Polycarbonate, metal and concrete are among the many resilient supplies used to kind a pair of business buildings at Fulldraw Winery, designed by US studio Clayton Korte.
Set on 100 acres (40 hectares), Fulldraw Winery is situated in an agricultural area alongside California's Central Coast within the metropolis of Paso Robles. The vineyard is understood for its manufacturing of Rhone-style wines.
Clayton Korte was commissioned by the corporate's house owners, Connor and Rebecca McMahon, to create a vineyard advanced that “represents their character and fervour for winemaking.”
“The answer is a vineyard that's acquainted but unique, snug but subtle—seemingly disparate concepts that come collectively via a customer expertise that's as clear as it’s intimate,” mentioned the Texas-based structure studio.
The group designed three buildings for the location.
The primary two – a 6,972 sq. foot (648 sq. meter) fermentation constructing and a 2,170 sq. foot (202 sq. meter) storage facility – have been accomplished and can assist annual manufacturing of as much as 10,000 instances. of wine.
The third construction will home a tasting room and is scheduled to open in 2026.
All constructions are designed to supply a connection to the undulating, vine-striped terrain.
“Indoors and outside, the services present a direct connection to the encompassing scenic panorama as every of the buildings overlooks the winery and the area,” mentioned the group.
Accessed by way of a drive that runs via the winery, the fermentation constructing and storage facility are organized in an L form round a crushing pad.
The topography of the location, the trail of the solar and the prevailing breeze knowledgeable the design of the buildings. A photovoltaic system helps scale back the vineyard's dependence on utility energy.
For the fabric palette, the group used a mix of sturdy choices comparable to polished concrete, fiber cement and weathering metal. Orange-red painted metal beams and columns present pops of coloration.
“Utilizing easy shapes, together with sincere supplies and textures, helps break down the constructing's scale to suit inside its context,” the group mentioned.
To supply an optimum indoor local weather, the buildings are comparatively opaque alongside the western elevation, the place publicity to the solar and winds are most intense.
Openings have been rigorously positioned to facilitate cross air flow, evening cooling and daylight working environments.
Contained in the fermentation constructing is a tall, garage-style door with panels that fold up and down. Past its aesthetic enchantment, the door is “extremely practical for ahead and reverse forklift site visitors,” the group mentioned.
Alongside the higher stage of the constructing, recent air enters via polycarbonate home windows, that are linked collectively and pivot, open and shut in unison.
Polycarbonate has additionally been utilized in different areas, together with an workplace window, which emits subtle mild. Daylight additionally enters the area via a channel glass wall.
Different wine-related tasks by Clayton Korte, previously often known as Clayton & Little, embody a wine cave constructed right into a Texas hillside and a weatherproof metal barn created for James Berry Winery in Paso Robles.
Pictures is by Likeness Studio.
Venture credit:
Architect: Clayton Brief
Clayton Korte Staff: Brian Korte (Principal), Camden Greenlee (Affiliate), Christian Hertzog (Venture Supervisor)
Planning marketing consultant: Kirk Consulting
Normal contractor: Uncommon constructions
Civil engineer: Superior engineering
Structural Engineer: SSG Structural Engineers
M+P Engineer: 3C Engineering
Electrical engineer: Thomas Electrical
Enlightened marketing consultant: FMS companions in architectural lighting
Hearth safety engineer: Collings and Associates
Entry Compliance: Entry Compliance Consultants, Inc
Power compliance: In Steadiness Inexperienced Consulting
Homeowners/winemakers: Connor and Rebecca McMahon