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This image The sensitively designed roof terrace space provides intelligent seating as well as splendid views


Below Live music can be enjoyed by audiences across a multi-level and open-air space all year round


CASE STUDY LAHOFER WINERY


Deep in the Moravian countryside, the Lahofer Winery and visitor centre has found its outdoor setting, with amphitheatre roof and landscaping, a far greater attraction than they ever anticipated pre-pandemic. Designed by Chybik + Kristof Architects and Urban Designers, the building responds to the rolling landscape of this Czech wine-making region, as well as architectural tradition. Incorporating wine-making facilities, an administrative base and visitor centre with tasting room, the winery echoes the archetypal wine cellar with a grid of reinforced concrete arched beams framing the interior space, each beam aligned with the geometry of the nearby vine rows.


The buildings are set into the landscape according to desired temperatures, in two halls at two levels. The upper hall is dedicated to wine-making, and the production and employee facilities can tolerate higher temperatures while the lower hall, which is cooler, houses the wine press, cellar and store. This allows for an undulating roof that becomes an amphitheatre for cultural events for both locals and visitors, spilling into a shared courtyard space with the visitor centre, whose glazed, south-facing frontage draws ample natural light into the interior and allows sweeping views of the landscape.


Opening in spring 2020, initial plans to host cultural events,


including local grape harvest celebrations and theatre performances, had to go on hold. However, in the summer of 2021, the winery has really come into its own, with initial events expanded and joined by a host of other local musical and theatrical activities, making the most of its pandemic restriction-friendly and spectacular setting.


Client Lahofer Winer


Architects Chybik + Kristof Architects and Urban Designers Area 2,900 sq m (ground floor area) Completed Spring 2020


LAURIAN GHINITOIU


ALEX SHOOTS BUILDINGS


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