Tasting Room at Sokol Blosser Winery | Allied Works Architecture
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20The Dundee Hills are characterized by rolling grasslands, Oaks and Douglas fir. The Sokol Blosser winery sits on a knoll with panoramic views of the Willamette Valley below. This prospect is enhanced by the geometric rows of vines that follow the contours of the earth giving rhythm and measure to the landscape. The design began by marking the land, cutting a series of gardens, terraces and paths into the face of the hill. On an upper terrace, the building lifts from the earth, carrying a green roof with it.
Photography: Jeremy Bitterman
The new nearly 6,000 sf tasting room emerges as a solid mass of wood sliced open and carved out in response to natural light, serene views and the rituals of wine tasting. It is a ?transparent solid?, a building that catches and holds space as it passes through. The building shifts and bends perception as it foreshortens vistas and distorts depth, all in service of intensifying the specificity of the visitor?s experience.
The elemental form and materiality draw inspiration from the earliest agricultural buildings in Oregon. Built of hemlock, fir, and cedar, they had a close connection to the land and were constructed with an economy and sense of grace. The floors, walls, and ceiling of the interior are clad in the rough-hewn cedar, the exterior a striated and random series of cedar boards. The faceted surfaces create a unified body of wood that holds the visitor to the hillsid...
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