Beaune, France
In the countryside outside the French city of Beaune, La Cité des Vins et des Climats de Bourgogne by Emmanuelle Andreani of [siz’-ix] architectes enhances Burgundy’s landscape and heritage through its resolutely contemporary and ambitious architecture.
The “Cité des Vins et des Climats de Bourgogne” is a landscape-building close to the historic city center of Beaune, known for its emblematic centuries-old cellars.
The building promotes history, culture, and wine heritage, while highlighting the great diversity and richness of Burgundy wines.
For its sustainable design and dedication to cultural and heritage promotion, “Cité des vins & des Climats de Bourgogne” has recently been awarded a 2023 Green Good Design Award by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies.
Moreover, the “Cité des vins & des Climats de Bourgogne” also promotes the recent inscription of the “Climats” of Burgundy winegrowing region on UNESCO’s World Heritage List.
The building is part of the wider territory of Beaune and its vineyards.
With a vineyard of 400 trees and more than 1000 vines on the rooftop, this landscape building reconstitutes a “Climat.”
In Burgundy, a “Climat” is the name for a specific vineyard site combining vine plots, grape variety, and know-how.
This innovative construction is inspired by the tendrils of a vine coiling around its trellis.
The tendril also evokes the perpetual movement happening in vineyards: changing seasons, vines’ growth cycle, repeating year after year without ever being the same.
The exterior ramp, rolling up around the building is a promenade around the landscape proposing fabulous sweeping views on Burgundy.
The building will host interactive exhibitions about vineyards, a shop, activity rooms to learn about wine, offices, and a panoramic restaurant.
The “Cité des Vins et des Climats de Bourgogne” is a model of eco-sustainable commitment, aiming for a BiodiverCity label.
It promotes nobles and bio-sourced materials as burgundy stone, wood and poured in place concrete with site materials.
Facades are made of wooden structure filled with hemp concrete.
This project, design by Emmanuelle Andreani [siz’-ix] architectes, is conceived as an authentic place imbued with discovery, exchange, tradition, and conviviality.
The enhancement of Burgundy’s landscape and heritage is made possible by this resolutely contemporary and ambitious architecture.
Project: La Cité des Vins et des Climats de Bourgogne
Architects: [siz’-ix] architectes
Lead Architect: Emmanuelle Andreani
Client: Ville de Beaune
Images Courtesy of the Architects
