A Fine Winery

摘要

Here's a building that will certainly lift the spirits. Set in the remote Spanish town of Penafiel, three hours north-west of Madrid, it is basically a factory. But the architect is Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, and the industry in question is the particularly agreeable one of winemaking.A factory calls for a simple industrial building, and that is exactly what Rogers Stirk Harbour has delivered. It has distilled the 19,500m~2 winery to just four basic elements. The primary element, where all the wine production is carried out, is not the usual factory shed but a 12m-deep, two-storey pit that is capped by a roof of five parallel barrel vaults. These are closed off at either end by clear window walls. Finally, a narrow elliptical courtyard has been sunk into the pit.