The project addresses two themes, the conversion of a barn with a hayloft into a habitable building and the reconstruction of an adjacent but independent farm building, originally used for the produc-tion of cheese.The project connects the two small structures by means of a sunken passageway rendered invisible from the outside.The two structures are dealt with autonomously, despite a num-ber of features which allow them to be read as one project.The distinction lies primarily in the feeling that the internal space and the materials communicate to the visitor. 

The barn has a stone base, reinforced and plastered in lime and cement and finished with lime mixed with very fine sand. The upper storey is a hayloft in interlocking logs (Blockbau) inside which a room in solid larch has been ‘inserted’. The farm building retains its original position and structure but the plastered stone wall has been replaced by a new wall in concrete, insulated and plastered.

The interior is exposed concrete which is obtained using white cement. The windows echo the origi-nals which were much smaller and cut obliquely, the exception being one large window which frames a view of Lake Maloja.Here, all the woodwork is in oak. The exterior is plastered in lime and cement which is then scored the day after its application to give it a rough look of mountain houses. The continuous flooring in both structures is in beaten concrete, obtained by adding powdered mar-ble and impregnated with Marsiglia soap.

Material Used :
1. Facade cladding: Farm: plastered in lime and cement which is then scored the day after its application. Barn:stone base, reinforced and plastered in lime and cement and finished with lime mixed with very fine sand. The upper storey is a hayloft in interlocking logs. 
2. Flooring: Beaten concrete, obtained by adding powdered marble and impregnated with Marsiglia soap.
3. Doors: By design of Ruinelli Associati Architetti. Farm: oak. Barn: larch.
4. Windows: By design of Ruinelli Associati Architetti. Farm: oak, with ex-ternal shutters in unfinished metal. Barn: larch.
5. Roofing: Local stone.
6. Interior lighting: By design of Ruinelli Associati Architetti.
7. Interior furniture: By design of Ruinelli Associati Architetti.