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Show Springdale W R e f i n e m e n t i n t h e " R e g r e s s i v e " M i c h a e l R . S o m m e r F i n a l S t u d i o A R C H 6 9 7 1 S University of Utah college of Architecture + Planning S THE I NTERSECTION OF BEAUTY "'ltINElI 2DD'iI WINERY 5 T A N A B I L I T Y I n t e r s e c t i n g B e a u t y + S u s ta i n a b i l i t y T h e o r e t i c a l Foundat i o n s + D e s i g n P h i l o s o p h y "A building is not an end to itself; it frames, articulates, restructures, gives significance, relates...The authenticity of architectural experiences is grounded in the tectonic language of building and the comprehensibility of the act of construction to the senses. We behold, touch, listen, and measure the world with our entire bodily existence…We are in constant dialogue and interaction with the environment, to the degree that it is impossible to detach the image of the Self from its spatial and situational existence." Juhani Pallasmaa Beauty is to be found in the revelation of our very humanity. In the validation of our own human existence we come to better understand and contextualize ourselves within the larger body of the human condition. Since the dawn of man, mankind has constantly pursued greater understanding of his place within the world. The imposition of architecture and the process of viticulture converge on this matter. The cultivation of the vine is a way in which mankind, irrespective of locality, has rooted himself in the understanding of a beloved place. Architecture similarly orients and stabilizes in an otherwise chaotic world by bringing order, boundary, and a framed perspective as to mans' placement. In this project I have sought to engage the most primal element of human existence, that of our senses, as a means of providing a resonant relationship with the land, the vineyard, and the building. By permitting the site and contextual relationships to govern the placement of programmatic components, the design allows each space to capitalize and ground the occupant in a sensual relationship specific to the place in which they reside. For further development the refinement of wine and the ritualization of its tasting provided a model for orchestrating the sensual engagement which occurred within each space. Gener at o r s o f B e a u t y The Sensual Engagement o f S p a c e + L a n d s c a p e "Yet it is not to science but to architecture to which we refer when we speak of space or time in relation to our own experience and Memory. Architecture expresses, stabilizes, and orients in an otherwise chaotic world." Daniel Libeskind In our pursuit of environmentally sound building practices we have too hastily allowed sustainability measures to govern the development of the quality of our spaces. Further our deification of sustainability measures only further alienates them from becoming normalized and accepted common practice. If sustainability measures fail to create resonant architectural spaces, buildings are prone to be placed in landfills prematurely because our society has increasingly treated buildings as commodities, as disposable as any other product. Environmentally sound buildings should just be fundamental building practices, but we must once again assert beauty and meaning as the primary generators of architectural expression. Systems Integration Refinement of the raw forces in the site The cultivation of the vine is an art form that when properly handled can provide the quality of material to produce great wine. The refinement of wine from raw grapes to its finished, consumable quality provided the model for how the building should capitalize upon its relationships with the site and its resources. The primary focus was allowing the building to passively harvest the elements for heat, cooling, and ventilation Purposes. The configuration and the form of the "follies" permit maximum ventilation with the diurnal winds, the shielding or acceptance of solar heat gain, etc. In order to supplement the need for heating and cooling during the months of more extreme weather, the buildings would be equipped with ground source heat pumps which would tie into hydronic heating and cooling systems. The extraction of heat from the earth into the space or from the space into the earth is grounded in a parallel thought process to viticulture and the constant ebb and flow of the sowing and reaping of crops. Susta i n a b i l i t y Measures I n s t r u m e n t s o f B e a u t y S i t e Analy s i s Figure Gro Boundaries R e f i n i n g t h e R aw E l e m e n t s + L andscape landscape. .~.; SPRINI3DALE ".,~ • . C"'r::II"cc-.r.:=C"'UND .. •. "... .. ~ .. • • " .. ~ • \ \,. •• MOTIVATED BY THE SENSUALITY OF THE LANDFORMS IN THE RE1310N, THE SITE ANALYSIS FOCUSED UPON THE INTERRELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE LAND AND THE ELEMENTS IN THE CREATION OF THE SINUOSITY OF THE • WATER WINO !:lOMBINED OVERLAY ion SYNTHESIZED ANALYSIS LAMINAR COMPRESSION + RAREFACTL_ •• Conceptual Development Programmat i c D i a l e c t i c s Mat r i x Wi n e Ta s t i n g + Pa i r i n g a s P r o g rammat i c R e s p o n s e Inspired by Wine Tastin pairing, the relationsh between building + lan permits each sensual encounter of space to experienced with mainta intensity. Just as each of wine can be enhance by its pairing with food so functions the passin between Landscape + program. Wine tasting ritualizes engagement of multiple senses in order to det nuance contained withi sip of wine through to finish/impression. Simi each grouping of program structures a unique relationship between the interaction of the constituent spaces relative to their collective sensual engagement. Conceptual D L i n k i n g t h e S e n s u a l + S u s ta i n a b l e In order to assert sustainability measures as instruments of beauty it became necessary to analyze and create the link between the proposed design/systems integration measures and the relative sensual engagement of each programmatic grouping. · . SENSUAL HIERARCHY: TACTILE OLFACTORY 5 IT E AUDITORY TASTE S i t e I n t e r v e n t i o n Addressing the Poetics of Pl ace .... , . ". .... • ~'". ' # • • \ \. ._"e.. ...