The proposal of the Technological Institute of Wine Sciences for the sensitive context area and its historical heritage is configured as a space for regeneration, innovation, and research in viticulture. The site results from the fusion between an idle public space owned by the city and a private winery intending to offer training to viticulturists and infrastructure for socio-environmental and wine tourism research planned with EMBRAPA. Resulting from the convergence of productive flows, topography, and the geological report, the circular structure integrates respectfully with the terrain, preserving the rocks and ensuring a balanced use of resources.
My inspiration came from the experience of visiting a public place with potential, yet abandoned, and from immersing myself in the research and identification of a private vitivinicultural structure that wished to open its doors to clean viticulture, adopting a systemic and collaborative approach, inviting partners and the local community to co-create knowledge, empower viticulturists, and foster practices aimed at the “rebirth” of the soil, free from agrochemicals. It functions as a living organism that breathes alongside the viticultural ecosystem, promoting connections between past and future, between tradition and science. The circular form symbolizes the fluidity and continuity of natural and productive cycles, reinforcing the idea of a demonstration site where research, education, and sensory experience intertwine.
