HANDS ON CONSTRUCTION @ SDSU / early days in baton rouge

+"ANCIENT ALIENS"+

>friday programing last night had a fabulous<

>television documentary on UFO history<

>going back to 1947 when i had my<

+HUGE MOTHER SHIP+

>life changing baton rouge sighting<

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+GALVANIZING OUR CALIFORNIA+
(>we leave soon for the world's<
>largest ufo conference<)
+LIFE, WORK AND TEACHING+
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>baton rouge 1948 main street view as a boy<
+GERMAN CAMERA PHOTO+
>{i climed up a statue base for this photo)<
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>art, crafts and photos were important to my<

>early life, painting, building many models<

+ART A FAMILY FOCUS+

>including huge kites and model buildings<

+A SMALL HAMMER+

>is an early gift i remember well<

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>flash forward to san diego thirty years later,<
>i have built my early louisiana buildings<
+(RADIANT OEUVRE)+
>& am developing SDSU-ED program<
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>during the early years i would design projects<
>building them w/ the aid of my students..this<
+ENCINITAS, CALIFORNIA+
>was the conversion of a rail car to hair salon<
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                                                                          >i redesigned three buildings in those years<
>a free service in san diego communities<
+POPULAR SERVICE+
>(a restaurant and fabric shop also)<
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>this rail car conversion was executed<
>as a "HANDS ON" teaching project<
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>i chose half round vertical wood strips to<
+KEY ELEMENT TO CURVES+
>build the internal salon work stations<
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>typical of my work was a desire to build<
>rounded internal units for fluidity and<
+BIOTRONICS+
>plants were placed in these units<
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>i carried this theme into the design<
>of sofas in the waiting area and<
+VITAL RADIANCE+
>california color was important<
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>upholstered navy blue cushions completed<
+(CONSTRUCTION PHOTOS)+
>the waiting room sofas w/ mirror table tops<
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+CONCURRENT W/ THIS CONSTRUCTION+
+CREATIVE ARCHITECTS WERE OUR+
>goff-soleri-hubbell-kellogg-banham-etc<
+SDSU DESIGN SPEAKING GUESTS+
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>archigram were our very first speakers which<
>was a brave choice rewarded recently when<
+ENGLISH VISIONARIES+
>archigram was knighted by the queen<
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>by 1980 our environmental design program<
>had moved into a role of leadership in the<
+ALL CALIFORNIA AWARDS+
>education of artist-architects in california<
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+BY 1985 MY WORK WAS KNOWN+
>exhibitions-publications-lectures<

+IN MANY OTHER COUNTRIES+

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eugene ray, mfa, architect

professor emeritus, sdsu