Domaine Claude Bentz

Domaine Claude Bentz
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Domaine Claude Bentz 

Studio Jil Bentz

LEAD ARCHITECTS
Jil Bentz

STRUCTURE ENGINEERS
Aucarré

MANUFACTURERS
Bayer Betonwerkstein, Bembe, Beton Feidt, Brever, Maison Rullem, Ost Fenster, Prefalux, Schörghuber, Tbs

PROGRAM / USE / BUILDING FUNCTION
Winery – Wine Tasting Rooms, Event Room, Wine Shop, Private Apartment & Office Spaces

PHOTOGRAPHS
Studio Jil Bentz

AREA
1500 M²

YEAR
2022

LOCATION
Remich, Luxembourg

CATEGORY
Winery, Residential Architecture, Commercial Architecture

Project Domaine Claude Bentz by Studio Jil Bentz is an autonomous extension of a winery in Luxembourg’s Mosel region.

Domaine Claude Bentz
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Domaine Claude Bentz
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It is a two-story high, 71 meters long building made of concrete and wood.

Concrete carries the ground floor which combines the new winery functions of a wine shop, tasting rooms, and an event room. Wood builds the first floor for private apartment and office spaces.

Domaine Claude Bentz
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Domaine Claude Bentz
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One of the project’s main challenges was to fit this mixture of functions in a harmonious way together and into a narrow site constrained by its significant length and topography.

The response to the challenge was given in the plan in a specific way on each level: the general approach was to create a special sequence by adapting the principle of enfilades.

Domaine Claude Bentz
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Domaine Claude Bentz
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On the ground floor, the strategy was amplified by drawing a succession of squared rooms rotated 45°.

The architectural move avoids linear corridors and thus the feeling of length. It opens up diagonal perspectives, which reduce the perception of narrowness.

Domaine Claude Bentz
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Domaine Claude Bentz
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On the first floor, a grid of 18 identical orthogonal units adjacent to one another hierarchizes the plan.

The 45° rotation of the ground floor’s rooms parallels the orientation of the saw-tooth roof.

Domaine Claude Bentz
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Domaine Claude Bentz
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The roof’s inclination, the façade’s division, and heights as much as the dual material choice enter in a direct dialog with the neighboring building of the original winery.

Particular attention has been given to the selection of materials; they were placed where they made the most sense in terms of structure, form, and climate control.

Domaine Claude Bentz
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Domaine Claude Bentz
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Genuine care was put in the selection of the concrete aggregates, sourced from the river nearby, to minimize its environmental footprint and to emphasize the winery’s strong ties with the Mosel region.


Domaine Claude Bentz
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Domaine Claude Bentz
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Domaine Claude Bentz
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Domaine Claude Bentz
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Domaine Claude Bentz
© Studio Jil Bentz
Domaine Claude Bentz
© Studio Jil Bentz
Domaine Claude Bentz
© Studio Jil Bentz
Domaine Claude Bentz
© Studio Jil Bentz
Domaine Claude Bentz
© Studio Jil Bentz


Domaine Claude Bentz
Plan - Ground floor
Domaine Claude Bentz
Plan - 1st floor


Domaine Claude Bentz
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Domaine Claude Bentz
Axonometric projection


Domaine Claude Bentz
Plan - Site