RADIANT DOME PROTOTYPE / affordable / biotronic / changeable

+AFFORDABLE HOUSING is >A+

+SERIOUS PROBLEM and >OUR+

>(less then 1% of americans<

>can afford to build a house)<

+"KIT OF PARTS" PROTOTYPES+

+is  > A PROFOUND SOLUTION+

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

>i have shown  >several prefabricated<

>kit of parts residential prototypes< &<

+(MOST PROFOUND+

+GOAL IN THE USA)+ 

>tonight i >focus on one that has very<

>affordable changeable characteristics<

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+"RADIANT PROTOTYPE /+

+ALCHEMY & SYNERGY"+

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>has parts light weight and tensile that<

>reduce the weight, creating economy &<

+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+

+ / BIOTRONIC ENERGY)+

>changeability / >the domical enclosure is<

>radiant in biotronic energy, >thus healthy<

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

+"RADIANT PROTOTYPE /+

+ALCHEMY & SYNERGY"+

>(see tonights end note<

>joe mansfield  >could<

+build this<  >superior<

>affordable prototype)<

+ARATI RANGSWAMY too+
+SEE HER >SDSU THESIS+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>this  radiant architecture concept reflects<
>the biotronic radiance in a dome volume<
+(GOOGLE :>> EUGENE RAY /+
+"RADIANT ARCHITECTURE"+
+>(SEE JOE  / MY FACEBOOK)+
>expanded by the >electromagnetics in an<
>interior filled with a fertile plant environ<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

+BUCKMINSTER FULLER+
>(saw our dome designs<
>and >sent a copy of his<
>geodesic< >earth map)<
+WROTE to US EARLY 70s+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>our >design program was selected<
>to host the >last fuller conference<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

+BUCKMINSTER FULLER+
>r. buckminster fuller >was a brilliant<
>"outsider" w/ cosmic consciousness<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+<<< / BUCKY FULLER)+
>who >flunked out of harvard (twice)<
>(he was far ahead of harvard faculty)<
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+FULLER'S "4-D" HOUSE+
>although fuller had not to my knowledge<
>discovered architectural biotronic energy<
+(SO LIGHT / >IT WAS SET+
+ON SITE by HELICOPTER)+
>he was inspired by tensile sail boats and<
>designed this profound prefab 30s house<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

+FULLER'S "DIMAXIAN" CAR+  
>fuller's car could turn on a dime, could<
>go sideways into a parking space< and<
+(500 YEARS AHEAD / IT+
+WAS LIKE LEONARDO)+
>as it drove in new york, >looked like a<
>space ship. / had no commercial chance<
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+MY DESIGN FOR the IRAN NATIONAL+
>(an international competition / the<
>shah was >deposed in the process<
>sadly >nothing was ever selected)<
+LIBRARY sought a RADIANT CONCEPT+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 +IRAN NATIONAL LIBRARY+
>structural >"pyrex" glass roof vaults and<
>in front. solar receptors / >also cladding<
+(STRUCTURAL  GLASS+
+CAUSED a RADIANCE)+
>for study carrel towers >supporting roof<
>as seen lower right w/ gl. roof removed<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 +IRAN NATIONAL LIBRARY+
>the structural glass roof,  >hovers high<
>over the restaurant & courtyards below<
+(STEEL >OCTET TRUSS+
+(tube) ROOF FRAMING)+
>the offices are in this roof structure and<
>below >iran blue glazed tile wall units<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 +WARM PERSPECTIVE+
>the tubular steel >octet truss frame is<
>surfaced red as is other exposed steel<
+(RADIANCE IS STRONG+
+W/ GLAZED SURFACES)+
>mario lara & yoshiki matsuhisa >built<
>the excellent model in our sdsu studio<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

+COOL PERSPECTIVE+
>lighting< was important in the design<
>of the library / >this is the blue range<
+(THE LIBRARY LIGHTING+
+CREATES MUCH DRAMA)+
>of night lighting / >amber seen above<
>i photographed this using slide project<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

+COURT YARD / NIGHT VIEW+
>this important photo >uses ultra violet<
>lighting of >study carrel< roof support<
+(DRAMA OF IRAN HISTORY+
+CREATED w/ NIGHT LIGHT)+
>towers (photographed w/ infra red film)<
>/ >the library would have much drama<
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+"VISIONARY ARCHITECTURE" BOOK+
>i was honored to have two residential designs<
>selected for earnest burden's vital book with a<
>focus on visionary architecture / >my designs<
+(GOOGLE :>>> EUGENE RAY /+
+VISIONARY ARCHITECTURE)+
>were all actual commissions and i made all of<
>the drawings >by hand long before computers<
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+ITALIAN VILLAS+
>the villa of >"lorenzo the magnificent" &<
>other >tuscan villas have been inspiration<
>to my concepts of california villas / plants<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+ / CALIFORNIA VILLAS)+
>are a vital factor of my villa designs and a<
>ref. to our ray-degruy-foucher plantations<
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+LOU KAHNS MEGASTRUCTURE+
>lou kahn was one of the best architects in<
>america & i admired his poetic approach<
+(LOU KAHN WAS a >VITAL+
+VISIONARY  >ARCHITECT+
+OF OUR SALK INSTITUTE)+ !
>to designing buildings / >as a professor i<
>considered visionary work< as >precious<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+VERY FEW ARCHITECTS ON EARTH+
+HAD THE VISION TO DESIGN SUCH+
>(for joe mansfield my alumnus<
>& friend i send  >vital regards)<
+A "PRACTICAL" MEGASTRUCTURE+
+ONLY CORBU IN FRANCE PERHAPS+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+joe came bearing book gifts for me<
>a wonderful bernard rudofsky about<
>vernacular architecture & a precious<
+(SUCH A >KIND AND+
+GENEROUS FRIEND)+
>rare study of the >myth & mystique<
>perspective >possible in architecture<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+"THE PRODIGIOUS BUILDERS"+
>by bernard rudofsky and<
+"ARCHITECTURE MYSTERIES+
>and MYTH" by w. r. lethaby<
+SUCH JOY ! / >THANKS JOE<+ !
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu