Externally, the conversion of this traditional Swiss farmhouse is scarcely visible. Internally, however, the working areas were completely redesigned in the form of a “house within a house”. A new, independent, three-storey structure was inserted in the existing building. Constructed largely in timber and supported by steel columns and concrete slabs, this tract contains two studios and the sanitary facilities. Only at one point does it penetrate the facade: where a new window with a loggia was created overlooking a narrow lane at the rear of the house. In view of the structural changes taking place in many rural areas, the conversion of former agricultural buildings that are worthy of preservation poses a new challenge.