{"id":114377,"date":"2017-01-09T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-09T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/projects\/international-wine-and-spirits-museum-by-shanghai-godolphin-2016-best-of-year-winner-for-museum-gallery\/"},"modified":"2022-11-10T16:32:47","modified_gmt":"2022-11-10T21:32:47","slug":"international-wine-and-spirits-museum-by-shanghai-godolphin-2016-best-of-year-winner-for-museum-gallery","status":"publish","type":"id_project","link":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/projects\/international-wine-and-spirits-museum-by-shanghai-godolphin-2016-best-of-year-winner-for-museum-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"International Wine & Spirits Museum by Shanghai Godolphin: 2016 Best of Year Winner for Museum\/Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"
No lesser figure than General Chiang Kai-Shek is responsible for this site. Back in the 1930\u2019s, he commandeered a suburban quarry, from which the British had extracted granite to build the city\u2019s famed riverfront Bund, then ordered the construction of a bunker to safeguard both military equipment and cultural treasures. Today\u2019s visitors encounter a vastly changed scenario. After entering a botanical garden and walking through a modest wooden gate, they descend to a subterranean realm. The 32,000-square-foot venue combines commercial functions with museum-style displays devoted to oenophile culture and viticulture.<\/p>\n
One long vaulted space stayed in its existing state, essentially empty except for the candles illuminating the bunker\u2019s concrete niches. \u201cWe use that as a way to explain the history,\u201d creative director Kyle Mertensmeyer<\/a> explains. Elsewhere, architectural installations are designed to be easily dismantled without damaging the historic surroundings. Oak wine barrels serve as pedestals for glass vitrines. On the ceiling above a counter employed as both a tasting bar and a point-of-sale, Mertensmeyer massed crates that once contained bottles of Ch\u00e2teau Mal\u00admaison into a sculptural swoosh\u2014all without assistance from digital design tools. A separate VIP cellar is a cylinder 8 feet across. It\u2019s ringed by bottles up-lit by LEDs and capped by a mirrored ceiling, providing a selfie-magnet that\u2019s practically irresistible.<\/p>\n