The story of making
wine is romantic, vivid, and memorable, but when told in an organized
industrial zone, architecture takes center stage to orchestrate the immediate
environment and inspire the narrative of wine making. On this factory site a visitor’s learning
center, a botanical garden celebrating the flora of wine-making, the production
facility, and management offices share spaces. Visitors move through the
production facility defined by the geometries and materials of the
architecture. Wood is used for all engagements with the visitor, while the pure
oval/circle geometries are used for points of reflection and transformation in
the narrative.