Bona Fide Distillery
BONA FIDE DISTILLERY
Location: Northeast Ohio
Completion Date: Estimated 2022
Project Size: 7,500 sf
Strategic Design Aims
+ Architecture contributes to the land it inhabits
+ Enhance the brand through from and material
+ Destination in itself
Site Plan
Project Understanding
The Heritage: Pay tribute to history and pull inspiration from the land
Architecture becomes secondary to the land it inhabits. Glass walls give views to the exterior. Accents of natural materials.
The Land: The difference of experiencing this land in person
“The View” is the money show at the top of the hill overlooking the land. “The Hills” are rolling fields of trees and crops. “The Green” is the overwhelming feeling of being truly surrounded by nature.
The Senses: True phenomenological experience
Smell the sweet scent of flowers. Touch is feeling the raw materials and ingredients of beverages. Sound is the quiet and peaceful immersion into nature. Sight of the overpowering green color and vibrant colors at sunrise and sunset. Taste of the authentic, organic ingredients made from the surrounding site.
Design Features
Branding
The brand image of Bona Fide presents itself at various moments along the façade of the building [and inside]. To begin, the façade along the entry sequence features the Bona Fide name painted in the brand’s trademark orange. Moreover, along this entrance axis is the garage loading door made of corrugated meta. Painted on the garage door is the company’s iconic logo. Furthermore, the window frames are powder-coated in this self-same orange.
Column Distill
Located adjacent to the entry is a reclaimed column distill [or similar feature]. While serving as a beacon / wayfinding device, the design element is also intended to serve as a remembrance of the history of the site. The rolling hills, the sun, and the water all play an integral role in the landmark attributes of Revolution Hills Farm.
Metal Standing Seam
As a clean, modern distillery of the 21st-century, the building shell is wrapped with a dark charcoal colored metal standing seam. While inexpensive, a metal skin serves as both walls and roof, and holds tight the form of the building, allowing it to reflect its massing in shadow and light against the landscape. At key moments of the building, this metal gives way to colorful design features.
Feature Wall - The Growies
At key moments in the building are vertical garden walls. In the entry space, opposite the entry doors, is a wall with the ‘BonaFide’ text written with plants. Moreover, along the rear of the building is a semi-private patio space that also has a vertical garden, on which herbs can be planted and used for the kitchen and bar area.
Implemented Features
Courtyard Concept
A primary feature of the building is an internalized courtyard space. The large courtyard is created from the building’s inherent ‘U’-Shape. While this organization emphasizes particular views onto the apple orchard, as well as the distant hills, it also protects patrons from the strong local winds. A capstone of the patio is the Juneberry tree, which will mark the changes of the season [from planting to harvest]. The tree rests in a raised bed planter area that doubles as informal seating. Views into the building, and onto the courtyard, create a dynamic experience - one that differs depending upon where in the building one is. Finally, a semi-private patio space extends from the tasting room seating area for smaller functions.
Outdoor Patio
Interior Concept
Large expanses and sharp lines demarcate the primary social space of the distillery. With high ceilings made of reclaimed wood slates, the space is allows ample light with a touch of natural texture. Views are framed out of the tasting room spaces, onto the apple orchard and courtyard, as well as back into the distillery space. Multiple types of seating is arranged within the space - bar seating at both the bar and the linear window, large ‘beer-garden’ wood tables allow for client iteration, and movable circular tables allow for flexibility.
Tasting Room
