The kitchen, with a multifunctional wood stove, plays the vital role in the private and social life of the house. The stove’s centrally positioned chimney determines the concept of the design, informing the centrally aligned layout of spaces within the specific cross-section of the house. The ridge of the roof is pushed apart creating a continuous skylight running throughout the house’s linear volume and providing top light for all the crucial spaces. Positioned on the borderline of the village it clearly relates to the adjacent wooden barn with the dark wooden materiality, but with the new distinctive volumetric identity it moves away from its vernacular neighbour and associates with the nearby 16th century church, creating a dialogue between the two.