2018 ?

8 PROJECTS 1 HAPPENING. 7 WANNABE.

WHAT IS IT ALL ABOUT? MAKING A LIVING BY PROJECTING WHAT COULD BE?

MY MISSION IN THE ARCHITECTURAL WORLD. THE BUILD ENVIRONMENT EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR THE PLANET AND MANKIND.

KRIS FAGAN & DEBORA FAGAN RESIDENCE, YUCCA VALLEY CALIF.

THE FIRST CLIENTS THAT WERE SERIOUS ABOUT BUILDING WITH AN ECO FRIENDLY EARTH MOUND FORMING SYSTEM IN HARMONY WITH THE DESERT. CLIENT WITH BULLDOZING EXPERIENCE.

KRIS WAS GOING TO BUILD THE BASIC STRUCTURE HIMSELF.

PROJECT ON HOLD

I WOULD LIKE TO BUILD A SMALLER VISION FOR MYSELF.

THE CONCEPT IS TO USE A DIRT MOUNDING FORMING SYSTEM AS THE FORM TO POUR A THE THIN SHELL CONCRETE ROOF. DIGGING OUT THE EARTH MOUND AFTER THE CONCRETE SETS. SOLERI DID THIS WITH CONSANTI. ANOTHER ARCHITECT, BUILT A HUGE CONCERT HALL IN SAN DIEGO THAT USED BULLDOZERS TO MOUND THE DIRT,

I PROPOSING USING CAISSONS FOR SUPPORT COLUNM POINTS. THE REST OF THE WALLS INFILL OF GLASS AND NON BEARING WALLS.

CASA CONGO, NICARAGUA

CASA CONGO DID NOT BUILD THE HYPERBOLIC SYSTEM PROPOSED

INSTEAD THEY BUILD A LARGE RECTANGULAR SHED. THUS I PROPOSED USING THE SHED AND CONSTRUCTION METHODS AS A SPRING POINT TO BUILD OFF OF TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT.

A MASTER PLAN WITH BAMBOO STRUCTURES THAT COULD BE ADDED TO AS NEEDED. WATER WASTE PURIFICATION AND INTENSE FOOD PRODUCTION GARDENS INCORPORATED.

UNFORTUNATELY A PUBLIC PROTEST IN NICARAGUA RESULTED IN DEATHS AND FAMILIES LEAVING THE COUNTRY , THUS HAMPERED THE EGO SURFING COMPLEX. BUT THE CASA CONGO GROUP IS STILL IN TACT AND DOING POSITIVE COMMUNITY SERVICES.

WEST ELEVATION LOCAL THATCH ROOFING

WEST ELEVATION

BEACH FRONT SITE

EXISTING

HEALTHY WATER PROJECT, DOUG EVANS HOT WATER SPRING. WONDER VALLEY CALIFORNIA.

MASTER PLAN COMPOUND DEALING WITH HOT SPRINGS WATER, WITH POOLS, GROWING ORGANIC FOODS, AND REMODEL EXISTING RESIDENCES. DOUG RECOVERING FROM TRAUMATIC WORLD OF DEALING WITH A JUICER . I LIKE DOUG AND BELIEVE HE HAS THE BEST OF INTENSIONS. THE REAL WORLD IS CRUEL WHEN DEALING WITH ECCENTRICS AND I HOPE HE CAN FIND PEACE IN WONDER VALLEY.

DOUG FINDING PURE NATURAL WATER FOR HIS COMPOUND.

MASTER PLAN MODEL

A RESURRECTION OF A PREVIOUS PROJECT TWO YEARS AGO WITH A RESIDENTIAL ADDITION AND REMODEL FOR PATRICK WEBSTER AND WIFE PATTIE WEBSTER ,

PROJECT ON HOLD. SADLY PATRICK WEBSTER, ARTIST DIED ON MONDAY JANUARY 14, 2019. THE LAST CONVERSATION I HAD WITH HIM, WHEN HE TOLD ME HIS MEDICAL PROBLEMS HAD RETURNED , HE SAID HIS LIFE HAD BEEN FULL.

HE LOVED TO PAINT AND HAD A LOT TO SAY WITH HIS ART.

