The picturesque stand-alone location of a historic outbuilding and the parameters of the almost inexistent construction budget set the stage for a balance of introversion and extroversion in this barn conversion from the very beginning. In the transformation from a stable into a photo studio as a temporary workspace, the room initially closes itself off from the outside. It is entirely focused on the production of the images against the abstract setting of a background sweep. The double-height of this part of the room allows the gaze to wander all the way up to the closed roof panel.

The dense nail truss roof with 50mm construction thickness and approx. 95cm axial dimension floats above the new, rough heating screed of the stable floor. The load of the industrial roof construction is taken up and transferred by a ring beam and a centrally placed bearer with support pads made of reinforced concrete. These massive, linear structural elements mark the division into the inwardly directed photographic work on the left and the more convivial areas, consisting of conference, cooking, showers and the changing room niches with their carefully raised dormer windows tucked away under the roof in the right half of the barn.

A radical cut is required to create a clearly recognisable division between the introversion of the photo studio and the intended extroversion for the fluctuating crowd of guests. Models, photographer,s and team are given a single generous view of the hilly expanse of the Uckermark landscape. This view is perfectly aligned with the barn door and echoes its dimensions. At this point of articulation between the upwardly consolidated changing and storage room and the open barn space below, a staircase inscribes itself into the angle of construction and opening.