Eugene Ray SDSU 1970's

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

Saturday, December 14, 2013

ORGANICS FOR CHRISTMAS / nature our best guide


+RADIANT ARCHITECTURE+
>takes organic architecture to a more<
>advanced level and as a professor<
+BIOMORPHICS+
>i was encouraged to develop a<
>more profound design vision<
                                                                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

+NO BOXES IN NATURE+
>was the message i offered my architecture<
>students at lsu, tulane, and san diego state<
                                                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+THE CIRCLE WAS THE FOCUS+
                                                        >in much of the work that came<
>from my drawing board after<
+AUTUMN 1969+
                                                           >moving to lajolla california<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

                                                                +MAYAN VISION+
                                                >was important to me from the beginning<
>& as was pointed out on "ancient aliens"<
>television tonight the maya had a most<
+COSMIC INSIGHT+
>advanced astronomical knowledge of<
>any society on earth in its time<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

                                                  natures proportion / st. bernard insight
                                                  french lighthouse / mississippi river delta

+CIRCULAR VISION+
                                                   >as i have pointed out was a powerful<
>factor in my families templar history<
+ORIENT FOREST+
                                                        >the dome sugar mill as example<
                                                              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

                                                   marianne saved my life in 2004
                                                      ( every day a precious gift )                        
                           
                                                     +MARIANNE CONWAY RAY+
                                               >after marian's sad death became my wife<
                                                >and gave me a new life especially with<
                                                         (+MARIANNE & MARIAN+
                                                             +10 YEAR FRIENDS+)
                                                     >the equipment leading to this blog<
                                                           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

                                                organic world of french polynesia
                                                 (three field trips to french tropics)

                                                 metaphysical wall in my 1980 exhibition
                                                    (10 years of architecture in california)
                                                                       
                                                     +METAPHYSICAL GRAPHICS+
                                                >augmented the genetic strength i felt for<
                                                      >an architecture based on nature<
                                                            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

                                                  lloyd wright and bruce goff , 1972
                                                    ( eric lloyd wright & i up front
                                                       enroute to lloyd's exhibition )

                                                   chris friedrichs / new orleans organics
                                                     (my classmate w/ max conrad 1956)

                                                            +ORGANIC FRIENDS+
>during the 1970s my radiant architecture<
                                                  >effort included discourse with friends<
                                                                 +BIOMORPHICS+
>who were devoted to organic vision<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

                                                 my design for a school in the philippines

                                                          +BIOTRONIC ENERGY+
                                                  >radiance under the el ciclo roof cones<
                                                      >where the children sit in a circle<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+RECYCLE PROJECT+
>the project was given to me as a recycle<
>task to reuse already existing concrete<
+BOHOL ISLAND+
>slabs from a previous pig farm<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

picasso organics / voisin aircraft , paris

+CHRISTMAS IN PARIS+
>offers the milieu of vision that includes<
>the incredible organic art of picasso<
+SYNERGETICS+
>and the tensile design of voisin<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+MOUGINS, FRANCE+
>on the riviera is a perfect field trip to<
>see picasso's sculpture and the best<
>of french photographic history<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 +PICTURED CHRISTMAS BOOKS+
>were purchased from<
+BOUQUINISTES IN PARIS+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu

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