We have addressed the entire landscape in a manner that is both lyrical and strategic. We have defined a strip of intensified intervention which is narrow (25m) and long (500m). It runs along an axis starting from the Southern boarder and reaching the sea in the north. This strip contains all of the program that relates to the residence: The building, the pool, the underground spaces, the parking area, the solar pannels and the fields. The Southern side of the strip starts at the residence and flows up the hill towards the road.

The annual cycle of the TIMELAPSE FIELDS

THE TIMELAPSE FIELDS: The largest part of the strip is covered by the timelapse fields. We have not defined the plants that will be contained in the fields yet. This is something that we will need to design in collaboration with Roberta. However we would like to state our intention clearly. We envision that the fields will contain predominantly low plants that will move with the wind. There will be a variety of plants in the field however they will not be mixed. Each species will occupy a clearly deleniated area that will extend the entire width of the strip. The length of the area for each species will vary. We would like the character of the fields to change drastically throughout the annual cycle. Roberta will choreograph the sequense of plants so that they bloom at different seasons of the year. The overall composition will transform continiously throughout the year creating a colofour and dynamic timelapse canvas.

THE LEMON HOUSES: The strip is flanked by the olive orchard on both sides. The grid of the existing olive trees is extended so that the strip is clearly defined. Within the olive orchard we insert eight Lemon Houses.

Lemon houses are a traditional Mediteranean rural building typology (mostly found in Italian and Greek islands). Stone walls create an enclosure for the sensitive citrus trees in order to protect them from the strong winds. The circular atrium is primitively engineered by natural means (material and form) to create a special microclimate less dry and calmer from the outside.

We reinterpret this traditional typology. The circular stone walls become thicker, thick enough to create a small residential ring around the tree. The roof of the residential ring is planted with low plants, clearly associated with the sequense of plants in the strip. The reinterpreted lemon house can accomodate three different needs: The grounds-keeper's house, a protected parking structure and a guest house.

Initially, only four of the lemon houses will be 'domesticated' (one parking structure, two guest houses and the grounds keepers quarters). Potentially the remaining 4 lemon houses could be turned into guest rooms in the future.