The key concept of the project recreates an 'open rural court' as a space for connection between the new building, on one hand, and the existing stone building used as storage, on the other, positioned in such a way as to do not visually interfere with historic stone construction. he key concept of the project recreates an 'open rural court' as a space for connection between the new building, on one hand, and the existing stone building used as storage, on the other, positioned in such a way as to do not visually interfere with historic stone construction.

The latter becomes an integral part of the new context without however losing its specific identity and without risking being decontextualized. For these reasons the new house surrounds the open rural court. A dry stone wall, assembled with the stones of the place, connects with the surrounding context and contains within it the new volume with a contemporary language, which however does not close in on itself but seeks dialogue with the surrounding environment through great openings and views of the countryside, enhancing the specific characteristics of the landscape through the full integration and merging of the internal space with the external one.

The positioning of the building considers the outcrops of rock to be preserved, detected on the surface in front of the historic building. The new building, adjacent to the existing one, consists of a central area used as a living room and kitchen/dining room strongly linked to the rural courtyard open on the pool front, where the outdoor living room is covered with a traditional pergola. the masonry covered veranda, detached from the historical part through a suitable technical joint, creates the filter between the open patio, but bounded by drywall, and the remaining part of the house and the storage room. The bedrooms and the toilets that face the opposite side of the court, guarantee privacy to the night area and more intimate of the house.

The project is characterized by a strong link with the past, thanks to the presence, on the property, of a small circular trullo which was restored and of a lamia, also recovered through extraordinary maintenance works, both dating back to the end of the nineteenth century. To these were added, integrating perfectly with the surrounding typically Mediterranean landscape, the newly built buildings and the rectangular masonry swimming pool.

This, together with the equipped external porticoes, used as convivial areas, acts as a connecting element of the space. The key concept of the project recreates an open rural courtyard as a connection space between the new building on one side and the pre-existing storage building on the other, positioned in such a way as not to visually interfere with the historic stone construction. The latter becomes an integral part of the new context without however losing its specific identity and without risking being decontextualised. A dry stone wall, assembled with local stones, connects with the surrounding context and contains within it the new volume with a contemporary language that does not close in on itself, but dialogues with the surrounding environment through large openings and views of the countryside, enhancing the specific characteristics of the landscape through the full integration and fusion of the internal space with the external one. The positioning of the building considers the rock outcrops to be preserved, found on the surface in front of the historic building.

The new building, adjacent to the existing one, consists of a central area used as a living room and kitchen/dining room strongly linked to the rural courtyard open to the pool front, where the external living room is covered by a traditional pergola. The covered brick veranda, detached from the historical part through a suitable technical joint, creates the filter between the uncovered patio, delimited by plasterboard and the remaining part of the house and the storage room. The bedrooms with bathrooms overlook the opposite side of the courtyard, guaranteeing privacy to the sleeping area. The property, with an irregular shape due to the pre-existing borders with the surrounding agricultural land, has a total area of ​​just under 12,000 m2. The main building is on a single level and has, attached to the perimeter wall of the technical room, a masonry staircase that allows access to the flat roof. For the new home, as well as for the recovery of pre-existing historical artefacts, materials of local origin were mainly used such as traditional limestone from the Cisternino quarries and breathable cement mortars based on lime and tuff dust.