Landmark Diageo Distillery, Yunnan Province Commercial Architecture, Chinese Building Development, Images
Landmark Diageo Distillery in Yunnan Province
3 Mar 2022
Design: OLI Architecture
Location: Yunnan Province, China

Photos Courtesy OLI Architecture
Landmark Diageo Distillery, China
Known for creating transcendent designs around the world, OLI Architecture?s newest project for Diageo China, Ltd. broke ground recently and applies the studio?s characteristic attention to form, light, and site resonance to a new distillery and visitors? center nestled in the valley of China?s snowcapped Cangshan mountains.
The whisky distillation process, coupled with OLI Architecture?s signature response to surrounding landscape, inspired the design concept ?Of Nature, to Nature,? highlighting the circular relationship of the architecture to its context. The collection of buildings and outdoor spaces make extensive use of local stone and are harmoniously embedded into the terrain to follow the natural elevations of the site. The complex then dramatically opens on the southern exposed face to reveal the landscape, mountains, and vast sky. The distillery, and its extensive water features stepping towards the east, are supplied by the locally sourced pristine spring water, purified, and reused after the crafting of the high-quality single malt whiskey. Completing the cycle, the lushly landscaped east end, with natural retention pools of post-production purified water, supports native end...