Act II: Design Development

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The next step was to begin our own winery design. Naturally, the first step was to review precedents of wineries that have qualities that we aimed to embody in our own design. These features were largely incorporation into the landscape, responsible vitaculture and land use and unconventional forms. Many old-world wineries tend to be rather conservative in their wineries, however these precedents reject that notion. We aspired to be bold in our designs like these unconventional old-world wineries.

Based on a site visit, basic sketch designs and spacial massing were created, with a series of conceptual digital models and plans created from this exploration and precedent study. Caisson 37