Adaptive reuse of agricultural buildings

The proposal utilises the barn, the stable and the house as well as an adjacent plot of land to revitalize a total area of 1.7 hectares. The currently uncultivated field could function as a permacultural model farm for which the barn could serve as a service and storage unit. Its large interior makes it suitable for organizing group workshops and training sessions as well. For the farm to function all year, it is necessary to produce food in the winter months as well. This need is catered for with the addition of a so-called walipini, a partially submerged greenhouse. The former stable could provide accommodation: the plan includes a bed-and-breakfast-style apartment for 6 on the ground floor and a dormitory in the attic. The house would function as a small buffet serving locally produced food. To provide value and integrate the intervention into the village, local producers could put their fruits and vegetables for sale on the shelves along the façade of this building.