The Quinta do Portal Winery commissioned Álvaro Siza to design a project aimed at turning their winery into a landmark destination on wine tourism routes. The result is an enclosed space which fits perfectly into its natural surroundings.
Views of the project overall.
La bodega Quinta do Portal, productora de vinos del Duero y vinos de Oporto, ha confiado a Álvaro Siza un proyecto que pretende hacer de sus instalaciones un punto de referencia dentro de las rutas del turismo enológico e integrarse en su horizonte natural.
Vista del proyecto en conjunto.
During the current summer of 2010, the entrance ramp to the Centro de Arte Santa Mónica in Barcelona temporarily houses a set of unusual inhabitable spaces that swim in the limit between private and public, aiming to serve as meeting points or areas in which to rest or read.
Durante este verano de 2010, la rampa del Centro de Arte Santa Mónica de Barcelona acoge con carácter temporal unos singulares habitáculos que, en el límite entre lo público y lo privado, han sido pensados y diseñados como lugares de encuentro, descanso y lectura.
Discussing graphic design and the professionals that practice it inevitably entails discussing languages. And dilemmas, in this case related to communication, since problem solving lies at the very heart of the culture of design and, also, since designing always involves making ethical, methodological and market choices. Thus, it is possible to interpret an author through his graphic language, but as the hypothesis of a personal project that deciphers a broader situation than the design itself.
Hablar de diseño gráfico y de los profesionales que lo practican, significa siempre hablar de lenguajes. Pero también de problemas, en este caso de comunicación, porque el problem solving está en el corazón mismo de la cultura del diseño, y también porque diseñar supone siempre hacer elecciones éticas, metodológicas y de mercado.
Graphic designer Manuel Estrada says design is very much like juggling since it is necessary to find the right equilibrium between time deadlines, clients and a balance between aesthetics and functionalism.
