Institutional Winery ‘La Grajera’ by Virai Arquitectos; photo by Jose Manuel Cutillas
Madrid-based Virai Arquitectos have realised this Institutional Winery of La Grajera located in the northern Spanish city of Logroño. Composed of several detached buildings, the 2011-completed development ‘seeks an equilibrium between the need to announce the presence of the winery and the desire to merge with the landscape: the volumes follow the deformations of the land and are interrupted, moving towards the forest, remaining close to its border and thus respecting the existing vegetation.’
Institutional Winery ‘La Grajera’ by Virai Arquitectos; photo by Jose Manuel Cutillas
More about the project:
‘A large semi-basement foundation in sandstone, which houses the production area of the winery, bends and rises to become an element of the building and to turn into an element of the landscape. Before this massive construction, the institutional part of the winery is materialized in a light, amplified body in glass and dark ceramic.
‘The third volume, a small tower housing offices, completes and closes the building, helping to create the pedestrian square that gives access to the different areas: a piazza that is open to the forest, to the landscape and to the panorama.
‘The presence of two entrances on different heights makes it possible for the winery to remain partly below ground, exploiting the slope of the land; this favours many aspects of the manufacturing process, as for instance the constant temperature of the ground and the use of gravity or natural ventilation.’
Institutional Winery ‘La Grajera’ by Virai Arquitectos; photo by Jose Manuel Cutillas
Institutional Winery ‘La Grajera’ by Virai Arquitectos; photo by Jose Manuel Cutillas
Institutional Winery ‘La Grajera’ by Virai Arquitectos; photo by Jose Manuel Cutillas
Institutional Winery ‘La Grajera’ by Virai Arquitectos; photo by Jose Manuel Cutillas
Institutional Winery ‘La Grajera’ by Virai Arquitectos; photo by Rafael La Fuente
Institutional Winery ‘La Grajera’ by Virai Arquitectos; photo by Jose Manuel Cutillas
view the Institutional Winery ‘La Grajera’ project on Architonic
