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including landscaping, permit assistance, and planning for ongoing expansion. The facilities included space for processing grapes into wine, as well as public tasting and touring areas. Hall enjoys the challenges in both designing new wineries and expanding existing ones. “It’s like putting puzzles together; you pick the parts. In new winery design you take the parts, and see how they fit on the site, keeping in mind along with function, the orientation, the climate, and the views” he says. “On an existing facility a lot of that is given, but you have opportunities in the expansions to integrate some of those by adding new spaces.” By renovating existing winemaking facilities, Hall & Bartley are able to make them more functional and energy efficient, saving the owners time and money and reducing impact to the environment. For Hall, green building starts with paying close attention to the site layout. The orientation of a building and its relationship to sun exposure, wind and topography are critical factors in his designs. For the Flowers Winery in Sonoma
County, Calif., the architects had to work with an unusually steep site, so they designed a structure to fit with the landscape. They placed barrel storage rooms underground, which also allowed them to utilize the naturally cool underground air to refrigerate the wine barrels. Their familiarity with the California climate is another advantage for Hall & Bartley. Because temperature plays such an important part in winemaking, modifying how facilities circulate water and heat can dramatically reduce their energy use and
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waste. For example, heat given off from a refrigeration system can be used to preheat water that will be used for wash down in the water heating system. “The wine industry has had to be sustainable for quite a few years, because of the energy use. For us, it’s been part of the design process all along,” Hall said. Their designs show a wide variety of styles because each is built to complement its environment and the wishes of its owner. “Often the winery is a marketing image, so they will have a character or a
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3. Meridian Vineyards Hospitality Center, Paso Robles, Calif. Photo by Charles Callister. 4. Patio view of the Marimar Torres Estate Winery, Sonoma County, Calif. Photo courtesy of Hall & Bartley. 5. Hanzell Winery fermenting and cave portal, Sonoma, Calif. Photo courtesy of Hall & Bartley.
RAY CARLSON Ray Carlson & Associates provides professional land surveying services and vineyard consulting services to Sonoma, Napa, Marin and Mendocino Counties. They provide many types of surveys which are all performed with a high degree of accuracy by experienced staff. They have been and continue to be a team player with Hall and Bartley Architecture. Ray Carlson’s vineyard consulting services include collecting accurate information using systems to create custom GIS data bases that are GPS friendly for on-going monitoring and facility and vineyard management. Their systems are proven to achieve exact vine counts to be used for development, formulas for purchasing, supplies, measuring quality and profit analysis. Ray Carlson and Associates As-Built 3-D modeling is a great tool for marketing your tasting room or vineyard. Summer 2010 7