The building's original orientation also helped as southern exposure allowed for the sun to be the main source of heat during the winter. A generous eave prevents much sun from entering the home during summer, thus keeping it cool. Large wooden shutters that slide closed like a second skin, cover the large windows at night to trap in most of the home's daily solar heat gain.As the building is located far from city water but perfectly located below two streams that flow year round the water is pure and can be used for drinking and bathing.

The swimming pool acts as a holding tank for use in irrigation. In the interior nature has been incorporated almost to every room in the house: bathrooms with views of the interior patio and its stone water fountain, bedrooms with huge picture windows overlooking the countryside.The position of the architecture is as it was originally and the material used are also the same though given the home's crumbling state the facade was built with a mix of cement and local stone.In the interior, supporting walls were replaced by light metal pillars, the haylofts in the upper area were converted into bedrooms and the enormous central lounge serves different purposes.

In short, a mix of modern cement and iron beams coexist with well-worn stone, weather-beaten wood and local stone.MATERIALS: Recycled Stone, concrete, limestone floors, steel, oak. Links: - https://vimeo.com/66859628