~ ~. • .' • ~ • • • • • . ~,\~. . "... .1. . .. ~,. ' ~ : . r- . . _u " . • • SITE P LAN ,.' Conceived of as a cross-section of the site, the placement of each of the programmatic follies in the landscape engages the shifting dynamics from the pace of the main street, to the expansiveness of the canyon floor, and finally to the repose of the mountain face. Restaur ant + Reta i l A Threshold from Main Street to Mounta i n Vi e w of Reta i l + Restaur ant Spaces From the Street ." /_- rz---"- ¥ ; > Restaur ant + Reta i l Tr ansition through spat i a l i n t i m a c i e s The Restaurant + Retail building gestures to the street and the winery's presence in the urban context of the Springdale Main Street. By appropriating the language of the traditional storefront the building is able to respond to its contextual relationships during all seasons. The building provides a means of shifting the occupant's sense of pace and scale from that of the main street to that of the riparian zone on its southern edge by filtering him/her through the intimacy of the dining experience. In order to thermally control the space and provide adequate ventilation the buildings exterior skin would be comprised of a louvered glass panel system that would allow the diurnal winds and breezes to pass through the building during the temperate months of the year. To supplement the need for heating and cooling the space, the imposition of a ground-source heat-pump would be used to operate a series of concrete core activated shear walls in the buildings interior structure (effectively allowing the concrete structural elements to act as a thermal fly-wheel for the space.) To u r s + R e s taur a n t H o s t i n g / Wa i t i n g R e ta i l Spa c e i n t e r i o r Ta s t i n g + Pa i r i n g Pav i l i o n An At tenuated Compression Between Earth + Sk y Considered as two parallel/laminar gestures in the landscape the tasting and special pairing spaces became an attenuated gesture in the center of the canyon floor. The pavilion becomes a flexible space that allows a maximum degree of fluidity between the interior spaces to the exterior terraces/ landscape. The tasting space and the path that exists adjacent to it permit a soft edge quality to allow tours to engage the vineyards to the north while the pairing space and its adjacent path are bound and constrained by a sensitivity to the riparian zone and its tree canopy. II n.... tIIe:.Hr.iIUoHr. oUIf" TIAaIs:itIIi n.... g1;i SClIp"'aALciIe:. ... > Ta s t i n g + Pa i r i n g Pav i l i o n Vi e w o f Ta s t i n g Pav i l i o n from No r t h e r n Vi n e yard A Willful Sensual Engagement + Extension into the Landscape of passive conditioning of space. It's roof plane not only frames the experience of the occupants by creating a gesture towards their scale, but in its sculptural quality creates a means of blocking the solar heat gain in the summer while accepting the heat gain in the winter. The pavilion also capitalizes upon its openness to the expansiveness of the canyon and the elements by allowing the diurnal winds to cool and ventilate the space. By engaging this open relationship with the landscape the tasting space is able to become immensely sensually driven with the winds carrying the scent of the grape vines, the sound of the river traveling along the exterior spaces, and the intensity of the heat and light of the sun being sheltered or admitted during appropriate seasonal variations. Pat h a d j a c e n t t o Ta s t i n g S pace Pat h A d j a c e n t t o S p e c i a l Pa i r i n g S pace Production Fa c i l i t y Bal a n c i n g e a r t h a n d s k y Fermentat i o n S pace The production facility engages the hillside to maintain its thermal consistency and limitation of UV light exposure for the aging of the wine in the cask and bottle storage, but permits a delicate pavilion structure to house the administrative, crushing, and fermentation spaces in order to allow proper ventilation and daylighting for their purposes. Production Fa c i l i t y A Vi s c e r a l e n g a g e m e n t w i t h t h e E a r t h • ..,."' .. .•.•. n. ..... - "0" n " . .. . --------- - - Bot t l i n g S tat i o n s B e t w e e n B o t t l e + C a s k S t o r age /_- rz---"- __ 'F'- ; > Deta i l e d C o n s i d e r at i o n s S y s t e m s i n t e g r at i o n + e x e c u t i o n The systems integration in all of the buildings are similar in principle to the tasting space. The operable windows permit ventilation and circulation into the landscape, the hydronic systems are run through the concrete shear walls/structure and the elements such as the bar which the occupants engage most intimately, and the structural system is handled as delicately as possible through the use of a series of steel ribs which bear upon a shear wall |
