The winery in Bañares is located within the consolidated urban fabric of this town in the Oja river valley, with the morphology of a medieval arrabal. The intervention is set on Calle Real de Arriba, through which the Camino de Santiago once passed, inserting itself as a natural extension of the existing dwelling. The work occupies a void between a large party wall, the house and a plot boundary. The project consolidates the urban edge, geometrically defining the rear courtyard, conceived as a leisure space and vegetable garden.

The presence of groundwater, characteristic of the site, guarantees irrigation and reinforces its character as a lush and playful space. The program houses a place for family gatherings and celebrations, linked to the existing home. Bathroom, kitchen, storage and access consolidate the urban front, while the dining room, grills, porch and resting area articulate the relationship with the courtyard.

The project reinterprets local building tradition: compact volume, few openings, load-bearing brick walls in American bond, timber roof in scissor configuration, and fire at the center of the space. From the foundations to the crowning, clay structures and qualifies the whole, elevating the dignity of brick as project material. The timber roof forms a framework that filters western light, and the region’s characteristic floorings—handmade brick and terrazzo—reinforce material rootedness, giving freshness to the space. The project is conceived as a relational architecture linking matter, memory and local experience.