VISIONARY ARCHITECTURE / but i constructed my visions

+ARCHITECT AS PROFESSOR+

>as you may know, i was invited to be a professor<

>when a veteran l.s.u. professor had a heart attack<

+(BIOTRONIC DESIGN+

+>WAS MY REWARD)+

>this was providential and set my course for a<

>life >synergizing design, teaching, & const. <

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+CONSTRUCTION WAS MY BASE+

>as tonight's blog shows, my life in visionary<

>architecture is founded in a long career of<

+(I EARNED MY LICENCE /+

+VIA PRACTICAL YEARS)+

>construction, as i built all of my own work<

>after drawing my own working drawings<

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+LOUISIANA & CALIFORNIA+
>were my two regions of construction and<
>tonight i show two houses constructed in<
>louisiana / the rest in southern california<

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+AFFORDABILITY+HEALTH+ECOLOGY+

>(i was 27 years old when i opened<

>my office and started building in<

>covington la. / autumn of 1959)<

+JOIN ART IN A "SYMPHONIC VISION"+

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 >night lighting was important to my design<
>for all the houses i constructed …i was<
+(NIGHT ARRIVAL+
+WAS DRAMATIC)+
>told that my electric boxes were larger<
>then that of a nearby bowling alley<
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 >prof. bob heck of l.s.u. thought this my best house<
>the living room was a patio in a greenhouse with<
+(PLANT KINGDOM+
+WAS IMPORTANT)+
>plants a vital element …i made the hanging lights<
>by sawing the bottoms from glazed ceramic vases<
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 >the wilty residence was constructed in gretna<
>louisiana a stones throw from the site of our<
+(LATERAL ROOMS OPEN via+
+SLIDING LOUVER PANELS)+
>degruy ancestors plantation..it was featured<
>in the sunday times picayune rotogravure<
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 >the largest of the louisiana houses was my<
>favorite because it has a strong feeling of<
+(SELIGMAN RESIDENCE  /+
+UNDER CONSTRUCTION)+
>cosmic consciousness w/ its circular form<
>open on the back pool & river view side<
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 >freeman villa designed for a physicist in<
>morro bay california, expresses the fresh<
+(RADIANT ARCHITECTURE+
+GREW IN 80s CALIFORNIA)+
>world of the california coast w/ a vision<
>of cosmic consciousness vital & strong<
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 >i provide this working drawing floor plan<
>of the pierucci plantation villa as typical<
+(CONSRUCTION DRAWINGS+
+WERE IMPORTANT TO ME)+
>of the construction drawings for most of<
>the architectural oeuvre drawn myself<
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 >pierucci plantation, designed for an aero-space<
>professor from italy with a love for viticulture<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>>/ PIERUCCI VILLA)+
>is interesting with its solar heated separated,
>suites for children as well as their parents<
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 >the roebling brothers were the most enthusiastic<
>clients i ever had …. i designed four california<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>/ ROEBLING VILLA)+
>villas for them w/ this seven bedroom design<
>sited on a hillside east of temecula california<
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 >the pierucci plantation villa in construction<
>at escondido california reminds that i was<
+(I LOVED the >AROMA+
+of a SAWDUST MORN)+
>devoted to the construction process if it<
>was oriented to creating a work of art<
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 >five devoted students aided me during my<
>sabbatical leave to construct the silver ship<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>>>/ SILVER SHIP)+
>studio residence on a steep hillside with<
>inspiring views in seaside lajolla, calif.<
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 >combining solar energy & biotronic energy<
>this is probably the most important of the<
+(EVANS RESIDENCE GIVES+
+MOST ADVANCED VISION)+
>radiant architecture california villas of a<
>long career / (cosmic consciousness)<
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>the steinman villa was designed for a rocky<
>site full of huge boulders that the house<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>/ ORGANIC CONCEPTS)+
>was carefully placed between to make<
>an organic and radiant assemblage<
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+THE LESSON OF THE OEUVRE+
+IS THAT RADIANT CONCEPTS+
>(visionary work develops<
>its own time in >cosmos)<
+ARE TIMELESS IN A COSMOS+
+WITH ITS OWN >INTEGRITY<+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu