Winery Lopez de Heredia, architect Zaha Hadid

… Which tank decanters you prefer? What about this, which put yourself, plus accompanying persons in the amount of, say, twenty people? ..

Architecture and wine Spain - continue to explore the route of “Bilbao-Rioja. Here, about 100 km south of Bilbao, is a hive of new, radically reconstructed wineries. Prior to you get into LaGuardia, where Santiago Calatrava has built a fantastic sinusoid Bodega Isios, or Else, where Frank Gehry built a most unusual hotel in the world of wine Marquis de Riskal, you will see the strange building in Haro – the town at the entrance to the Rioja winemaking . Our aim – the building of one of the world leaders of avant-garde Zahi Hadid in Lopez de Heredia economy.


Tasting Pavilion Zaha Hadid
The world’s most famous woman architect Zaha Hadid, and this time gave birth to a small architectural joke. Pavilion, built by it for Bodega Lopez – on the facade resembles stylized outlines Decanter – wine decanter, and more is on the design of the marketing category than the category of architecture.Naturally – you go inside “decanter”, and there in a stylish design environment, including a futuristic kind of furniture, degustiruete … traditional wines of the traditional economy. So to speak, to push past and the future of their foreheads. Tourists in ecstasy.

In addition to the functions of the shop and tasting room pavilion is also a museum – in the depths of it retained the old trade shop, which was presented to industry at the World Exhibition in 1910 in Brussels.

Opinion professionals

Generally speaking, even non-professional clear that this structure in the form of a giant carafe of wine – if not exactly much architecture. Such a naturalistic depiction has never been the professional community. It’s like a shoe factory built in the form of boots, and Institute for Ocean Research in the form of sperm whale. So only in Las Vegas is – kiosks in the form of McDonald’s hamburger.

Although the history of architecture and curiosities such vstrechatsya from time to time. For example, in the early twentieth century in Moscow really wanted to build a skyscraper of the Palace of Soviets, topped by a gigantic figure of Lenin. Legs – a huge building on the pedestal, the head – in the clouds. Elevator (in the spine?) Raised to the builders of communism directly to the library, which, of course, would be located in the head leader of world revolution.

In short, the message is clear – sculpture and architecture must still live separately, each in its own territory. But saxe Hadid – can. She has done so much for the world of architecture, a small architectural joke quite forgivable. And wine tourists like.

Wine tourist
Bodega López de Heredia (López de Heredia) – one of the oldest local farms. Founded in 1877 by Rafael Lopez, now owns it is the fourth generation of the family. The farm honor the traditions of the past, many of the functions and structures have not undergone any special changes so far, and you’ll see a watchtower in the Victorian gingerbread-style windmills, and cooperage workshop where wine barrels are made old-fashioned way, and underground caves for aging wine. The unexpected look at the entrance to Bodega new tasting pavilion Zaha Hadid.

Bodega Address: Avda Vizcaya 3 26200 Haro Spain

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