Distillery
Team:
Bailey Shurtleff
Megan Pettner
Rachel Seifert
A factory is a collection of objects in a large open space, connected by a series of catwalks and platforms. A distillery, being a type of production facility, has factory like qualities. By juxta-positioning different programs as objects within the larger box of the distillery, and connecting these spaces through elevated walkways, we are embracing the factory atmosphere and showcasing the production process. In allowing patrons to constantly experience the volumes and production process below, our distillery aims to blur the lines between production and consumption.
Located at the confluence of the Scioto and Olentangy Rivers, slightly west of downtown Columbus, the Olentangy River bike trail runs through the site. By bringing the bike path through the building we want to mix the public with the production of the distillery, allowing them to experience the process. The bike path runs through the distillery becoming an object itself, challenging the notion of indoor and outdoor space. The bike path also creates pathways for floors above. In allowing patrons to constantly experience the volumes and production process below, our distillery aims to blur the lines between production and consumption.
YEAR:
M.ARCH
SEMESTER:
Spring 2020
PROFESSORS:
Todd Gannon
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Beth Blostein
axonometric
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entry
The employees arrive at the building from the north, while the visitors park at the south, and proceed into the building through a plaza. On the east side of the building, there is a public amphitheater which follows the shape of the squiggle and gently fades into the hill.
Diagrams
To embellish the discovery of found objects in a factory, we used a variety of shapes to hold special program spaces within a box. The building is organized based on an A-B-A scheme - the west bar and east curved bar (a.k.a. the squiggle) sandwich the energetic distillery zone in the center. We’ve given names to each of the objects: the bar, squiggle, plus sign, orb, and gem.
Each shape holds a special program element while the bar holds service spaces.
The circulation of the exterior blends into the building interior as the Olentangy River trail runs (as seen in yellow) through the building becoming an object in itself and bringing the energy of the community into the distillery environment. On the interior, visitors circulate a main circulation loop (as seen in orange) which circles the distillery below.
shapes
while all of the shapes except for the Orb are located on the same main levels, each objects unique qualities give visitors a feeling of moving to a variety of spaces.
Each of the shapes were designed for a specific program and visitors experience each of the shapes differently from the interior and exterior.
plans
The lower level houses the stills, mash tanks, and fermentation tanks used for distilling. To reach the tops of these tanks, employees can circulate up these stairs at the bottom of the plus sign to the metal grate platform at ground level.
Visitors enter through the oval vestibule and into the lobby. From here, they can either go to the right, up the restaurant staircase to eat, or if they want to take a tour of the distillery they can go to the left, past the triple-height barrel storage down to the tasting room to begin a tour. There is also this main stair in the bottom left corner that visitors can use if they just want to explore the building on their own.
The second level mostly consists of the restaurant which is inside the Squiggle. While waiting for a table at the restaurant, people can check out the innovation lab in the Plus Sign or walk on top of the bike path to get a better view of the Stills. The bar is located inside the Gem, with bar stool seating around the object’s perimeter and more casual seating all around.
If visitors want to learn more about the processes and histories of distilling, they can go up to the third floor educational spaces. Here there is the sensory library found in the plus sign and squiggle, the museum and classrooms in the bar, and the greenhouse that grows corn and wheat to teach people about the crops used in the production of spirits.
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