Douro Hotel & Winery by OODA Architecture, Douro Valley, Portugal
Situated over the Alto Douro Wine Valley, a World Heritage Site in 2001, the hotel and winery emerge from the ground, extending the peak where they settle and fulfill the adjoining terraces, using a mechanism of mimetism and fusion with nature. The proposal was inspired by the idea of a volumetric incision in the exquisite landscape that could be a subtle icon appearing in the nature in a serene and integrated way, exploring the potential of the sinuosity of the traditional terraces and abstract elements of the viticulture production in the Douro Valley.