Vineyard Residence
Ribera House
Uco Valley, Mendoza, Argentina
Client
Private commission
Uco Valley, Mendoza, Argentina
The project
A vineyard house at the foot of the Andes built with rammed earth from its own excavation, its thick walls storing the day's heat for the mountain nights.
Discipline
Vineyard Residence
Location
Uco Valley, Mendoza, Argentina
Year
2023
Area
520 m²
01·The brief
Walls from the vineyard
A house among vine rows at 1,100 metres in the Uco Valley, where nights are cold even after hot days. The clients asked for walls made from the site itself, and for the house to disappear from the winery across the field.
02·The approach
Rammed earth from the excavation
The earth removed for the courtyard becomes the walls: rammed in 300 mm lifts, left raw outside and in, capped with a broad roof of pale timber. Deep openings face the vine rows and the Andes; a covered outdoor room faces the evening sun.
03·The result
Completed in 2023
The house was completed in 2023 and has taken three harvests. The walls carry the vineyard's colour; the thermal mass does what the models promised. Published with the family's consent.
Scope of work
01Architecture
02Rammed-earth construction
03Interior architecture
04Custom joinery design
05Courtyard and outdoor room
06Landscape coordination
