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As for their work, the colleagues focus heavily on using the landscape to drive their designs, which often feature recycled steel and plastic. Their structures, most of which are in Spain and France, span a range of functions and include an open-air theater, a kindergarten, a senior citizens center and library, a museum, a winery, and an outdoor restaurant. “The siting of buildings, the choice of materials and the geometries used are always intended to highlight the natural conditions and pull them into the building,” the jury wrote. Aranda, Pigem and Vilalta designed the row house shown here to sit between two stone walls.
Here’s an exterior view of the winery, which sits near a forest in a valley that extends toward the sea. Vineyards sit atop the wine cellar, and the zigzagging roof covers a laboratory and walkways.
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