GRI.D is the R&D project of Danny Griffin, a search for specific arrangements of Elements through considerately guided Actions and precisely steered Actuations
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Framing the Last Landscape
Valle de Guadelupe, Baja California, Mexico
Program: Winery
MIT, Core III Studio
Instructor: Sheila Kennedy
Collaborator: Zhicheng Xu
Building the last landscape in Baja California
The Valle de Guadalupe is overflowing with vineyards. The ecosystem is shriveling, rejecting the winemaking process, sustained only by the lifeline of water piped from the Colorado River. The last landscape waiting to be developed remains on the steep terrains, yet the developers want to flatten them too.
1:200 Site Model
Concept Diagram: Micro-climates
1:500 Site Plan: The Last Landscape
1:25 Framing Study: Light-gauge steel on boulder foundations
Detail Concept Models: Frame Construction on Irregular Foundations
Construction Research: Accessible Labor
Site Strategy: Steep Slope Access
1:25 Section Model
1:50 Longitudinal Section
1:25 Model Detail
1:25 Model Detail: Occupiable Cladding
1:25 Model Detail: Occupiable Beam
1:25 Detail Section: Thermal Enclosure