João Mendes Ribeiro > Torre de Palma Wine Hotel

Fuente: Archdaily
Fotografía: © do mal o menos

In the landscape of the great lowlands of the Alentejo region, the Torre de Palma estate includes an extent of agricultural fields and a sizable group of buildings confined on the southeast side of the property. The project for the installation of a Wine Hotel in this particular environment aimed to respond to the new functional program while respecting the architectural and morphological features of the built aggregate and its surrounding landscape. The intervention included both the repair and remodeling of the old farm buildings and the construction from scratch of a new set of buildings, based on precise gestures, respecting the lands’ exceptional features.

In the reconstruction of the pre-existent structures, the general configuration of each building was kept, comprising only a few minor changes in the interior spaces and the insertion of new openings when needed. Wherever necessary, structural elements, roofs or coatings were also replaced.

The new constructions had two different natures: entirely new buildings that were placed outside of the original built aggregate and new buildings that replaced old constructions – degraded and with no historic or architectonic interest – with a new common material identity: concrete structure, masonry walls and concrete slabs roofs.

In general, the land kept its original features with subtle variations according to the specificity of each area of the estate. In order to unify the space, the main yard was paved with stabilized clay, bounded by a perimeter in traditional white marble cobblestone from the Alentejo region. Outside the main aggregate, five different areas were created: a vineyard close to the ancient “levada” (a traditional irrigation channel); an olive grove close to the new swimming pool; a kitchen garden with large garden beds for organic vegetables and herbs; an orchard area close to the farm warehouses and a meadow area close to the stables and the horse riding arena.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Architects:
João Mendes Ribeiro

Location:
7450 Monforte, Portugal

Design Team:
Luísa Bebiano (in the Wine Cellar and Cottar House buildings)

Year:
2014

Photographs:
do mal o menos – Eduardo Nascimento e João Fôja

Colaboration During Project Phase:
Ana Cerqueira, Ana Isabel Fernandes, Carina Carmo, Carolina Ferreira, Catarina Fortuna, Catarina Leal, Diogo Rodrigues, Filipe Catarino, Joana Brandão, Joana Canas Marques, Joana Figueiredo, Luísa Bebiano, Mafalda Moreira, Margarida Tavares, Maria Jerónima, Pedro Martins, Rui Santos, Sara Ataíde, Sofia Rangel, Teresa Silvestre.

Colaboration During Construction Phase:
Filipe Catarino

Landscape Architecture:
João Mendes Ribeiro

Structural Engineer:
Paulo Maranha Tiago

Hidraulic Engineer:
Vítor Ribeiro

Electrical Engineer:
Luís Filipe Besteiro Ribeiro

Mechanical Engineer:
Francisco Viçoso, João Madeira da Silva, Pedro Dias

Gas Installations Engineer:
Pedro Ramos

Contractor:
ABA – A. Baptista de Almeida, Construções Civis e Obras Públicas

Client:
Torre de Palma Lda – Dr. Paulo Barradas Rebelo, Dr. Isabel Rebelo

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