The chalet's exterior and interior design have been added to throughout the centuries. Nonetheless, the house has largely retained its original character. In the 1980s, the house was converted into a single-family home by the architect Ruch, who took care to treat the original structure of the building with great sensitivity.

The situation before the new plans:

A somewhat modest kitchen, enhanced by a table at which food was served and eaten. The kitchen area annexes a separate dining room, which is linked to the kitchen by a serving hatch. The previous design, however, prevented it from being used.

One of the goals of the new design was to turn the small (approx. 13 m2), awkwardly-shaped room complete with barrel vault into somewhere for cooking and eating, to make the serving hatch usable once again and also to create a design that was sympathetic to the surrounding traditional architecture.

The solution: The kitchen was divided up into individual, floor-standing elements. Next to the sink or wet area stood the medium-height housing units and in the room itself stood the island with the cooking area and a bar area projecting off it. This made the serving hatch once again reusable. And in order not to damage the existing building structure, the solution did not make use of the bulthaup multi-functional wall. The result was a somewhat unconventional ensemble.

The materials contrast with the existing wall installations made from wood. The bulthaup elements used here have stainless steel fronts. The 9 cm-high worktops are made from black, Nero assoluto granite. The wet area is enhanced with a splashback made from the same material.