+KATRINA TROPICAL CYCLONE+ (offers alternative solutions) +ABOUT BUILDING & PERCEPTION+ >of what we consider reality< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +FIVE YEARS OF REFLECTION+ >poignant accounts of the loss of our< >people and property fills the news on< >this 5th anniversary of katrina< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +CHILDREN OF LOUISIANA+ >i rode out enough of these storms and remember my glazed pavilion house w/ an oak tree on its roof in the >covington sansouci forest to... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +KNOW THE PAIN OF THAT VIOLENCE+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >i have written of the devestation at the fledgling french new orleans +TROPICAL COLONY-18TH C.+ >during the first decade it was badly +WIPED OUT SEVERAL TIMES+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +JUNGLE NIGHTMARES+ >(the french were desperate to hold on at new orleans so as to have control of the mississippi river) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +GOOGLE EARLIER ACCOUNTS+ >to read some of my earlier accounts of these 18th cent. colonial storms >please google.com (search)... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >EUGENE RAY / DEGRUY / TROPICAL CYCLONES ^^^^^^^^^^^^ >in particular look for those pieces that address solutions for strength ^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +TENSEGRITY & BIOMORPHIC SHELL+ >(resilient architecture)< +STRUCTURES TO RESIST EARTHQUAKE+ (i taught this in california) +AND TROPICAL CYCLONE DISASTER+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >(reinforced portland cement >thinking of luis acosta<) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +CREOLE REGIONAL CONCEPT+ >while in new orleans i had designed tilt-slab concrete wall structures +GARDEN HOUSING+ >for mass 9th ward housing based on creole design ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +WHERE EACH HOUSE UNIT HAD A+ +PRIVATE TROPICAL GARDEN+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >this concept provided raised living to avoid storm flood devestation. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +THIS CONCEPT WAS MY LAST+ (housing concept) +DESIGN FOR NEW ORLEANS+ >california beckoned me< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +RAYMOND LEE BURROUGHS+ (transcendent life miracle) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >you will recall yesterday i wrote about the young 23 year old raymond lee +1965-1967+ >burroughs who was my student in architecture at l.s.u. in that +4TH YEAR DESIGN CLASS+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >who won the alcoa aluminum award for a project i conceived using a +KIT OF PARTS+ >prefabricated systems design<. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >yesterday afternoon i googled< +RAYMOND L. BURROUGHS/ARCHITECT+ >to find out what had happened to that +MODEST-DEDICATED+ >hard working young student of mine< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +1975 APOCALYPSE+ >exactly ten years after he< >was my student at l.s.u.< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +I WAS ABSOLUTELY ASTOUNDED+ +TO READ RAYMOND BURROUGHS+ (near death experience) +ACCOUNT OF RETURN FROM+ +DEATH DURING BRAIN SURGERY+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >read his account on his face book web site for a truely poignant feeling of >how he died and returned to life<. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +TOUCHING CHRISTIAN VIEW+ >i love his introduction to this drama of dramas by describing himself as a ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +ARCHITECT - DREAMER+ +ETERNAL OPTIMIST+ ^^^^^^^^^^^ >i am going to telephone raymond to find out more about his touching >drama, life & professional work<. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +THREE GENERATIONS OF STUDENTS+ my "children" (students) are in three generations, rather like a family... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +THEY ARE MY FRIENDS IN+ +A PROFOUND SEARCH+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +L.S.U.-TULANE-S.D.S.U.+ >each group possesses unique qualities relating to its locus and time factors. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >LUS ACOSTA RECALLED MY INTEREST IN CREOLE AND +REGIONAL DESIGN+ ^^^^^^^^^^^ >california encouraged an effort that< >developed new and improved technical methods of design and construction. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +MY LECTURES IN MANY COUNTRIES+ >biotronic energy important< +FEATURED RESILIENT CONSTRUCTION+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >physical elements vibratory nature< >an essential part of our building< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >the u.f.o. i saw over baton rouge< +ARCADIAN VISION+ >suggested profound approaches< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +T R A N S C E N D E N T+ +DIMENSIONS OF REALITY+ (architecture is only a start) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +WHAT IS THIS REALITY ABOUT+ >beyond this approach is also the question of who we are and +WHERE ARE WE GOING+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >raymond burroughs experience< +A VITAL ORIENTATION+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ gene ray, san diego, california