The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 14, 1968 Page: 8 of 12
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'Poet-architect' ends month's visit; owiook
Houston's slums impressed Jullian
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By JEFFRY CORBIN
For the past four weeks the
School of Architecture had as
its guest Guillermo Jullian de
la Fuente, architect from Paris,
France.
Jullian was associated with
the late French master-archi-
tect LeCorbusier, and upon the
Jatter's death was put in charge
of completing the unfinished
works of the Atelier Corbusier.
These projects included the
French Embassy in Brasilia and
the new hospital for Venice.
LeCorbusier Projects
Jullian, with a team of seven
architecture students from Rice,
worked during the month con-
structing models of the two
projects, and of a third from
Jullian's own office, a perm-
anent trade fair for Valencia,
Spain.
The models not only familiar-
ized the students with the lan-
guage of the late Corbusier, but
served as a basis for design de-
velopment sessions carried out
here at Rice.
Perhaps the most profound
■ : ■ ervutions came not with the
- ''idling of the Corbusier story,
>:i witii his own feelings and
•ieus about architecture and the
>):"!'"ssion itself, Jullian was
"'••-t impressed not with IIous-
"n's domes or towers, but with
: 40 per cent of Houston we
'ail ''the .-lums."
"It is here where the real j
is. The buildings are the)
way they are because of public !
neressities, and no more. It is
iMTe that we can observe, learn, I
ami discover within ourselves a I
new architecture," he noted.
And from this rather surpris-
ing comment he went to talk-
ing about the mechinization
that is taking an ever-increas-
ing role in America's architec-
ure. "AH is light, cold air, hot
air. more light. The only natural
forces are outside the window.
Hut you can't even open that."
By the profession he would
i e termed a "poet-architect."
T*. him, architecture is an art
first, a technical feat second, I
Hut, for instance, Julian was!
Muick to defend the use of com- j
puters in the design of build- I
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machine."
Ductwork
With an almost Bohemian
spirit, Julian clearly showed the
effect of his teacher. He played
the role of the artist. In his
new world he found excitement
constantly, and scoffed at those
who would reduce his art to
pipes and ductwork.
Like his teacher he recog-
nized the importance of the in-
dividual.
Of our impending housing
problem he said, "if we are to
solve this most serious problem
successfully, we must build an
architecture which is fresh and
flexible, but most importantly,
one which reflects the people
who will live there and their
customs, and which will recog-
nize the 'mind and eye' of each
individual."
New Volume
The School of Architecture
will publish the twenty-third
in its series "Architecture at
Rice" on the Corbusier hospital
at Venice. The book will contain
an abundance of Corbusier's
words.
J!iit it will also contain the
first words of Jullian, who
claimed himself to be "an ac-
tor on someone else's stage." At
Rice, however, he began to
build his own theater, and the
audience was amazed.
Rookie mound staff dispels doubt
By JACK MURRAY
Thresher Sport.s Editor
The weakest apparent link in the Rice line-
up when the Owls began baseball workouts last
month was the mound staff.
Three mainstays of the 1967 pitching corps,
Bill Palmer, Mickey Holder, and Ray Hooten,
had graduated, and a fourth, Ronnie Henson,
had foregone another year of intercollegiate
competition by signing a professional contract.
Of the new prospects, only soph Dave Ownby
had ever pitched in a Rice uniform, and that was
last year in the freshman league. Mound help
had to be sought among the freshman recruits.
The weakness still exists, because of inexper-
ience, but the performances this week of Ownby
and freshman Tommy Speck and senior recruit
Tom Brown have helped to dispel much of the
doubt.
Rice, after upsetting SWC favorite A&M, 10-8,
on Saturday, and beating TCU Tuesday in a
windy farce, now rests in a second place tie with,
the Frogs. They still must play eleven games,
but the outlook is quite a bit better now than it
was last week after the opening loss to SMU.
Ownby pitched seven strong innings against
TCU, striking out eight before he tired in the
eighth. Brown and Speck collaborated to hold the
Aggies to three runs Saturday in the Owls' first
conference win.
Freshman outfielder Darrell Ilalloran, hitting
in the leadoff shot, made a big impression on
TCU with three hits (including a triple), a stolen
base, two runs scored, and two RBI's.
Leftfielder Hugo Hollas, the senior co-captain,
circled the bases for an inside-the-park home run
on a drive to left-center, while rightfielder Jer-
ry Reed collected a double and a triple.
The 44 mile-an-hour wind gusts made the
playing conditions less than ideal, but no one
wants to complain after a victory. Another
Rice win this Saturday at Texas would put the
Owls in good shape to better last season's record
of 5-10, if nothing else.
Ownby should be rested, but if he is not,
Brown will probably get the starting nod, with
Speck ready in reserve.
The results of the Border Olympics indicate
that the Univei'sity of Texas's victory over Rice
in an earlier triangular meet with A&M was no
fluke. The Longhorns have the manpower and
depth, and unless Rice improves considerably be-
fore May 3, the Owls will have to settle for
second place in the Conference meet.
Rice has recorded one more individual event
first-place victory, but Texas has taken far more
of the important seconds and thirds. (UT has
won 27 of the 96 places to date, while Rice has
earned only 11; Baylor has 17 places, A&M 15.)
Improvements can be expected in the mile
relay, the pole vault, the long jump, and the
middle sprints. Sophomore sprinter and relay
man Bill Askey has not yet reached his peak,
but when he does he will press the leaders in
the 220 yard dash.
In an individual sport of a different nature,
the Rice Karate Club made a strong showing
in the second annual Texas Invitational Karate
Tournament held last weekend in Austin.
The Rice contingent of seven tied for second
place among the many universities and junior
colleges entered in the meet.
Jeff Wooley took third place in the black belt
division of the individual matches, while Larry
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Garon, Phil. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 14, 1968, newspaper, March 14, 1968; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245024/m1/8/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.