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Immersive international wine attraction opens today in Bordeaux |
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POSTED 01 Jun 2016 . BY Kim Megson |
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The building’s curving form was designed by architects Anouk Legendre and Nicolas Desmazières to evoke both wine swirling in a glass and gnarled vines Credit: Delphine Isart
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The president of France Francois Hollande was on hand yesterday (31 May) for the pre-opening of La Cité du Vin; a new international cultural wine centre for Bordeaux, France. Designed by Paris studio XTU Architects, the complex is a permanent 13,000sq m (140,000sq ft), €136m (US$151.3m, £104m) visitor experience celebrating the history of winemaking. It opens to the public today (1 June). The building’s curving form was designed by architects Anouk Legendre and Nicolas Desmazièresto to evoke both wine swirling in a glass and gnarled vines, as well as to create a link between and the centre and the spaces surrounding it through perpetual movement. A wooden skeleton is covered by two layers of silk-screen printed glass panels, photovoltaic sections and perforated lacquered aluminium panels that create a golden shimmer. Inside, 10 levels separate the structure’s core and a watchtower over the city. “This building does not resemble any recognisable shape because it is an evocation of the soul of wine located between the river and the city,” said Legendre and Desmazièresto. “Every detail of the architecture evokes wine’s soul and liquid nature. It’s intangible and sensual.”
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The shimmering gold colour of the building is inspired by the local stone found in Bordeaux Credit: Paul Desmazieres |
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the building's wooden skeleton is covered by two layers of silk-screen printed glass panels, photovoltaic sections and perforated lacquered aluminium panels Credit: XTU |
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Indoor spaces, materials and scale also reflect a sense of movement, with the wooden archways and undulating walls and ceilings created to allow visitors to pass through the building 'like a flowing river' Credit: Julien Lanoo |
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Exhibition designers Casson Mann were given a budget of over €12m to design the centre’s permanent visitor experience Credit: Julien Lanoo |
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Facillties include a theatre, a wine tasting area and two restaurants Credit: Julien Lanoo |
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The centre was opened by French president Francois Hollande on 31 May in Bordeaux Credit: Julien Lanoo |
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New cultural wine centre for Bordeaux
POSTED 05 Dec 2011. BY Pete Hayman
Casson Mann has revealed that it is working in partnership with Paris-based
architects X-Tu on the development of a new international cultural wine centre
for Bordeaux, France.
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