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Portugal Vineyards Concept Store

Porto Architects

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JURY VOTES
Multi-Brand Store
6.60
6.50
7.03
5.87
6.5
Mark Anderson
Mark Anderson Architect at Mark Anderson Design
A difficult task to arrive at the p...
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Puri Lighting Design
Puri Lighting Design Design Director at Beijing Puri Lighting Design
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6.75
Sam McMorran
Sam McMorran Strategy and Design Director at IDEO
Premium adaptation of the white cub...
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7.25
Tracey Wiles
Tracey Wiles Principal at woods bagot
The simply elegant detailing is sub...
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7.25
Howard Duffy
Howard Duffy Founder at HTDSTUDIO Arkitekter AB
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5
5.75
Nic Lee
Nic Lee Design Director at Waterfrom Design Co., Ltd
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5.5
Hana Ahriz
Hana Ahriz Co-founder at Space & Pepper
Entering a wine spaceship! Wine is...
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5
6
Franziska Heuschkel
Franziska Heuschkel Founder at Space & Pepper
With its rounded, white edges and i...
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Bhavin Taylor
Bhavin Taylor Founder / Interior Designer at Bhavin Taylor Design
Great approach to simplicity that d...
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7
Vivian van Schagen
Vivian van Schagen Founder at The Invisible Party
Iconic, bold and elegant space with...
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8
Lauren Touhey-Otto
Lauren Touhey-Otto Head of Design at Kinzo Architekten GmbH
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6
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5
6.75
MAO Jihong
MAO Jihong Founder at EXCEPTION de MIXMIND and Fangsuo Commune
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6.5
Agnes Kwek
Agnes Kwek Design Ambassador at DesignSingapore Council
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4
4.25
John Allsopp
John Allsopp Architect at John Allsopp Studio
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8
5
6.5
Falco Webbink
Falco Webbink Head of Design at Wink
7.95
7.52
8.38
8.02
7.97
Client
Portugal Vineyards
Floor area
90 ㎡
Completion
2019

A white canvas for the Portuguese wine to shine and be displayed. The interior is a blindingly white and minimal space with circular circulation. The shelves are carved out of the walls in reference to the wine terraces on a 360 degrees immersive experience into the products. A retail space where staff is welcoming the client and accompanying them, suggesting, promoting and serving. The initial challenges behind the space were to find the answers through geometry, to allow enough footfall to have the 600 references the clients intended to display, the design should allow the space to be used as a venue for suppliers presentations and to have an area for wine tasting. These requirements were answered through the definition of a radious that allowed the inner circle to gather about 50 people; three levels of terraces where all the bottles rest and a loop circulation that would be broken by the access points. Space with very linear, clear and open circulation where the staff is placed in center stage. From the moment clients enter the space they are accompanied side-by-side, with no counters, shelves or walls dividing or separating them from the staff members. The curving walls are made of a gypsum board supported by a metal frame and shelves are of engineered wood supported in the same structure. The color is one of the elements of the wine tasting process. After taking the decision to have a bright space we found that the RAL 9003 is the recommended color to be used as a background when observing the aging wine in the wine tasting events. It made sense to us to apply it to our concept as retail is all about the exhibition and about half of the products displayed are different types of Port wines which are wines that age in the bottle. The creative challenge of this project was to find that a circle plan could be the best answer for a squared existing space. Facing a squared plan, a cornered entrance and a secondary access we found our answer in the use of geometry. The displays are carved out of the walls in reference to the vineyard terraces in a circular shape that fills the customer field of view sensitively with indirect lighting and the sharp contrast between the product and the space.