Metal Construction News, November 2018
Grand Award Winner the Rabbit Hole Distillery Louisville Ky Photos courtesy of pod architecture design Rabbit Hole Distilling and Prodigy Construction Dynamic Distillery The Rabbit Hole Distillery takes the Grand Award Form follows process This is contemporary bourbon maker founder and CEO of Rabbit Hole Distilling Kaveh Zamanians vision for life and for his Rabbit Hole Distillery manufacturing building in downtown Louisville Ky This very modern innovative 55000 square foot bourbon distillery completed in July 2018 exemplifi es this vision The judges for the 2018 Metal Construction News Building and Roofi ng Awards were very impressed with both the distillerys form and process with two of them even saying that if they saw it from a distance while out driving they would want to drive toward it to learn and see more about it The Rabbit Hole Distillery project is a new contemporary building for a new bourbon manufacturing product in an otherwise traditional industry says Douglas V Pierson AIA LEED AP BD C co founder partner architect and design principal at pod architecture design Carrboro N C A design strategy of transparency was our way of showcasing in a modern way the complex process of bourbon making for all to see and while standing on the shoulders of giants ridding any expectations of secret recipes and obscure traditions From a farmers delivery of grain to the fi nal bottle the distillerys design sequentially showcases bourbons complex process of milling cooking fermenting distilling barreling bottling and everything in between Via an open fl oor plan a tour lets visitors see each of these processes unfold step by step and share in the context of the architectural expression of metal glass and wood surfaces The facility repurposes an old warehouse for back of house operations with large windows for all to see and positions new construction all around it to house an entry and retail area a cantilevered event space above the warehouse a blackened wood louvered glass atrium glazing was provide by WR Cole Associates Inc Louisville for manufacturing executive offi ces and an interior skylit street for visitors to view every process as it unfolds Pierson says The blackened wood louvers honor the charred barreling process and the full glass atrium allows for full transparency along with great views We could only keep about 35 percent of the original warehouse says Youn Choi co founder partner and design principal at pod architecture design But it became an unmistakable presence in the overall project narrative We repurposed other parts of the warehouse as well For example the steel that we had to remove from By Mark Robins Senior Editor November 2018 METAL CONSTRUCTION NEWS 17 www metalconstruct ionnews com
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