Hayrack - Kickstarter

The Hayrack is a 2023 Kickstarter proposal for a solid-wood chalet built from logs and based on the hayrack, a traditional freestanding wooden structure of Slovenia. The concept begins with parallel, self-supporting log walls of the kind typical of hayracks, erected on the plot. Different sets of walls define different spaces: a living area, a sleeping area, an open garage, a storeroom and a guest room. These spaces are roofed by continuous roofs that connect the hayrack walls, and the gaps between the logs that form the walls vary in size, letting light through in a controlled way and making some of the walls see-through. This unique combination of freestanding log walls, varied gaps and interconnecting roofs makes the chalet known as HAYRACK possible. The project explores how a vernacular agricultural structure can be reinterpreted as a contemporary mountain dwelling, balancing enclosure and openness through the same log-and-roof language, and proposing a rustic, low-impact form of holiday architecture that inherits both the material honesty and the sectional logic of its rural prototype.