>for a brief moment< +NEW ORLEANS AS CATALYST+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >IT WAS SO GOOD TO RECIEVE AN E-MAIL FROM JOHN MESSINA. >my friend and former student at la. state univ. arch. school in ( 1965 / 1966 ) >john is a professor of architecture at the univ. of arizona in tuscon with a deep commitment to historical/vernacular arch. >HE IS ALSO A TALENTED PHOTO- GRAPHER WITH A NEW BOOK (environ and people) >ON THE STATE OF SONORA IN NORTHERN MEXICO. +RADIANT TROPIC SYNDROME+ >i have a fond place in my heart for (WARM/ORGANIC/AESTHETIC) >john and his wife tania who were in new orleans when i created a (CLOSE, EMPATHETIC) >series of environments that.... >WERE BASED ON RADIANT COLOR, LIGHT & ENERGY THAT WERE THE (synergetic envirinments) >BASIS FOR 1 OF THE 7 COURSES I TAUGHT AT SAN DIEGO STATE. +3 RADIANT ENVIRONMENTS+ >to see 1 of the projects i designed and built in the vieux carre during those >THE JAZZ WORKSHOP< >late 1960s consult the dixie roto. of the times picayune 6/29/69. also: google.... >EUGENE RAY / EARL TURBINTON / THE JAZZ WORKSHOP >( earl turbinton and his brother wilson (willie tee) were the brillient n.o. jazz musicians that i designed the jazz workshop for during my grad. years at tulane university) >SADLY THEY DIED A MONTH APART IN SEPTEMBER OF 2007 >BROKEN HEARTED FROM KATRINA . ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >at age 76 i survive, somehow, to recall those wonderfull years in new orleans (1967-1969) >WHEN I BUILT 2 OTHER SYNERGETIC RADIANT ARCHITECTURE ENVIRONS. (basis for my work in california) >EXHIBETED LATER IN PARIS AT THE +PARIS BIENNALE OF 1985+ >AND IN TOKYO THAT YEAR IN THE (4 page overview publicat.) >ARCHITECTURAL JOURNAL >A+U< >note: this work also became the basis for the french government inviting (N.E. OF MAGNY FOUCHARD) >my publication/membeship in a (1986) >international arch./energy >committee/univ of nancy. +EARLY RADIANT PROTOTYPES+ (pre-jazz workshop) >1) EXPLORERS GIFT SHOP on chartres street for the traylor brothers. (this first in about 1966 i was still living mainly in san souci forest) >2) TRAYLOR APARTMENT constructed behind the explorers gift shop in the former "slave quarter." it was published in the >AMERICAN HOME MAGAZINE ( 1970 ) >(john messina took the wonderful photos.) TROPIQUE/MAGIQUE/METAPHYSIQUE ( the fuel of a life's passion) >IN SEPTEMBER 1966 i had opened my office/studio in the new orleans >GARDEN DISTRICT/2ND STREET (john and tania helped me restore order in a former >private school room) +FRENCH TROPIC SYNDROME+ >(only a few blocks from our saulet >ancestors plantation house) +HOUSE IN ORANGE STREET+ >google my name and the above for a very gothic experience that john, (URBAN JUNGLE RUIN) >tania and i had very close to the +SAULET PLANTATION HOUSE+ >second street studio< >IT WAS HERE THAT I MADE DRAWINGS FOR HURRICANE RESISTANT HOUSING (tilt up conc. slab const.) >FOR NEW ORLEANS 9TH WARD WHICH IF ADOPTED WOULD HAVE SURVIVED >THE DEVASTATION OF KATRINA. >no encouragement caused my move to california and a wondrful life >WITH RADIANT ARCHITECTURE. plus >recently discovered..... 1) GENETIC MEMORY and 2) REMOTE VIEWING gene ray, san diego, california