that sets the tone for the architecture of the
Wine Museum. This system of building is both
simple and traditional but resolutely stark in its
character. Perraudin’s architecture in massive
limestone blocks labeled “vernacular avantgarde” has one of its most clear articulations
here as a series of basic components that work
to describe the sloping terraced topography.
The limestone blocks, while distinct in their
surface textures, are part of a whole system
of structurally expressive forms highlighted
by the structural use of stone from the natural
stone foundations up to the complex timber
ceilings. While traditional and somewhat archaic
in appearance, this system is quite modern in
its clear details including the surprising, yet
efficient use of steel crossbeams that bring in a
contemporary element. In this way the design
of the Wine Museum at Patrimonio is one of the
few buildings of late that combines the unique
qualities of the traditions of Mediterranean
architecture in a building that is also meant to
appeal to modern taste and use.
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