P-024

Interior

Completed

2024

Sent, CH

Larch Barn Conversion

Altitude, m

1,440

↑

1,440

m

A hay barn turned house, keeping every beam.

A protected 1790 facade that could not change, so the house was built inside it.

A hay barn turned house, keeping every beam.

Sheet facts

Typology

Interior

Status

Completed

year

2024

Altitude, m

1,440

Area, m²

360

Location

Sent, CH

01 — Brief

A 1790 hay barn made into a house a family can live in all year, without losing the hayloft's single tall room.

The facade is protected, so nothing outside could change. The house was built as an insulated box inside the old frame.

02 — Site

Snow, record

11 kN/m²

Snow, record

11 kN/m²

Wind, design

130 km/h

Wind, design

130 km/h

Road closed

Open all year

Nearest quarry

Reused on site

03 — Build window & lift log

16 Jun → 1 Sep 2025

Each square is one original beam cleaned and refitted. Working inside the shell meant the job carried on through winter.

04 — Drawings
Section A-A
Drawing 02 — Section A-A · 1:100

05 — Photographs

06 — credits

Client

Private

Client

Private

team

Matteo Rossi, Luca Tognina

team

Matteo Rossi, Luca Tognina

Engineer

Peder Joos, structural engineer

Engineer

Peder Joos, structural engineer

Timber

Holzbau Casutt

Timber

Holzbau Casutt

Photography

Ursina Gartmann

Photography

Ursina Gartmann

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Sheet 08 — Enquiry

Reply within 2 working days

Tell us about the site.

Steep, remote, snowed in half the year? Good. Three answers are enough to start.

03 — What should stand there?

Chur 593 m — studio

Tiefencastel 851 m

Albula Pass 2,315 m — 1 h 10 by car

Contours after © swisstopo

Studio Chur

[Street address], 7000 Chur, Switzerland

Studio Milano

[Street address], 20100 Milano, Italy

Local time, both studios

22:37:43

CET · Mon–Fri 08:00–18:00

SESVENNA

© 2026 Atelier Sesvenna AG

Sheet 08 — Enquiry

Reply within 2 working days

Tell us about the site.

Steep, remote, snowed in half the year? Good. Three answers are enough to start.

03 — What should stand there?

Chur 593 m — studio

Tiefencastel 851 m

Albula Pass 2,315 m — 1 h 10 by car

Contours after © swisstopo

Studio Chur

[Street address], 7000 Chur, Switzerland

Studio Milano

[Street address], 20100 Milano, Italy

Local time, both studios

22:37:43

CET · Mon–Fri 08:00–18:00

SESVENNA

© 2026 Atelier Sesvenna AG

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