A strong arhitectural statement of the project “LA CITÉ DU VIN”
‘This building does not resemble any recognisable shape because it is an evocation of the soul of wine between the river and the city.
An iconic building, this golden frame hosts a Cité within the city, a living space with experiences to discover.The initial aim of the building’s architecture was genuine to create a link between La Cité du Vin and the spaces surrounding it through perpetual movement.
Anouk Legendre and Nicolas Desmazières, the architects from XTU, designed a space shaped by symbols of identity: gnarled vine stock, wine swirling in a glass, eddies on the Garonne. Every detail of the architecture evokes wine’s soul and liquid nature: ‘seamless roundness, intangible and sensual’
(XTU Architects).
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