand drawn construction drawings are vital<
>to my architectural oeuvre and almost<
+1953-2003+
>all i made personally over the years<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+GOD IS IN THE DETAIL+
>said architect Mies Van der Rhoe<
>who headed the BauHaus<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+SPORTSCAR+
>Design of a Sidney Allard or Ettore Bugatti<
>i studied intensely looking for radiant<
+DESIGN METHODS+
>to assemble into an organic whole<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+PROTOTYPE DESIGN+
>fine tuned<
+WAS MY PASSION+
^^^^^^^^^^^^
eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu
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