Dry Landscape

• Client Work
• by Dugan Lunday

We reserved two time slots for our clients before and after open hours at Ryoan-ji, a 15th century zen temple (I believe there was another temple on the site dating back to the 11th century). The temple is most famous for its dry landscape garden. Being able to appreciate a historical monument and world heritage…

Otagi Nenbutsu-ji

• Client Work
• by Dugan Lunday

One of the more memorable temples during the project in Kyoto was definitely Otagi Nenbutsu-ji. A Tendai-sect temple in the Arashiyama area of Kyoto, it’s most interesting feature is the 1,200 stone arhat sculptures. The stone sculptures were all carved by amateurs under the supervision of the previous abbot, and each one has its own…

Grassroots Spacecraft

• Client Work
• by Dugan Lunday

Recently I’ve been in contact with a Japanese Nagoya-based private space venture. They have two really distinguishing characteristics. The first is the mechanism that they are developing. Their concept is a reusable spacecraft that relies on a dual jet/rocket combustion method, allowing the spacecraft to takeoff and land like an ordinary plane and eliminate the…