CELLAR DOOR
2024
“This Mornington Peninsula cellar door is designed as a structural response to the site’s viticultural geometry, functioning as a primary interface between the winemaking process and the public.”
Conceived as a direct response to the site’s viticultural geometry, aligning its structural grid with the established rhythm of the vine rows to embed the building within the agricultural landscape. Developed for a private and astute client, the project prioritises clarity, restraint, and precision in both planning and construction.
The entry sequence is defined by two leaning concrete blade walls that compress and release, forming a calibrated threshold that orients visitors toward the vineyard as the land falls away. The plan is bifurcated into two primary wings: one accommodating a public-facing restaurant, the other dedicated to wine tasting.
A dual-level material logic organises the project. Below, the undercroft houses the wine cellar, expressed through heavy, vaulted concrete ceilings that provide both thermal mass and a functional barrel store. A private dining room is embedded within this volume, establishing a direct and immersive relationship to the process of maturation.
Above, the tasting and restaurant spaces are unified by a diagrid ceiling, enabling expansive, open-plan volumes with uninterrupted views across the vineyard. Throughout, the material and structural logic is presented unadorned. Concrete and structure are not concealed but expressed and celebrated, reinforcing the project’s alignment between architecture, process, and place.
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WINERY | CELLAR DOOR
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CONCEPT
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BUNURONG COUNTRY | MORNINGTON PENINSULA, VICTORIA