Fetzer Winery Administration Building - Building Envelope

Fetzer Winery Administration Building
Sustainability - Building Envelope

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Building Summary

Fetzer Winery Administration Building, designed by Valley Architects, at Hopland, California, 2002.
A small office building, constructed with pise rammed earth reinforced by concrete post and beam, in a mild temperate climate, and a rural, agricultural/light industrial context. A high-sustainability building, based on daylighting, shading, rammed earth walls, rooftop photovoltaics, and energy efficiency.

Building Envelope

Generous roof overhangs and planted trellises shade high-thermal-mass rammed earth exterior walls.

Primary Structure

Rammed earth walls, reinforced concrete frame.

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Cladding

Self-finishing rammed earth walls, colored by mixing local soils.

Roofing

Standing seam metal roof.
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