Mont-Ras Winery by Jorge Vidal and Víctor Rahola

23/02/2017. [Mont-Ras - Girona] Spain
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Mont-Ras Winery, Girona, is a space evolving from the essence of wine, ground and grapes.

Mont-Ras Winery by Jorge Vidal and Víctor Rahola. Photograph © José Hevia

Mont-Ras Winery by Jorge Vidal and Víctor Rahola. Photograph © José Hevia

Site plan. Mont-Ras Winery by Jorge Vidal and Víctor Rahola

Plan. Mont-Ras Winery by Jorge Vidal and Víctor Rahola

Section. Mont-Ras Winery by Jorge Vidal and Víctor Rahola

Axonometric view. Mont-Ras Winery by Jorge Vidal and Víctor Rahola

Detail. Mont-Ras Winery by Jorge Vidal and Víctor Rahola

Model. Mont-Ras Winery by Jorge Vidal and Víctor Rahola

Construction. Mont-Ras Winery by Jorge Vidal and Víctor Rahola

Jorge Vidal and Víctor Rahola designed Mont-Ras Winnery as a platform inside the earth with four main spaces and a roof-garden, taking in consideration all the specific conditions required for the wine production and conservation, such as temperature, space and light.

Description of the project by Jorge Vidal and Víctor Rahola

The construction of a winery and the wine process creation are extremely attached at the experience with the land. The wine is smell, color, flavor and shape. The senses and the perceptions have to go together with a site that is able to emphasize the process of the transformation. In order of that, we have worked with four key aspects:

1.- The winery program is the result of the necessity to produce wine and organize a relationship between the existing land house. For the wine production there are four main spaces with three other ones between them, these last ones are the services spaces with all the facilities and storage. The first main space from the right, next to the laboratories and freezers, is the space for all the farming instruments and tools for the vineyards. The second one is for all the vats needed for the “mosto wine” production. The third one is for those vats and bottles that are resting. The last one, and forth, is the area for the Tastings, enjoyment and storage of the bottles that are ready to be open. One access through a tunnel from the upper side of the House is the one that organize the circulation of the owners. The access to the three other spaces is done directly from the vineyards

2.- The soil humidity helps the conservation of the wine. We decided to grave the winery into the earth to keep it with the ideal temperature and to create a platform for the existing House Land as well. The same earth is the one that helps us to create space.

3.- The space deepness is the sound abortion, emptiness and shadow. The light organizes the space.

4.- The building is a platform inside the earth. Its roof is a garden that lies on top of the concrete volts which its optimized calculations have drawn a section of hyperbolic arches. At the same time the platform is the water keeper for its re-use. The external walls are designed with the ideal shape having in consideration its material (the brick) to send all the efforts to the structure.

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Architects

Jorge Vidal and Víctor Rahola

Structure

BAC

Location

Mont-Ras, Girona, Cataluña

Year

2016

Builded Area

573,64 sqm

Vidal Tomás Arquitectes. Jorge Vidal

Jorge Vidal Tomás architect, graduated from ‘Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Barcelona’ (ETSAB) in 2005. He studied at the Academy of Architecture Mendrisio in 2004. During that time, he worked with Peter Zumthor Atelier and Valerio Olgiati Atelier. Furthermore, he studied in Greece with Ella Zenghelis thanks to a scholarship awarded to him by the Mies Van der Rohe Foundation. He is, at present, preparing his Ph.D. at ETSAB.

He is a professor of Studio Projects at ETSAB and director of the series of lectures known as Foros ESARQ at the Universidad Internacional de Cataluña. He has taught as a guest speaker at many schools of architecture. In addition to his academic commitments, he lectures extensively all over Spain and also abroad. He writes regularly about architecture.

ARQUITECTES VÍCTOR RAHOLA

Víctor Rahola Aguadé (1945, Barcelona) graduated from Escuela técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Barcelona ETSAB in 1973. He worked for Jose Antonio Coderch before establishing his own practice.

He taugth at the Escuela Técnica Superio de Arquitectura de Barcelona from 1977-2010. He has been visiting Professor at a number of schools of architecture. He has served on many architectural competition juries. In addition to his academic commitment, he lectures extensively both in Spain and abroad and writes regularly on architecture.

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