Article source: Raed Abillama Architects

A living spine of revealed processes and experiences, in strict to the wine making process, debuts from within the existing, resorted, 140 year old house, to flow within the layered functional spaces of the wine factory as a exhibited living wine making body. Integrated within the green thick skin of the Basbina outskirts, in a site that overlooks the northern costal lines from its north-western edges, and the cedar lines from its south eastern stretch, the winery synthesises an old exciting resorted feudal house with the factory’s modern built structure. The initial approach focussed on the complete symbiosis of the built with the natural.

Image Courtesy © Géraldine Bruneel, Joe Kesrouani

• Architects: Raed Abillama Architects
• Project: IXSIR Winery
• Location: Basbina, Jbeil, Lebanon 
• Photography: Géraldine Bruneel, Joe Kesrouani
• Footprint: 1848 m²
• Built-up area: 5270 m²
• Land area: 25000 m²
• Year: 2012