In the mountains a house spends half the year under snow. The plan has to work when nobody wants to go outside.

Three rules we follow

  • A warm entry zone big enough for boots, skis and wet coats
  • Living rooms that catch the low winter sun from the south east
  • Roofs that hold the snow instead of dropping it on the path

Inside for months

We draw window seats, deep sills and one room with no fixed purpose. In winter that room becomes a workshop, a guest room or a place to dry the laundry.