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GESUNDHEIT UND WELLNESS • HEALTH AND SPA INNERE WERTE • INNER VALUES

Aufschluss über den aktuellen Standort, weisen den Weg zu Service- und Funktions ein -
heiten sowie zu den ausgestellten Kunstwerken. Das aufwendige Lichtkonzept wurde
gemeinsam mit der Leuchtenmanufaktur Lieht aus Neustadt an der Weinstraße entwi -
ckelt. Verschiedene Farbtemperaturen und die unterschiedliche Abstrahl charakteristik
der jeweils gewählten Lichtquelle sorgen für einen spannenden Kontrast und verleihen
den Räumen eine extreme Tiefe und Plastizität. Sämtliche Bereiche wurden einzeln
betrachtet mit Leuchtmitteln ausgestattet. Aus den Tresoren etwa strahlen LED-Profile in
kühlen Farben, um den Lagerungsprozess nicht zu stören. LED-Leuchten oberhalb der
Tresore illuminieren die Gewölbe indirekt, der Bereich um den Tresen ist mit Downlights
und Pendelleuchten in Szene gesetzt, wo hingegen die Kunstwerke mithilfe einer modifi-
zierten Variante einer Stehleuchte erstrahlen. Licht und Sound werden über ein BUS-
System entsprechend der jeweiligen Situation gesteuert. So wird das Licht beim Betreten
der Gewölbe mittels Präsenzmelder langsam hochgedimmt, im Hintergrund erklingt
dezent Musik, die Inszenierung ist perfekt.

T he Winebank offers its clients a somewhat different kind of storing their invest-
ments. As the name already suggests, this is not where diamonds and gold bars
Ein Wegeleitsystem führt durch das verwinkelte Gewölbe. • A guidance system leads through the meandering vault. are safely stored but particularly noble drops which rest in vaults under optimal cli-
matic conditions. Since the foundation of the company by wine-grower Christian Ress
in the Rheingau in 2009, branches have followed in Vienna, Basel, Hamburg,
Frankfurt, the Palatinate, Cologne, Palma and now in Mainz as well. Together with the
surrounding wine-growing region of Rheinhessen, the capital of the Rhineland-
Palatinate belongs to the international Great Wine Capitals wine-marketing associati-
on where a characteristic wine-growing region per country is represented. With good
reason: Viticulture goes back approximately 2,000 years, when the Romans began to
plant vines, and is omnipresent to this day. The Mainz Winebank was built on the site
of the former Altmünster brewery which was completely developed for housing and
commercial use together with the local architect Axel Efferth.
In regelmäßigen Abständen stehen Tresen bereit.• Counters are provided at regular intervals.
Play with contrasts in historic masonry

What all the Winebanks have in common are the cubic wine safes, closed with steel
grids, which were to be integrated into an individual architectural concept. Beside
their practical function as storage facilities, the attractive premises are available to the
so-called Winebankers around the clock for a visit, a wine tasting and for exclusive
events with their guests. Incidentally, this applies to all the Winebanks around the
world. In the course of the gutting, the subsequently earlier whitewash was removed
from the vault and it was cleaned. To preserve the natural climate and thus guarantee
the necessary exchange of humidity for storing wine bottles, the floor remained unco-
vered. In addition, the construction measures such as the access and the necessary
partitions of sand-lime bricks had to be coordinated with the monument preservation
authorities. Newly constructed walls were whitewashed and painted anthracite.
Reinforced-concrete components, on the other hand, were left untreated. The concept
stipulates the interplay of adaptation and the contrast between the old and the new.
With their form, the new, modern construction elements are to harmoniously blend
in and, at the same time, stand out from the existing fabric due to their material. The
view from below of the emergency stair of reinforced concrete, for instance, curves
Im privaten Weinkeller finden besonders viele Flaschen Platz. • Numerous bottles in the private wine cellar.
upwards in line with the design language of the vault consisting of quarry-stone
masonry and, with its rough material, is the desired contrast to the fabric. Although
the former staircase in the form of a narrow newel stair was preserved, the access
was enclosed with glass which produced a back-lit showcase. The actual access is via
a new elevator system for which the already existing shaft could be used.
Staged throughout

A guidance system for general orientation was developed together with the Mainz
Headquarter design studio. The elaborate lighting system was designed together with
the Lieht luminaire manufacturer in Neustadt an der Weinstrasse. Various colour tem-
peratures and the different light-emission features of the selected sources of light pro-
duce an exciting contrast. All the areas were individually equipped with illuminants.
LED luminaires above the safes indirectly illuminate the vaults; the area around the
counters is lit with down lights and pendant luminaires while the works of art shine
with the help of a modified variant of a freestanding luminaire. Thus whenever
someone enters the vaults the light is slowly dimmed up with a motion sensor; soft
music is played in the background, the staging is perfect.

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