
This system turns the outdoors into a custom experience
A fully configurable structure, designed to blend seamlessly into the natural landscape while providing shelter from sun, wind, and rain.
It exists - it’s called CODE.
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The volumetry of this object is pure, consisting of a horizontal plane and four vertical mirror walls. On the terrace created between these planes, a veritable lookout floating over the vines, the fifth plane, detached and horizontal, reflects the existing rooves, the vines and the horizon. The East and West facades consist of a concrete veil, covered in a set of horizontal stainless steel slats that are polished and lacquered a dark red colour to remind us that, here, it’s all about wine.
The slats are progressively angled, all the way down the facade, with the bottom slats angled upwards, reflecting the sky, while the slats at the top, angled progressively downwards, reflect the ground and the rows of vines. The North facade is transparent, consisting of a large two-way mirror that reflects the vines during the day and then reveals the new fermenting room when night falls. The roofing is a fine horizontal plate, with the underside made from the same dark red material as the facades.
Upstairs, a restaurant with floor-to-ceiling glass walls looks North over a vast terrace. The terrace floor is covered in the centre with red glass gravel that you tread as people once trod grapes. Steps leading down from the terrace take you to a small balcony from where you can run your eye unhindered out over the sea of vines.



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Château La Dominique, Saint Emilion, France
Program: winery
Architects: Ateliers Jean Nouvel
Associated architects: Moon Safari ex-Air Architectes
Project Leader: Emmanuel Blamont
Landscape architects: OOk Paysagiste
Budget: 7,000,000 €
Area: 3,200 sqm
Completion: 2014

Natural stone is an eternal material
Now in its 59th edition, Marmomac returns to Verona from September 23 to 26 to showcase the role of stone in contemporary design.
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