The project is set in a valley of olive groves dotted with rural properties, where the existing structure is the ruin of a trullo, a typical Apulian typology. The project aims to restore and extend the trullo while introducing a new house that, together with the trullo, forms a central courtyard.

The trullo, carefully preserved in its historical materials, is adapted to host three guest bedrooms, each opening onto private outdoor areas. Access is directed through the new extension accommodating a bathroom and technical spaces. This extension was conceived as a prototype to explore the construction method planned for the new house: structural stone walls supporting a wooden slab above vaulted ceilings, with cast hempcrete forming both walls and vaults as the insulating layer of the house.

Its covered passage signals the entrance to the courtyard. Its layout draws inspiration from the jazzo, a traditional Apulian walled farmstead organized around a central courtyard, reinterpreted here as an inhabited garden, where a shared table, seating areas, and Mediterranean shrubs enrich the biodiversity of the surrounding olive grove. Completing the ensemble, the new L-shaped house of stone and hempcrete unfolds along the slope. Covered by a vaulted roof, its interior adapts to the topograpghy through a sequence of stepped levels, each defining a different function (kitchen, dining, living, bedroom) while remaining part of a continuous open space.