Books: ARCHICURA in the cellar

The development of wine tourism and the transformation of the wineries in real objects, which are also tourist destination, push manufacturers to look for the most famous star-system architects to characterize their corporate image through architecture. Compared with the experiences of the eighties, that elaborate examples from the past but do not bring substantial changes in the system, the most recent realizations contain typological and formal innovations that match “different conceptual approaches, methodological and language”.
The cellars gradually undergo a reorganization of space, they become larger and more complex representative buildings, deeply tied to the land in which they find themselves. More and more, in recent years, they host seemingly unrelated functions from those that are production stages and more akin to wine tourism, in fact. These new requirements have called upon internationally renowned architects who have been confronted with a fascinating theme: the harmonious union of production requirements, technological innovation and communication of an image now completely new and more detailed.
Finally, these experiences have been collected in the series Architecture Tools, da edited by Motta, in a monograph dedicated, fresh from publication, entitled “Cantine” (editor’s note: “Cellars”).
Among the selected wineries: Sattlerhof – Gross – The Earth Song (ARCHICURA) – Terre da Vino – Ca ‘Marcanda – La Brunella – Petra Winery – Col Solare – Cellar Perusini – Neumeister – Ysios Winery – Wineries Mezzocorona – Ceretto – Winecenter – Lemelson – Woollaston – Research and Multimedia Center Nardini – Hillinger “Hill” – Wellanschitz – Lopez de Heredia Vina Winery Tondonia – Evelyn County Estate – Loisium – Cantina Las Ninas – Fonterutoli – Collemassari – Cellar Bric – Christ Winery – La Rocca – Adega Mayor – Weingut Ploder-Rosenberg – Campodelsole – Quintessa.

(“CANTINE”, author: Veronica Pirazzini, Motta Architettura publisher, Milan, 2008)

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