SANSOUCI FOREST VISION / alone but eager

+JUNGLE RADIANCE, 1959-1969+

>living in the sansouci forest was a special experience<

>vibrant w/ radiant & poetic environmental factors<

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+> / SANSOUCI FOREST)+

>the night sounds alone were very magnificent<

>all of this inspiring for the young architect<

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+YOUNG ARCHITECT'S OEUVRE+

>my early work contained about seven >houses<

>a doctor's clinic / insurance office & chamber<

>of commerce, an apartment building, a jazz<

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+/ POST & BEAM CONST)+

>workshop, nola gift shop & apartment, 2<

>hospital chapels all that i built myself<

>which saved the clients many $$$<

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+COLOR BECAME PRIMARY+

>suddenly, after i had built all the above with<

>a commission to build a family room added<

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+COLOR-LIGHT-ENERGY)+

>to a large house for an active young family<

>/ color became my very strong instrument<

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>previously, i had commissioned my brother<
>ranny, to paint murels for our house in the<
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+MARTIN SENOUR PAINT)+
>sansouci forest and a dr's clinic i built<
>in this case, the room became the>art<
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 >ranny was quite like one of the shaman of<
>carlos casteneda; talented, wise, w/ cosmic<
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+>>>/ ORGANIC MAGIC)+
>& organic abilities…he was a master of<
>tarot and was recognized far & wide<
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>the organic magic of the maya was matched by<
>their cosmic consciousness & was always the<
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+SDSU YUCATAN SAFARI)+
>subject for my devoted interest to research<
>ways to apply their vision in my own work<
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 >as i have written, the use of biotronic energy in<
>egypt was brought to my attention by dr. pat<
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+>/ CONOID RADIANCE)+
>flanigan (pyramid power)…but wun chok<
>bong's "the god's machines" is fabulous<
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 >in this initial off-campus exhibition i exhibited<
+(   MIRA COSTA COLLEGE)+
>my own work w/ the students (the back wall)<
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 >after assuming my position at sdsu in california<
>i wrote several classes for prototype design &<
>as we see in our first outside exhibition, the<
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+SYNERGETIC ENVIRONS)+
>use of color, light & environ energy was #1<
>(only affordable housing was as important)<
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 >nature and the cosmos was our best guide and<
>this flower was a magnificent alchemy lesson<
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+>/ RADIANT ESSENCE)+
>w/ structure, color, light, & energy factors to<
>provide the living essence ( dylan thomas )<
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 >an important book on corbu is>"le corbusier and<
>the occult" by birksted / relates to templar/mason<
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+>>/ PERE COUTURIER)+
>influences in corbu's work & the cistercian st.<
>bernard dimension w/ gruy orient forest links<
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 >in france their great architect le corbusier inherited<
>the sacred geometry of the st. bernard templars in<
>the gruy orient forest where the cross of lorraine<
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+>>> / RENE de ANJOU)+                                     
>was borne aloft by joan de arc, rene de anjou, &<
>chas de gaulle in their path toward great destiny<
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>little did i realize in 1952 the cosmic conscious<
>amplitude of the two chapels i designed for the<
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+GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE)+
>east louisiana state hospital w/ the gothic arch<
>design taking me to the france of st. bernard<
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 >it is my hope that the two studio houses i built<
>for my family and myself will be restored to<
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+>>/ GLASS PAVILION)+
>their original condition & become centers<
>for design researchers to exchange ideas<
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 >the explorer's gift shop is the most overlooked<
>of my work in new orleans and a shame as it<
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+VIEUX CARRE PROJECTS)+
>was important….i do have some excellent<
>photos and shall look for them very soon<
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 >also neglected is my furniture of which i designed<
>a substantial amount but never focused this blog<
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+/ FURNITURE DESIGN)+
>on, there being a concern for larger issues…this<
>shall be corrected in the days and nights ahead<
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+DOUBLE SOFAS OF THIS DESIGN+
+WERE BUILT FOR OUR GLASS+
>(they are somewhere in nola<
>awaiting discovery, /special<
>w/steel legs, painted white)<
+PAVILION IN THE SANSOUCI+
+FOREST / SOLD IN NOLA 69+
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>note : my large slide lecture is ready<
>to ship to nola for digitizing / i have<
>assembled one slide cylinder for my<
+( MY PUBLIC LECTURE > @+
+SDSU 4PM NOV13, RM 512b +
+BLOG-VIDEO DOC-SLIDES)+
>talk at sdsu, 4pm nov13 / rm. 512b<
>shall show the blog for the 1st time<
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eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu