Referencia de proyecto Ciudad del Vino. Marqués de Riscal - Trox

Referencia de proyecto
Ciudad del Vino.
Marqués de Riscal
About the city of the wine
The City of the wine is an architectural complex
make up of the ancient winery of Marques de
Riscal, a building that dated from 1858 and its
later enlargement from 188; a hotel, wine therapy
spa & wellness center, exclusive restaurant,
conference and meeting hall, and some other
areas for events.
The designed building of Frank O. Gehry stands
out as a main hall in this complex. It houses the
new headquarter and the Riscal hotel complex.
The masterpiece is a mixture of state-of- the- art
and tradition, and with it, Ghery pays tribute to
these cultivated lands full of wine as if the
building grew up from the land as a grapevine
itself.
The construction materials and the shapes used
for, are the main characteristics of the building.
He used similar shapes and materials to those
used for the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao,
although the titanium cover – the Canadian
architect’s personal best- has the specific colours
of Marques de Riscal.
Rose: for red wine
Gold: for the bottle mesh
Silver: for the bottle cap
In summary, the City of the wine, is the result
of the union of the best Rioja area wine tradition
with the cutting-edge and modernity, making the
enclave an unique place for wine tourism lovers
cause it combines three centuries history.

Gambling on innovation and cutting-edge
Marques de Riscal, the project leadership, in his
way of gambling on innovation wanted a cuttingedge
project. For that purpose entrusted the
design to one of the most and international
wellknown architects, the canadian, Frank O.
Gehry, author of some outstanding references like
Guggenheim in Bilbao.
The scale model of the “City of the wine” was
presented in june of 2000 in Elciego (Álava) at
the Riscal ancient wineries (1858). From that
moment on, the project became nationally and
internationally one of the most expecting works,
because it was not only a wines’ world bet but
an architectural challenge. Ghery worked out a
new & more advanced architectural language that
the one he used for Guggenheim in Bilbao.
The MOMA museum in New York, gets since may
2006 the scale model of the “City of the wine”
under the motto “New spanish architecture”

AH FKA 3.8 FRK 3.7 KST DUE-M
The best clima and safety for the user’s confort
For this architectonic masterpiece with its
sophisticated concept of space, TROX developed
an air diffusion solution for very high demands.
All the defined TROX elements fit nicely with the
impressive architectonic and design project. At
the same time these diffusers ensure an optimum
atmosphere with high levels of comfort.
For the high ceilings and volume rooms, as the
main hall, corridors, and restaurant the air diffusion
designed system has based on the KST slot
diffusers. These diffusers form a continuous line
on the whole perimeter of the ceilings. In this
way the air treatment is absolutely correct and
the integration of the diffusers in the ceilings is
very elegant.
The selected units for the swimming pool were
the DUE-M jet nozzles, with other AH grilles for
the return air. These nozzles present very high
levels of induction which ensure the treatment
of the whole site and prevent condensation in
the windows and walls.
One of the examples of the integration of TROX
products in the design has been the integration
of continuous grilles, series AH, around the heads
of the bed in all the hotel rooms.
In the fire protection project TROX has collaborated
with the FKA3.4 fire dampers. The operation of
these dampers was tested at 400ºC during more
than 2 hours and the fire dampers got the
certification on RF120 (Fire resistant during 120
minutes). At the same time the FKA3.4 fire
dampers were selected for this project due to
their special advantages:
FKA dampers are airtight not only for the
smoke but with cold air also when they
are closed
The BLF actuators were integrated in the
fire detection system so that the rooms
and sites can be isolated early in the fire.
Thereby, the people gain more time for
the evacuation of the building.
Limit switches were installed also in the
dampers to allow for maintenance tasks
and increase the security of the system
This project was designed on the past Spanish
regulation (NBE-CPI/96) but since 2008 the
standards for construction changed with the
apparition of the CTE (Technical Building Code).
Respect to the fire dampers, this element was
considered as construction material and the new
regulation forces to accomplish the EN-1366.2
European Standard. The most important change
was to consider the fire dampers not as an isolated
element but a damper integrated in a construction
system.
TROX has designed and tested new series of fire
dampers FKA3.5, FKA3.6, FKA3.7 and FKA3.8, to
give a solution for the new projects and demands
of its customers. Nowadays the design work
continues with new proposals for fire dampers on
ceilings or in light walls

Eternally alive, Marques de Riscal a worldwide reference for ever
New Architecture in Spain focus on the most recent architectural
developments in a country that has become known in recent
years as an important center of international design experimentation
and excellence.
Project:
City of the wine. Marqués de Riscal
Architect:
Frank O. Gehry
Location:
Elciego, Álava
TROX Solution:
Jet Nozzles, type DUE-M
Continuous Grilles, type AH
Fire Dampers, type FKA 3.4
September 2006 was the scene of the end of the construction
works for what is called the “City of the wine” that Marques de
Riscal built in Elciego (Álava).
The project, for sure, one of the most important buildings rised
up by a Winery in the last years, showed a great improvement
in the field of enology and architecture.
To make an idea about the large scale of the project, some
technical details give us a brief perception
Architect: Frank O. Gehry
More than 1000 working days
100.000 m 2 built area
Building materials:
1.800 m 2 colored titanium imported from Japan
1.750 m 2 stainless steel
1.200 m 2 curtain wall
3.180 m 2 canopies to avoid the direct sun’s damage
effect
The result, an ambitious project that integrate the most stateof-the-art
architecture, the natural environment, with the chance
of enjoying the pure and nature that the wine essence and their
people symbolize; living the wine’s culture and essence.