portfolio — sebastian wiedemann architektur
A barn conversion interior precedent demonstrating the insertion of modern steel and glass walls within a heavy historic timber frame, enlivened by tactile rustic flooring and playful elements like a suspended rope swing.
- What we like about this project
- A simple timber-and-rope swing hangs centrally in the monumental double-height volume, grounding the expansive vertical space at human scale.
Materials
- timber
- reclaimed-wood
- glass
- steel
- exposed-brick
- rope
Visual identifiers
- exposed-timber-structure
- rope-swing
- glass-curtain-wall
- double-height-volume
- rustic-boards
Style tags
- rustic-modern
- adaptive-reuse
- industrial-rustic
Visual tags
- barn-conversion
- rustic-modern
- double-height
- timber-frame
- interior-spatial
- adaptive-reuse
- Geometry
- Symmetrical double-height volume framed by heavy timber posts and bracing, pierced centrally by a tall metal-framed glass partition.
- Structural guess
- Heavy timber post-and-beam primary structure with supplemental steel framing for the large glass enclosure.
- Spatial scale
- Large double-height volume with massive structural timbers defining a monumental domestic or communal hall.
- Lighting
- Bright diffused daylight pouring down through upper skylights and large curtain wall glazing, creating soft shadows across the rustic textures.
- Atmosphere
- Warm, nostalgic, yet cleanly modernized through crisp steel-framed glazing and bright vertical daylight.
- Environmental context
- Interior of a converted rural barn or rustic structure with natural light filtering from above.
- Spatial experience
- The eye moves from the worn timber floor and suspended swing upward through the soaring timber framing toward a high skylit mezzanine.
- Composition rhythm
- Rhythmic vertical posts and diagonal braces establish a strong structural grid, counterpointed by the central vertical axis of the rope swing and glass frame.
- Style reading
- Rustic modern adaptive reuse
- Program
- Residential living hall or multi-use studio space
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- interior
- Materials
- timber, reclaimed-wood, glass, steel, exposed-brick, rope
- Visual identifiers
- exposed-timber-structure, rope-swing, glass-curtain-wall, double-height-volume, rustic-boards
- Style tags
- rustic-modern, adaptive-reuse, industrial-rustic
- Visual tags
- barn-conversion, rustic-modern, double-height, timber-frame, interior-spatial, adaptive-reuse
- Geometry
- Symmetrical double-height volume framed by heavy timber posts and bracing, pierced centrally by a tall metal-framed glass partition.
- Structural guess
- Heavy timber post-and-beam primary structure with supplemental steel framing for the large glass enclosure.
- Spatial scale
- Large double-height volume with massive structural timbers defining a monumental domestic or communal hall.
- Lighting
- Bright diffused daylight pouring down through upper skylights and large curtain wall glazing, creating soft shadows across the rustic textures.
- Atmosphere
- Warm, nostalgic, yet cleanly modernized through crisp steel-framed glazing and bright vertical daylight.
- Environmental context
- Interior of a converted rural barn or rustic structure with natural light filtering from above.
- Spatial experience
- The eye moves from the worn timber floor and suspended swing upward through the soaring timber framing toward a high skylit mezzanine.
- Composition rhythm
- Rhythmic vertical posts and diagonal braces establish a strong structural grid, counterpointed by the central vertical axis of the rope swing and glass frame.
- Style reading
- Rustic modern adaptive reuse
- Program
- Residential living hall or multi-use studio space
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- interior