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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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.

Thresholds The journey from outside world into the zen center is designed as a series of punctuations guided by formal gestures in section. The forms of the architecture lift, turn, compress, and expand, calibrating the position of the visitor’s body in relation to the architecture. 

Plan Sketch: Cutting the Critical Section



Tectonic Language of Sacred Space
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

Danny Griffin Selected Works 2014-2024