A traditional log house is repaired and extended by combining vernacular and contemporary techniques with the focus on regionally sourced and reclaimed materials. The project is a study on how to mobilize local know-how and practical material reuse strategies such as timber that is sourced from national park’s fallen trees or brick tiles from abandonded barns floor in the region. Horizontal dry rot timber is replaced with new elements only where necessary and larger wall replacements are built by pre-stressing vertical logs mechanically to prevent uneven subsidence. 

The whole structure is lifted to make good the stone foundations, and a bottom timber layer is replaced with a new squared ring beam and tarred for waterproofing. New extension is built from in-situ MHM walls for vapour permeability, built on site layer by layer within a timber frame that it tied to the old one. Inside the building new openings are spanned with steel sections, which hold original timber beams and a ceiling rebuilt from salvaged floorboards. The envelope is insulated from the outside with paper waste cellulose and with clay render on reed mats from the inside.