This is the first commission of aa.arkitektur. In the mountains of north of Albania, there is an old village stretching on an astonishing landscape. Composed by a series of neighborhoods there is no urban structure whatsoever. Traditionally each of the houses are made out of a series of smaller buildings, so rather than one big building the functions are spread in different structures. The main house where the people live usually consists of one room, which could be repeated to two or three floors. All the other auxiliary functions are added as a substructure outside. This rather inside out composition of the dwelling compensates the absent urban complexity. The stone cabin is a single room manifesting the simplicity. One room, one door, one window, one fireplace, one toilet. It’s a primitive gesture to the simple things in life. The view is framed rather than opened up to. The thick walls are made out of local stone where the depth creates the impression of a den. As in the vernacular practice the auxiliary functions are read as concrete volumes attached to the stone mass. Semantically speaking this gesture evokes a familiar yet strange feeling at one and the same time.