New patterns of visitor-space dialogue in contemporary wineries

As architectural design is an instrument for creating new physical structures, we cannot rely only on existing theoretical studies when researching the spaces surrounding us, their transformations, and future development. It is necessary to consider previous practical design experiences to recognize problems. Research in architecture often applies the design-driven research (DDR) concept.

Using DDR in this research, project documentation of contemporary wineries are used to identify narrative approaches and spatial models of visitor-space dialogue. As a DDR tool, original drawings of plans and sections of wineries are used as a base for schemes creation. The methodological framework of the proposed research is separated into the following phases:

Phase 1 - Theoretical background: defining the concept of architecture narrative and its elements.

Phase 2 - Selection of sample of the contemporary wineries.

Phase 3 - Analyse of project documentation of selected wineries.

Phase 4 - Determination of narrative approach and spatial models of visitor-space dialogue in contemporary wineries.

Phase 5 - Verification of models conducted in Phase 4 by survey analysis and collecting visitor preferences. The gained survey results will be used as input parameters in determining the guidelines and recommendations to design the contemporary wineries.