Ingravitis Mas Rodó Winery

Wine Tourism Building, Mas Rodó Winery, Mediona (DO Penedès)

The project for Mas Rodó addresses the need to create a space that integrates logistics, bottle ageing, and wine tasting within the existing winery complex. After nearly a decade of producing high‑quality wines, a new building is proposed to organize the area between the current shipping warehouse and the old restored Catalan farmhouse that houses the winery. The programme is dual. On one hand, the building must provide an optimal environment for bottle ageing—quiet, dry, tempered, and dimly lit. To achieve this, a semi‑basement is designed adjoining the warehouse, protected by a polyvalent porch and ventilated concrete‑block façade functioning as a passive cooling system.

On the other hand, a semi‑exterior space is created for wine tasting and exhibition, open to the landscape and connected to the path leading to the vineyards. A 45‑centimetre height difference frames the views and shapes the access sequence. Between both areas, a transition space hosts a historical wine archive and allows vertical tastings for exclusive or professional visits.

The structure combines concrete walls and screens with light metal trusses, supporting a roof divided into three parts: concrete tiles for ageing, a wooden deck for tasting, and a planted cantilever with estate vine varieties that provides shade and thermal mass while echoing the roof geometry of the original farmhouse.

Data:

Construction year: 2017

Built Surface area: 500 m2

Team:

Architects: Relja Ferusic Manusev and Carles Sala Roig

Structural engineering: Josep maria Estivill

Technical Architect: Josep maria Estivill

General contractor: Beta Concret

Photography: Relja Ferusic