RADIANT ARCHITECTURE / design progress via energy

+REYNER BANHAM+

>was one of the most impressive guests i had<

>as a speaker for our design students at sdsu<

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+> / REYNER BANHAM)+

>& there are several vital associated factors<

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+ASPEN DESIGN CONF, 1974+

 >is where i first met reyner & mary bantam<
>(this was also locus of my first exhibition<
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+> / ASPEN DESIGN CONF)+
>in the  west incorporating bio-radiance)<                                  
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+BARTLETT SCHOOL+
>london was one of reyner bantams teaching<
>assignments & this links sdsu prof. matthew<
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+> / BARTLETT SCHOOL)+
>higgins and i as one of my last lecture<
>venues was prof. higgins alma mater<
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+RADIANT ARCHITECTURE+
>was my primary lecture theme at bartlett<
>school as it was earlier at the arch assoc.<
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+ARCHITECTURE ASSOC.)+
>school in london a very leading school<
>mary bantam attended both lectures<
>(reyner had >sadly< left this earth)<
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 >i consider reyner banham the greatest scholar<
>it was my privilege to know & his vital book<
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+>/ BIOTRONIC VOLUME)+
>"the architecture of the first machine age"is<
>a hint why he liked my radiant architecture<
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>at age 66, reyner banham died of cancer much<
>too young (he was ill when he lectured for us)<
>my cosmic consciousness galvanized by ufo<
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+/ THE GODS MACHINES)+
>activity & crop circles intrigued him... / the<
>books of wun chok bong are so important<
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 >reyner banham's architectural knowledge<
>was vast, in the tradition of fulcanelli and<
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+>>>>/ FULCANELLI<<)+
>his writing for "architectural review"has<
>to be the best critical treasure of our time<
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 >an intelligent prototype for disaster resistant<
>housing must include this >double dome on<
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+DOUBLE DOME HOUSE)+
>large columns raised w/ parking underneath<
>thus the design can be built on a sloped site<
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 >the effort i made for spherical biotronic volume<
>housing spanned from double geodesic domes<
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+>>> / "KIT OF PARTS")+
>of great economy to "kit of parts" spherical<
>volume w/ the garden inside the enclosure<
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 >this is my 1970s era design studio classroom<
>at sdsu w/ the "universal spheroid" & other<
>resilient domical structures / "architecture<
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+> / ENVIRON AS LIGHT)+
>as situation, environ as light" my lecture<
>given to a design educators conference<
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>the silver ship was the second of the studio<
>houses built for my family / inspired by a<
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+>> / THE SILVER SHIP)+
>cylindrical ufo i saw as a 15 year old boy<
>while flying gigantic kites in baton rouge<
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 >by 1972 it was my focus to explore potentials<
>of "color-light-energy" architectural volumes<
>of biotronic radiance /  artists at the controls<
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+SYNERGETIC ENVIRONS)+
>providing riches only affordable previously<
>by the very wealthy in a heavy fixed way<
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 >the "universal spheroid", (unisphere) was my<
>openable housing prototype reflecting a very<
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+UNIVERSAL SPHEROID)+
>beautiful california coastal climate / in the<
>65 ft largest format, the garden was inside<
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 >two of my most advanced housing prototypes<
>utilize spherical & conical biotronic radiance<
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+>/ BIOTRONIC ENERGY)+
>w/ sleeping in an openable sphere designed<
>for the maximum of health giving energy<
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>reyner & mary banham liked my prototypes<

>exploring biotronic energy and i am grateful<

>for their support / they would adore efforts<

+(BARTLETTS & ARCH ASSOC+

+WERE MY BEST AUDIENCES)+

>made in research by wun chok bong that<

>corroborate research by patrick flanigan<

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+I AM GRATEFUL THAT I HAVE+

+LIVED LONG ENOUGH TO SEE+

>(time will further support<

>all of our research effort)<

+OUR EFFORT SUPPORTED BY+

+WUN CHOK BONG'S EFFORT+ !

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eugene ray, mfa, architect

professor emeritus, sdsu