Cloudy Bay Winery

Cloudy Bay Winery
© Mike Rolfe

CLOUDY BAY WINERY

Tonkin Zulaikha Greer Architects , Paul Rolfe Architects

ARCHITECTS
Tonkin Zulaikha Greer Architects, Paul Rolfe Architects

LOCATION
New Zealand

CATEGORY
Houses

PROJECT YEAR
2012

PHOTOGRAPHS
Mike Rolfe

Text description provided by architect.

Cloudy Bay Shack establishes the connection between the image on the wine label and the direct experience of the vineyard.

Cloudy Bay Winery
© Mike Rolfe
Cloudy Bay Winery
© Mike Rolfe

We shaped the building to gain vistas along the vineyards to the Richmond Ranges, whose silhouette adorns each bottle.

An entry sequence has been established to deliberately dramatise the ‘Cloudy Bay’ view. On arrival, visitors face two weathered steel walls, resembling someone holding their arms out to welcome an old friend.

Cloudy Bay Winery
© Mike Rolfe
Cloudy Bay Winery
© Mike Rolfe

When the door is opened, a warm timber interior is revealed and the view is obscured by a series of concertina timber panels.

As guests enter, the view is revealed by degrees until they walk down three steps to the entertaining level where the full view of the receding vines and Richmond Ranges are presented.

Cloudy Bay Winery
© Mike Rolfe
Cloudy Bay Winery
© Mike Rolfe

Bedrooms and bathrooms are focused on the same view, with the added benefit that the visitors can be concealed behind their personal timber screen or gain the view directly by opening the screen.

The exterior is composed of materials typical of the region: weathered steel and timber, evocative of rustic buildings seen nestled in the pastoral landscape.

Cloudy Bay Winery
© Mike Rolfe
Cloudy Bay Winery
© Mike Rolfe

This ensures that the building as an object sits comfortably in its environment.

To provide unexpected contrast, the interior is lined in well detailed, sophisticated timber and stone.

Cloudy Bay Winery
© Mike Rolfe


Cloudy Bay Winery
Ground Floor Plan
Cloudy Bay Winery
First Floor Plan


Cloudy Bay Winery
Site Plan

Cloudy Bay Winery
Site Plan