Still Life
Zen Center
Atlanta, GA
Program: Zen Center
Georgia Tech, Studio III
Instructor: Julie Kim
How does architecture facilitate inward and outward looking?
Architecture lives in section.
Section lives in tectonics.
Site Plan: Critical Section
1/2” = 1’-0” Section Model
Qualitative Analysis: Liminal ZoneEnvisioning the site as a cyclical procession of meditative practice, relationships of light and dark inform a tectonic sense of light and heavy. Shadows become the poche embodying spaces of inward looking, while void supplies connection to the outside.
Plan Sketch: Cutting the Critical Section
The critical section captures the transition between ordinary and sacred spaces. This procession occurs the first time one delves into practice, and repeats with increasing frequency as practice becomes part of ordinary life.
Meditation Space Visualization
Physical Model Light Study
Physical Model Light Study
Ordinary Living Visualization