Originally, the residents of the traditional Engadin
home only wanted to install additional book shelves
in one of their rooms. However, the architect convinced
them of a sensitive intervention in the hayrick
of the building. It now contains two timber spaces
suspended from the existing bearing structure – a
windowless book room equipped with shelves on all
sides, and a reading room with a table, chair and a
window that illuminates the space and offers a view
of the mountains. The rooms are suspended in the
hayrick. They use the air space without interfering
with the existing structures. Rather, the hayrick also
enhances the status of the hayloft located beneath
it, which will be used as a summer living room from
now on.