FLASH OF LIGHT # 7 / a christmas season review

+EUGENE RAY, ARCHITECT+

>(a christmas 2014 review<

>of >selected prototypes)<

 +> / A CHRISTMAS REVIEW+
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>this is the seventh night's blog in which<
>i have selected 13 of my images for<
>christmas season architecture review<
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+FLASH OF LIGHT #7 /+
>(architectural oeuvre)<

+TODAY'S 13 IMAGES+

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+METAPHYSICAL GRAPHICS+

>are not shown in tonight's 13 images<

>but i am showing biotronic designs<

+DEEP REFLECTION+

+OF GENETIC DNA)+

>tonight (metaphysic graphics soon)<

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>interior of the hair salon conversion project<
>i designed & constructed w/ the aid of my<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY /+
+RAIL CAR CONVERSION)+
>beginning class in the mid 1970s (this<
>conversion was from an old rail car)<
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>front elevation of 4 greenhouse passive<
>solar heated residence transferring heat<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>/ SOLAR HEATED RES.)+
>to 2 rammed earth/conc block towers<
>(summer sleeping under the stars)<
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 >my first major classroom at sdsu (ol 301)<
>many important projects were developed<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY /+
+BIOTRONIC CONCEPTS)+
>here relating to domes, tensile structures<
>and biotronic radiant biomorphic design<
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>my work exhibited at the apex of its value<
>about 1990 displays a gamut of potential<
+(GOOGLE :> EUGENE RAY / +
+RADIANT ARCHITECTURE)+
>reflecting the importance of scholarship<
>and the university leadership in design<
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 >the bulk of my best mature oeuvre was hand<
>drawn in the silver ship studio in a ten year<
+(PARIS BIENNALE & TOKYO+
+PUBLICATION = HIGH PTS)+
>period between 1980 & 1990 w/ the paris<
>biennale & tokyo publication as high pts<
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 >my good friends john & tania messina came<
>to california to experience the "electric love<
+(GOOGLE :> EUGENE RAY /+
+ELECTRIC LOVE GARDEN)+
>garden"…a large multi-media cybernetic<
>exhibition revealing biotronic concepts<
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 >the living-dining room of the silver ship<
>was 30 ft long with a 180% panorama<
+(SILVER SHIP >>LIVING+
+IN  >MORNING LIGHT<)+
>view to the ocean & yellow awnings<
>that created a warm morning glow<
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 >a rarely published louisiana design for the<
>entrance to a cemetery in covington with<
+(GLUE-LAM DESIGN+
+CEMETERY ENTRY)+
>laminated wood providing the structure<
>(the concept included a round chapel)<
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>these radiant architecture, biotronic energy<
>photos made using video manipulation are<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY /+
+SPACE-ENERGY STRUCT)+
>my favorite  documentation of the vision<
>i had to create environ w/ light & energy<
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 >in 1995 just before my sdsu retirement i was<
>able ro exhibit four 4ft by 4ft documentary<
+(RADIANT ARCHITECTURE+
+EXHIBITION OF 1995 / S.D.)+
>panels of radiant biotronic energy focus<
>(doug simay gallery/dave fobes curator)<
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 >another example of my furniture design is<
>this cabinet from the silver ship studio and<
+(SILVER SHIP CABINET > /+
+CRAFTED BY Y. YOUNG)+
>i want to thank yiuman young (yeung)<
>for his exquisite crafting of this piece<
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+YIUMAN YOUNG (YEUNG) WAS+
+A STAR SDSU STUDENT & MAY+
>quiet, talented, dedicated<
>noble, hong kong native<
>(betty his blessed wife)<
+I SEE HIM SOME RADIANT DAY+ !
+(HE & BETTY = HUMAN STARS)+
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>like ron schafer, the mathematician<
>i have tried to find via the internet<
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+YIUMAN HAS VANISHED /+
>(perhaps he has found<
>mr. wun chok bong<
>also of hong kong)<
+ANY INFO APPRECIATED+ !
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eugene ray, mfa, architect

professor emeritus, sdsu