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Thursday, April 23, 2015

DOMES ARE SPECIAL / radiant architecture / clairvaux to fuller at sdsu

+KIT-OF-PARTS APPROACH+
>to architecture won awards for my students<
>at LSU in the 1960s and at SDSU in the<
+(ARATI RANGSWAMY+
+THESIS WAS STRONG+
+VERY ECONOMICAL)+
>1980s…additionally, focus on biotronics<
>caused >good health factors to be vital<
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+BUCKMINSTER FULLER+
>was an inspiration to our >environ design program<
>his 4i/2 hour lectures were special brain expanders<
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+BUCKMINSTER FULLER)+
>i treasure a copy of his sky ocean world map he< 
>sent us w/ a letter during my >first year at sdsu<
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+THE WHOLE EARTH CATALOG+
>was a fabulous reference book for our program<
>(check it out in good libraries) it rightfully won<
>the pulitzer prize for >stewart brand the author<
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>and it was a great boost for buckminster fuller<
>recommending all of fullers >profound books<
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 >"metropolis" magazine published an excellent<
>article on fullers accomplishments long after<
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>he left this earth and the >fuller organization<
>selected our sdsu program for a final honor<
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 >it is very synchronistic that buckminster fuller<
>was developing geodesic domes just when we<
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+>> / GEODESIC DOMES)+
>came along to use them in our >designs for an<
>affodable, strong house for >ease to assemble<
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 >oor sdsu classroom in the 1970s was the<
>setting for many alternative concepts for<
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+SDSU ENVIRON DESIGN)+
>strong affordable housing prototypes &<
>geodesic domes were >very important<
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 >domes were just a part of our >lexicon of<
>affordable tensile prototype designs / here<
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>my friend & >student asst. ralph bowman<
>(r) studies a pyramid frame of waste pipe<
>(yes, thats the >prof-designer in middle)<
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>my personal use of tensile structure is large<
>& this design for an sdsu archeological site<
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>cover makes use of a lamella framing very<
>similar to geodesics & the silver ship roof<
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 >perhaps the largest use i made of >geodesic framing<
>was for this multi-use structure for the madre grande<
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>monastery (chapel, observatory, library) this very<
>early computer rendering by alumnus will ackell<
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 >arati rangswamy, one of our >excellent sdsu<
>alum grad students (now architect) is seen in<
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>the 90s w/ her thesis of a tetrahedral frame<
>affordable kit-of-parts self assembly house<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >although not seen on this model photograph,<
>my design for an art & architecture building<
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>for >s.w. louisiana univ. in hammond has a<
>geodesic dome cover over the exhibit space<
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 >the most affordable, >strongest & spacious<
>design i made for kit of parts self assembly<
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>housing for sloped california rocky sites<
>was this double dome radiant prototype<
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>my design for a yogurt shop for larry uruttia<
>expressed my love for >fiber optic< tensile<
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>structure & this dining area was beautifully<
>crafted by silver ship alums >fobes & jung<
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>the >octet truss roof frame i designed for the<
>iran library international competition project<
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>was covered w/ blue plexiglass roof vaults /<
>lara & matsuhisa beautifully crafted model<
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+BERNARD de CLAIRVAUX TO+
>(via le doux, gaudi, wright etc)<
+BUCKMINSTER FULLER-OUR+
>(sacred >templar< architecture<
>becomes >radiant architecture<
>thanks to organic architecture)<
+DEVELOPMENT OF RADIANT+
>(see eugene ray / radiant arch)<
+CONCEPTS MOVES >AHEAD+
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>note : please google the oral history<
>made by susan resnik phd for sdsu<
>focused on my life & work- / also<
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>the digitization of my slides is to<
>be completed soon, i am filled<
>W/ MUCH GRATITUDE< !
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu



















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