The first observations were to understand how to inhabit the whole site and play with the scales a sloped forestland can give: to be able to take a long walk, to see far but also observe the details, to be able to grow food, have a diverse pleasure garden and a water reserve. Other questions were how to rightfully transform the existing ecosystem for a balanced cohabitation and how our intervention would help regenerate the forestland.

A series of glades were opened to inhabit the woods: a large planted terrace around the main house, a productive garden, a playground and an underwood entrance garden. Each of them is drawn by retaining elements that enhance the relation to the slope, such as long stone walls that mark the entrance steps, create a flat open terrace and define the circumference of a pool. The productive garden, hidden in between the trees, was built with woven branches and its height was defined by the inclination of the site.