This extensive project was a new industrial endeavour that commenced shortly after the farm was bought by the Rupert Group. Being set in the heart of the most beautiful wine country, the building were required to be both practical, beautiful and sympathetic to the neoclassical ambience of the historic estate.
Agricultural | Franschhoek | 1993 - 98
Project Overview
La Motte Wine Estate
W e articulated the vast production, maturation, bottling, storage areas into a series of medium-scaled sculptural volumes, with architectural reference to Greek classicism, albeit with very basic detailing. This cellar was unique in its time by employing gravitational feed, which necessitated a double storey in one of its segments, and for this we drew inspiration from Italianate industrial design. The final stage of the development was the installation of the Wine Tasting Locale, which in recent years has been upgraded.
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