A TRUE FRIEND THAT I WILL MISS. WE HAD A LOT IN COMMON. HE CAME TO MY AID AFTER MY TOES WERE AMPUTATED.

PATRICK WEBSTER ARTIST, IMAGES

A PAINTED WOOD LATH SYSTEM PROPOSED TO INSPIRE STEPHANIE SMITH, COPPER MOUNTAIN MESA. JOSHUA TREE CA.

PROPOSAL FOR TODD FISHER AND WIFE CAT, A PROFESSION MAGICIAN , LAS VEGAS, NEVADA SITE

TODD FISHER, PRODUCER, DIRECTOR, FILM MAKER, AUTHOR OF BEST SELLER BOOK “MY GIRLS” DEBBIE REYNOLDS, MOTHER AND CARRIE FISHER, SISTER.

TODD A FORMER STUDENT OF MINE AT SCI-ARC. A TALENTED FUN PROFESSIONAL. .

A PROPOSAL FOR ADDITION TO RESIDENCE WITH OFFICES, WORKSHOPS, STUDIOS, THEATER, MUSEUM, GATHERING SPACES, AVARY, STABLE ARENA , LAKE ETC.

A REALITY COMPOUND TO DO ALL THE PROFESSIONAL AND PRIVATE ASPECTS FOR THEIR LIVES.

PROJECT ON HOLD.

ENTRY ELEVATION

EXISTING RESIDENCE ON LEFT, TO BE PAINTED TO MATCH NEW PROPOSAL COLORS.

ENTRY FENCE

MONUMENT TO QUEEN CALAFIA CLIENT CARLOS MEJIA

THOUSAND OF YEARS BEFORE NATIVE INDIGENOUS CIVILIZATION QUEEN CALAFIA RULED CALIFORNIA AND MEXICO, LOOK HER UP . CALIFORNIA WAS NAMED AFTER HER. REMNANTS OF BONES SHOW THE AFRICAN HISTORY IN CALIFORNIA.

CARLOS MEJIA THE CLIENT SAYS HE OWNES, ON THE 31 PARALLEL, CLIFFS OVER 300’ HIGH ON THE PACIFIC COAST IN BAJA CALIFORNIA. WHERE HE WANTS TO BUILD A MONUMENT TO QUEEN CALAFIA THAT IS HIGHER THAN THE STATUE OF LIBERTY IN THE UNITED STATES.

I WAS MOTIVATED, AND DID A COUPLE CROWNS THAT ARE SYMBOLIC OF THE QUEEN, THE IMAGE OF HER STATURE IS LEFT UP TO PERSONAL IMAGINATION TO ENVISION.

300’ HIGH.

EXISTING

FLAMINGO HEIGHTS YUCCA VALLEY CALIFORNIA,

LEE SCOTT, CINEMA COMPOSER, AND MUSIC EDITOR AND WIFE ALICE JONES, PROFESSIONAL CLOWN, ACTOR, AND TEACHER.

REMODEL OF EXISTING HOUSE , NEW CARPORT AND NEW SOUND STUDIO.

PERMITTED , CONTRACTOR SELECTED, AND FINANCED TO START CONSTRUCTION.

REALITY WITH EXCEPTIONAL CLIENTS.

SOUTH ELEVATION

FRONT GATE REMODEL

REMODEL OF FRONT GATE

4 comments

  1. HI READERS,

    IF YOU CHECK MY BLOGS A FEW YEARS BACK, THERE WHERE MANY COMMENTS. I AM PERPLEXED THAT NOBODY COMMENTS.

    I WOULD ENJOY YOUR FEED BACK.

    THANKS, GLEN

  2. Hi Glen,

    I drop in now and then to see how you’re doing, always pleased to see your latest project work. You’ve still go it; terrific work.

    I had to drop classes in SF (streets became too dangerous at night for my students), and switched to 100% distance learning. http://www.sfia.net

    All my best and hi to Jasmina.

  3. HI FRED,

    THANKS FOR THE COMMENT.

    YASMINA IS TEACHING A COURSE ON ARCHITECTURE AT THE WALDORF SCHOOL IN SAN DIEGO

    WISHING YOU THE BEST MY FRIEND,

    GLEN

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