Corazón Del Sol Winery

Corazón Del Sol Winery
© Luis Abba

Corazón del Sol Winery 

A4estudio

ARCHITECTS
A4estudio

LEAD ARCHITECT
Leonardo Codina

PHOTOGRAPHS
Luis Abba

AREA
785 m²

LOCATION
Tunuyán, Argentina

CATEGORY
Winery

Corazón Del Sol Winery
© Luis Abba
Corazón Del Sol Winery
© Luis Abba

The project is located in Valle de Uco, Tunuyán, a wine-growing area one hundred kilometers south of the city of Mendoza.

Corazón Del Sol Winery
© Luis Abba
Corazón Del Sol Winery
© Luis Abba

It is a small winery with a capacity of 70,000 liters in tanks and 50,000 in barrels. The industrial program is complemented by a tourism sector consisting of a wine cellar, a tasting room, and an administrative area.

The industrial organization is proposed in series, starting with three consecutive parallel buildings organized from east to west: a grape harvesting gallery, a tank room, and a barrel room.

Corazón Del Sol Winery
© Luis Abba
Corazón Del Sol Winery
© Luis Abba

The fruit enters from the east and the finished product exits from the north. The tourism entrance is planned on the opposite side (west), entering from the south.

A tour is proposed in relation to the view of the landscape and the mountains to the west, with visual contact with the barrel room. The wine cellar is located in a basement and the administrative area is on a second level.

Corazón Del Sol Winery
© Luis Abba
Corazón Del Sol Winery
© Luis Abba

The scale of the project is determined by the needs of the industrial building, but the tourism tour maintains the same height, adding to the visual experience.

Finally, a system of sunshades is proposed that regulates excessive sunlight from the west at different angles, providing controlled openings, temperatures, and shadows for the tour.

Corazón Del Sol Winery
© Luis Abba© Luis Abba
Corazón Del Sol Winery
© Luis Abba

The materiality of the project is designed in relation to the landscape, with a concrete base in contact and coherence with a mineral and rocky ground, and a second layer with a corten steel skin in relation to the colors of the vineyard in autumn and winter.

The terrace of the tasting room is placed on a piloted platform to achieve dominant views of the landscape and generate the least possible impact.

Corazón Del Sol Winery
© Luis Abba


Corazón Del Sol Winery
© Luis Abba
Corazón Del Sol Winery
© Luis Abba
Corazón Del Sol Winery
© Luis Abba
Corazón Del Sol Winery
© Luis Abba
Corazón Del Sol Winery
© Luis Abba
Corazón Del Sol Winery
© Luis Abba
Corazón Del Sol Winery
© Luis Abba
Corazón Del Sol Winery
© Luis Abba
Corazón Del Sol Winery
© Luis Abba
Corazón Del Sol Winery
© Luis Abba


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