2016-2017 ACSA/AISC Steel Design Student Competition

Steel is widely used in construction and other applications because of its high tensile strength and hardness. In my winery project, I create the core structure of winery---steel space truss and steel supports and I use tensile cables to suspend all of floors of winery. Each steel in the steel space truss, is like a bone that can present the strength potential of steel completely. Due to the accumulation of central forces in this structure and the dispersion of forces on both sides, those suspended floors and the steel space truss together eventually form a shape of the winery, just like a "inverted pyramid". The circulation of this winery begins at the top and spirals downward around a core, toward the wine tasting room, allowing varying degrees of interaction with workers at each floor level.

In addition, In my opinion, winery should be an interactive place for visitors. The production space of winery is a kind of static and stationary space, while visiting space is a kind of dynamic space. Winery's production spaces can be interactive with visiting spaces and visitors can have interaction with workers. So, steel ductility and flexibility give infinite possibility for spaces. Thus, the potential of steel can be fully reflected.