ANALYSIS: DOMINUS WINERY

The Dominus Winery is a project completed in 1997 by Herzog and de Meuron in Napa Valley.

For Building Systems class, we analyzed building with non-traditional cladding, and studied their parts and assemblies.

Because the project is sited in Napa Valley, most of the project is uninsulated or open air. The fermentation room is closely temperature and humidity controlled. The interior has a very open appearance, utilizing glass curtain walls to divide the space.

The most iconic part of the project are the gabion walls. There are two sizes of gabion cages used in order to control the opacity of the walls through how tightly the stones are packed.All of the stones are dark green, locally sourced Basalt.