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Via Wines Tasting Room

VIA WINES TASTING ROOM

Claro Arquitectos

Via Wines Tasting Room
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ARCHITECTS
Claro Arquitectos / Samuel Claro

AREA
180.0 m2

YEAR
2009

PHOTOGRAPHS
Laura Hull Photography

CATEGORY
Bar

LOCATION
San Rafael, Chile

COLLABORATORS
Guillermo Urrutia, Hugo Gálvez

PHOTOGRAPHY
Samuel Claro, Eugenio Hughes

CLIENT
Via Wines

SITE AREA
1 há

STRUCTURES
Rodolfo Arjona

ELECTRICAL
Sergio Alemparte

HVAC
Rodrigo Farias

PLUMBING
Claudio Muñoz

LIGHTING
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LANDSCAPE
Brigitte Rehren

CONSTRUCTION
Proyekta

TECHNICAL INSPECTION
Juan Eduardo Mujica

Via Wines Tasting Room
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Via Wines Tasting Room
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Via Wines Tasting Room
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Text description provided by architect.

The commission from the winery was to design a Tasting Room with an infrastructure capable of revealing to visitors the geography and characteristics of the vineyards of Fundo San Rafael in Talca.

This new space had to discover the secrets of this land and its nature. It should be a space for contemplative retreat, chosen for wine tasting, detached from the other tasks and program of the winery.

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Via Wines Tasting Room
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The site is on the biggest of the three existing lagoons, in a field of more than 1500ha, next to a native forest, and overlooking the Descabezado volcano, the vineyards, and a lush landscape.

To preserve its nature intact and be in closer contact with the lagoon, we decided that the room, as well as the terraces, should float on it. We placed the services area on land as well as the access areas in the shape of a rotated cross, at the edge of contact with the water.

The main structure of steel beams that make up the main room support the tasting room in a 15.5m cantilever, completely suspended over the water.

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Via Wines Tasting Room
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The tasting room hangs through a tensile metal structure, with glass walls that perfectly integrate the visitor with the nature of the place. For linings and terraces, we used old sawn oak from demolition and natural oak ties.

The landscaping and restoration of the lagoon edge will slowly submerge the facilities on land, leaving the rooms and terraces to emerge freely over the water and landscape.

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Via Wines Tasting Room
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