VERTICAL VINEYARD
Faculty:
Edouard Cabay, Relja Ferusic and Carles Sala
Assisted by:
Sujal Kodamadanchirayil, Ricardo Mayor, Lars Erik Elseth
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Project of the Master in Advanced Architecture of IAAC developed in collaboration with the Architectural Association School of Architecture
Within the natural context of the natural park of Valldaura, a vertical structure of more than 5 metres high has been erected to grow vine plants off ground. The aim of the project is the start of a limited production of grapes over a minimum period of 3 years, in the form of a ‘Vertical Vineyard’. The wooden structure that hosts the system consists of a timber triangular module assembled onsite, which could grow indefinitely into a larger assembly, whereas a series of hanging textile bags filled with expanded clay ensure the draining and thermal conditions for the roots to properly grow.
The vine plant is commonly cultivated in extensive vineyards, for which contemporary vine growing techniques already consider vertical supports to form an optimised pattern for the vineyard to be productive. The efficient plant therefore necessitates a support, a structure, an architecture, where gravity – inherent to the z-axis, and therefore – is the opportunity to organise the fluxes of the growth process in verticality.
In the attempt to cultivate it remotely – also in the city -, the intensive system introduces a local control of the resources by the use of a hydroponic system, in the pursuit of a ‘terroir without a terrain’. An analysis of the anatomy of the plant has lead the design of the structure to conduct both, its radicular and branching growth.
This experiment sits within the context of the Vertical Winery context developed as a collaboration between the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia and the Architectural Association School of Architecture which explores potential scenarios for the future in wine making.
-CREDITS-
Project of the Master in Advanced Architecture of the IAAC done in collaboration with the Architectural Association School of Architecture. It was directed by Edouard Cabay, Relja Ferusic and Carles Sala that form the Bodega Research group.
Faculty:
Edouard Cabay, Relja Ferusic and Carles Sala
Assisted by:
Sujal Kodamadanchirayil, Ricardo Mayor, Lars Erik Elseth
Students:
Lakshay Ghai, Anmol Arora, Sara Kelliane, Alves da Costa Sophia Di Biase, Oana Taut, Tanvangi Asthana, Olivia Camille, Alvarez Littler, Nicolas Saade, Eszter Oláh, Nicola Colella, Ashwin Varma Dandu, Manojraj Manachanallur Raju Periyasamy, Apoorva Soni, Manan Jain, Mert Gönül, Logesh Mahalingam, Maria Fechner, Elif Karamustafa, Vien Hao Nguyen, Gayathry Mohan, Filippo Testa, Kristine Kuprijanova, Magesh Kumar, Vellur Mathi, Anaisa Franco Nascimento.
