Pictograma Winery

The site is located in the Guadalupe Valley and is part of the wine route in the Francisco Zarco delegation in Ensenada, Baja California. Pictograma's activities include not only winemaking but also the production of olive derivatives, such as oils and fragrances, as well as the cultivation of lavender and orange trees. Inspired by Franciscan architecture, the winery building invites introspection. 

With a surface area of 1,963 m² (21,130 sf), the winery is organized around a circular floor plan with a radius of 25 meters (82 feet). The structure is composed of 12 trapezoidal radial walls of reinforced concrete that organize the different areas of the architectural program: tasting rooms, fermentation tanks, bottling areas, barrel storage, laboratories, and a maneuvering yard. In the center is a 113 m² (1,216 sf) courtyard, with a brick pavement laid out in a radial pattern. The building is surrounded by a slope covered with native vegetation, which visually integrates it with the surroundings, preventing it from being visible from the outside at the access level.

Two main vaults rest on the radial walls: a smaller one on the inside and a larger one on the outside. Both are built with red annealed brick, with the courses exposed to the interior and protected externally with a layer of mortar.

In short, the project, as the studio describes it, consists of 12 reinforced concrete walls, 22 vaults that make up the roof and a perimeter slope that constitutes its exterior facade — all combined in a very expressive way.