People from the Bregenzerwald region of western Austria are resilient and have created a rural landscape that has, for the most part, retained its independence to the present day. The striking farm buildings still shape the character of this landscape even though many of them have lost their original function. One of these is the former 'Tenne' (threshing floor or barn) in Lingenau, which recently underwent a sensitive metamorphosis based on plans by Paul Gr?fler and Much Schwarz, who run a practice known as OEOOO in Vienna. Gr?fler has known this building 'all his life', as it belonged to his grandfather and one of his uncles now lives in the traditional, shingle-covered dwelling house that forms part of the farmstead. The farm his grandfather used to run full-time was abandoned a long time ago and the old outhouses remained unused until recently. The two young architects have transformed the former threshing floor as well as the stables and the shed into a dwelling for a cousin and his family with a floor area of around 120 square metres.
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