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SİYAH KAYRAK TAŞI ÜRETİMDEPOLAMA ÜNİTESİNDE YARATTIĞI SERİN ORTAM DOLAYISIYLA TERCİH EDİLDİ. BLACK FLAGSTONE IS THE PRIMARY INTERIOR CLADDING MATERIAL CREATING A COOL AESTHETIC AND ENVIRONMENT IN THE WINE PRODUCTION AREA. Enine kesit / Cross section 2009 and June 2011. Set next to a park on a site belonging to La Rioja state government where more than 1300 grape vines were already planted, the project consists simply of three buildings: The linear volume partially placed under ground level houses all the wine production units including fermentation, the pavilion with an angular form where lectures and conferences are organized and a tower with offices. These three buildings whose architectural program is centered around all aspects of viticulture including presentations on winemaking from fermentation, storage to sale, marketing and research, appear as distinct volumes in a complex that is a mix of landscape and architecture. As a secondary factor in the design is the existing natural setting and vegetation such as pine trees and bushes that were preserved as the architects worked around them to determine the site plan which for example created the angular form of the pavilion. BUILDING ECOLOGICAL VITICULTURE The design strategy followed a process where the building units were designed with the existing topography and the MAYIS - HAZİRAN 2013 / MAY - JUNE 2013 • NATURA 73