A Priorat winemaker needed a new winery in the heart of a village, Gratallops. Harquitectes accepted the client's challenge: to enable the winery to contribute to the biodynamic winemaking process, trying to optimize the passive behavior of the building
Producing wine among the narrow streets of a historical village: Celler clos pachem 1507
In the heart of the historic Spanish village of Gratallops, between stone and brick walls, stands a new winery, Celler clos pachem 1507: a large pavilion with passive behavior
Celler clos pachem 1507 stands on an L-shaped polygonal lot, among narrow streets and terraced houses, except for the imposing chieda that dominates the village. The boundary of the site is marked by an ancient stone wall, rising 10 meters, with an irregular line: the geometry of this wall is the starting point of the project
Mandatory town planning regulations and the desire to build the largest possible pavilion led to the design of two differentiated zones: a large volume with a regular plan, as wide and high as possible, destined for wine-making, and the remaining Z-shaped zone, in which all the spaces around the pavilion are gathered
The interior looks like a huge three-story high building, where the wine fermentation vats are located, which is the heart of the project. A multi-layered load-bearing brick masonry system creates pockets of air circulation between the walls, allowing the building to cool. Smaller rooms within these large walls house the winery's complementary activities
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