RADIANT PROTOTYPES / design for affordable housing

+PREFABRICATED HOUSING+

>has been a profound objective in my design effort<

>& my paper researched to save lajolla bungalows<

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+LAJOLLA BUNGALOWS)+

>has been a bright moment in my housing interest<
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>bungalows on moorea were not prefabricated<

>but they could have been, saving many $$$<

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>& resulting in an even better quality design<

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+ENVIRON PROTOTYPES+

>was the class i taught at sdsu that encouraged<

>economy via >prefabrication and several of<

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>our students won awards w/ prefabricated<

>techniques as the trump toward economy<

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 >the lajolla red bungalows of 1894 facing cove beach<
>were my inspiration for an economy housing using<
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>prefabrication as a method to reduce the final cost<
>(tensile nature of the umbrellas was a lesson too)<
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 >it was at lsu in baton rouge teaching my first<
>students that two of my students won awards<
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>using prefab prototype techniques / the first<
>was luis acosta winning this french award<
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 >in california i designed several economy prefab<
>bungalow prototypes inspired by the lajolla light<
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+ENVIRON PROTOTYPES+
>weight bungalows / this concept provides the<
>add on porches, allowing expansion potential<
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>in california at sdsu, several of my students won<
>competition awards using prefab technology &<
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>a bright moment was this "kit of parts" design<
>for apartments in an >urban california setting<
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 >my research had revealed that as early as the<
>eighteenth century, housing in san domingo<
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>was prefabed in louisiana / probably by<
>our nola ancestor jean baptiste degruy<
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 >a triumph tr-3 roadster was the english sports<
>car i drove for many years that inspired our<
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+CONVERTABLE HOUSES)+
>effort toward a more "sportif" approach to<
>economy housing for a democratic society<
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 >my design for a beach resort for baja california<
>mexico, featured several light-wght prototypes<
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>that were children of my research in polynesia<
>including aerodyne openable beach bungalows<
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 >the glazed house i built for my family in the<
>sansouci forest lent itself to prefab design as<
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>the roof panels were prefabbed and the rest<
>of the design could have (built in 2 months)<
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 >the beach bungalows designed for baja calif<
>mexico were a >favorite design oriented to<
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>prefab techniques / ( the unisphere concept<
>progendered this & is my most favored) !
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 >universal spheroid, (unisphere), seen upper left<
>in a catalog of my designs…is the largest and<
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>most healthy of the prefab houses i designed<
>because the garden is inside the spheroid<
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 >design for a prefab park convenience station<
>is not monumental…but is still an important<
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>chalenge to provide quality at an affordable<
>price / (balboa park is 100 years this year)<
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 >kotaro nakamura, yoshi matsuhisa, chikako<
>terada hart and arathy rangswami (photo)<
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>all designed excellent prefab prototypes<
>for housing in my >sdsu grad program<
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 >perhaps my favorite prefab prototype effort<
>w/ my students was "kit of parts" residence<
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>designs incorporating gardens under domes<
>which encourage all to assemble the abode<
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+AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE+
>(less then >1% of americans<
>can afford to build a house)< !
+U.S. IS A BADLY NEEDED TYPE+ !
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eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu