BIGELOW AEROSPACE 2015 / sdsu tensile inflatable structures 1970s

+TENSILE STRUCTURES+

>were an important factor of my environ design<

>curricula at sdsu and it is rewarding to report<

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+AEROSPACE, 2015)+

>that bigelow aerospace has adopted >tensile<

>inflatable structure< for their space program<

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+ENVIRONMENTAL PROTOTYPES+

>was a key class in the curricula i developed for<

>the new curricula at sdsu in 1969-70 and that<

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+ENVIRON PROTOTYPES)+

>class gave me a platform to develop a large<

>variety of >tensile and inflatable prototypes<

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+"FOCUS : SHELTERS FOR MANKIND"+

>was one of the first conferences that i attended<

>to share our early work in california and the,<

>editor of >"progressive architecture" mag<

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+>>> /FOREST WILSON)+

>forest wilson sent video crew from l.a.<

>& recommended my mexican lecture<

>at the centre for international doc><

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 >robert bigelow of bigelow aerospace has a nasa<
>contract to place a >tensile inflatable module on<
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+>> / ROBERT BIGELOW)+
>the >international space station in may of 2015<
>(this is the technology we taught in the 1970s)<
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>my exhibition at the >aspen design conf.< focus<
>on tensile and shell structure designed by 1975<
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+>/ ASPEN DESIGN CONF)+
>(reviews 2 biomorphic shell designs for calif)<
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>tensile structure is the >prime design format<
>in this study for a huge gateway for s.d. ca.<
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+>/ FIBER OPTIC STRUCT)+
>(fiber optic / steel structure lights @ night)<
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 >tensile shell structure had been my focus<
>when i taught at lsu architecture in 1960s<
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+>/ BIOMORPH STRUCTURE)+
>& designed my first biomorphic structure<
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 >tensile structure was the framing for this<
>beach bungalow designed for baja calif<
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+>> / BAJA BUNGALOW)+
>the round bent structure is extra strong<
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 >tensile inflatable structure in my sdsu class<
>synergetic environ, at night in the late 70s<
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+>>>> / INFLATABLES)+
>the very technology of bigelow aerospace<
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 >radiant biotronics in >tensile dome structures<
>photographed in my environ 80s media class<
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+>RADIANT BIOTRONIC)+
>(radiant architecture became my main focus)<
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 >i am holding a tensile tetrahedron in my<
>sdsu environ design class in the >1980s<
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+>>>/ TETRAHEDRONS)+
>(entry students, house & environ class)<
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 >much of my advanced design vision has<
>been fueled by parallel ufo technology<
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+>>/ OPEN MINDS CONF)+
>tensile skin ufos are >light and strong<
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>in september of 1972 i attended the"focus :<
>shelters for mankind" conf. in los angeles<
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+> / GEODESIC DOMES)+
>sharing our early >tensile development<
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 >at the same time in los angeles >robert wood phd<
>was deep into >>advanced space technology that<
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+>> / ROBERT WOOD phd)+
>gave him his devoted passion for ufo technology<
>ultimately advanced study of >secret documents<
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+I HAVE NET DR. WOOD & SHARED+
+BIOTRONIC ENERGY STRUCTURE+
>(he hosted the "ufo crash conf"<
>in las vegas w/ his son ryan)<
+DESIGN W/ HIM VIA >WUN CHOK+
+BONG'S >"THE GODS MACHINES"+
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eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu