{"id":24580,"date":"2016-08-30T14:26:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-30T14:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aic-iac.org\/?page_id=24580"},"modified":"2016-09-08T16:59:24","modified_gmt":"2016-09-08T16:59:24","slug":"","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.aic-iac.org\/en\/editorial_n0\/makers\/ray-meeker\/","title":{"rendered":"","raw":""},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false,"raw":""},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false,"raw":""},"author":4,"featured_media":24581,"parent":24105,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_fr_post_content":"<table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_24581\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"1368\"]<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aic-iac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/ray-meeker_FiredHousePowerPointBiennaleFinal3Red-SMALL.pdf\"><img class=\"wp-image-24581 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aic-iac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/raymeeker.png\" alt=\"raymeeker\" width=\"1368\" height=\"939\" \/><\/a> &gt; CLICK ON the image to see Ray Meeker presentation[\/caption]\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<table style=\"background-color: #f5f7eb;\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>\r\n<table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #808000;\">BUILDING WITH FIRE<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span class=\"caption\"><span style=\"color: #999999;\">India, Pondicherry I Earth architecture<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>\r\n<p>There has always been earth construction, but what is the most resistant to time, is the potter\u2019s kiln. The Iranian architect Nader Khalili has experimented with the fired building, by conceiving a process of mud brick structures, stabilized by firing in situ. Taking over the heritage of Nader Khalili, Ray Meeker began his research on an earth architecture that would be at the same time, ecological, sustainable and locally made. He wants to offer affordable and environmentally friendly homes to everybody.<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<p>Why not build a house around a potter\u2019s kiln that would fire all structural bricks, as for a pottery? More than a building stabilization, this process involves symbolic values as purification by fire, closely related to Indian culture. Utopia, ecological solution, a proper way to connect the individual and the collective, residential and society? Backed by 30 years of experience, Ray Meeker shares his work dedicated to \u201cfired houses\u201d and how he has evolved the technique.<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","_fr_post_name":"ray-meeker","_fr_post_excerpt":"Born in 1944 in New York City, U.S.A., graduate in Ceramics from the University of Southern California, Ray Meeker is the famous \u201carchitect potter\u201d, who transformed the traditional use of clay and pottery, in India. Along with his wife Deobrah Smith, he has founded the Golden Bridge Pottery, in Pondicherry in 1971. For the next 40 years the place became both an inspiration and point of instruction for generations of ceramic workers and artists and the model for small scale, handmade production units in India.","_fr_post_title":"Ray Meeker","_en_post_content":"","_en_post_name":"","_en_post_excerpt":"","_en_post_title":"","_ja_post_content":"","_ja_post_name":"","_ja_post_excerpt":"","_ja_post_title":"","_zh_post_content":"","_zh_post_name":"","_zh_post_excerpt":"","_zh_post_title":"","_es_post_content":"","_es_post_name":"","_es_post_excerpt":"","_es_post_title":"","edit_language":"en"},"class_list":["post-24580","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aic-iac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aic-iac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aic-iac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aic-iac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aic-iac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24580"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.aic-iac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24976,"href":"https:\/\/www.aic-iac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24580\/revisions\/24976"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aic-iac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24105"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aic-iac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aic-iac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}