architecture in landscape

The thesis critically addresses the current architectural condition of the majority of the Okanagan region’s wineries. Their superficial nature, eager to pander to the area’s tourism industry, has left a noticeable void to architecture that truly engages with its surroundings and the emotional investment of its inhabitants and users. The resulting lack of “place” has sparked me to reinvestigate the qualities of the Okanagan landscape, the industrial processes of winemaking, and the patterns and rituals of both winemaker and visitor in an effort to create meaningful architecture.

It is reconstruction and extension of a threefloor building of a winery in the center of village Kobyli. The proposal consists of expansion of capacity of wine production and storage. It is making spaces for presentation od the winery and a larger conference space. In the third floor there are nine rooms with own bathroom each. With capacity for 20 persons.

Vinery - Strachotin it`s a project of two buildings of wineries on the south of Morava. The winery is a building where the wine is produced and there`s a possibility to make a showing of this production, tasting and selling the bottles of wine. In the second building there`s situated a five storeyed hotel with a wellness center on the ultimate storey and a restaurant on the first storey

Main design goals - use of topography of the site - inspiration from the traditional earth shealtered winery architecture - ecology priciples - primary target on main qualitie of the site - south facing, views.. - connection with existing infrastructure - contact with the water - form that doesnt contrast with the landscape

This research investigates the nature and extent of e-business adoption by Australian wineries in order to describe the activity and increase understanding of the factors influencing the behaviour. Pilot study interviews grounded the research and provided industry-based direction for the survey. A census survey of the 2003 population of Australian wineries, excluding micro-wineries, used a self-administered mail questionnaire. Response rate varied by winery size, from 15% of small wineries up to 46% of very large wineries. Data was collected in five e-business process domains: e-mail, external web sites, and winery B2C web sites, extranets, and intranets; on perceptions of influence of four factors in each process domain: 1) relative advantage, 2) resource capacity, 3) supply chain activity, and 4) government activity; and on barriers to further adoption. Analysis of the survey responses supported the proposition that the nature and extent of adoption varies significantly by winery size. In general, small wineries find less benefit than larger wineries. Customer type and level of customer power also vary by winery size with winery B2C web strategies differing as a result. The proposition that the factors influencing e-business adoption vary between different types of e-business was also supported. This finding indicates that customised frameworks for particular e-business process domains will have increased relevance, and generalisations regarding the level of influence individual factors have on e-business adoption per se are inappropriate. Influence from the activities of supply chain and government organisations, the subject of the third and fourth propositions, was also found. The impact level of these external environment factors increased with winery size. In particular it is the powerful business customers and the Australian Government that drive some of the e-business adoption by wineries. Criticism of low levels of adoption by Australian small and medium sized enterprises in government funded reports appears harsh when applied to small and medium wineries after findings demonstrate that they derive less benefit from e-business than larger wineries. Reduction of the most common barriers to increasing adoption - the high cost and low quality of network connections in regional locations – remains the responsibility of government.

Winery Resort on Zerotin hill near the town Straznice

I focused my thesis on making an architecture of translucency and transparency that creates a veil between the interior and exterior environment. It has a presence while remaining permeable. I feel that the form of the architecture should not stand out, but should function as a framework for enhancing the surrounding environment which is the most attractive exhibition. I chose a winery to be my project to fulfill this idea. Wineries are the places where people enjoy the vineyard, and get away from the city. Also, a winery is unlike other types of buildings that have a simple function. When you go to a winery, you don't just go to taste wine. You go for the whole experience. From the moment you arrive at the site, you see the grapes and begin to see the process of how wine is made. When you go inside, you see the machinery and the barrels, and finally you taste the wine. So the design of the winery goes beyond being just a room to taste wine in. It tells a story. / Master of Architecture

Vineyards are perhaps one of the most attractive and recognizable productive landscapes, comprising 12 000 hectares of Canada’s 998 467 000 hectares of total land area. These unique and beautiful landscapes are characterized by their distinctive site planning, unique micro-climates and an understanding of the terroir of the land. However, the profession of landscape architecture remains tenuously connected to viticulture (the cultivation of grapes) and vineyard designs. Very few landscape architects are involved with the design of vineyards and little to no literature has been written on the interface between these two professions. The intent of this practicum is to articulate and demonstrate the important contribution that landscape architecture can make to viticulture by examining aesthetic values that link site and terroir to create an overall vineyard experience. Through a case study analysis of winery and vineyard sites, this practicum examines how landscape architecture can contribute to viticulture and enhance not only the experience of being in a vineyard setting but also the wine tourism industry. The result is a design for a winery and vineyard site in the Okanagan Valley that employs strategies for improving tourism by enhancing visitor experience.

Vineyards are perhaps one of the most attractive and recognizable productive landscapes, comprising 12 000 hectares of Canada’s 998 467 000 hectares of total land area. These unique and beautiful landscapes are characterized by their distinctive site planning, unique micro-climates and an understanding of the terroir of the land. However, the profession of landscape architecture remains tenuously connected to viticulture (the cultivation of grapes) and vineyard designs. Very few landscape architects are involved with the design of vineyards and little to no literature has been written on the interface between these two professions. The intent of this practicum is to articulate and demonstrate the important contribution that landscape architecture can make to viticulture by examining aesthetic values that link site and terroir to create an overall vineyard experience. Through a case study analysis of winery and vineyard sites, this practicum examines how landscape architecture can contribute to viticulture and enhance not only the experience of being in a vineyard setting but also the wine tourism industry. The result is a design for a winery and vineyard site in the Okanagan Valley that employs strategies for improving tourism by enhancing visitor experience.