The new owners of an ancient Tuscan farmhouse opened an invited competition for the refurbishment of the building which has been deeply modified in the second half of 20^th century. The object of the call is the renewal and extension of the open space of the villa: the excavation of the existing tennis field in order to provide a proper visual relationship between the landscape, the topography and the farmhouse.

The new pool is conceived as a precious dig in which the ceramic cladding reminds – through a contemporary reinterpretation – the Siena Cathedral pavement. The difference in level between the farmhouse and the pool is solved by a porch which, referring in shape and colors to the Medici villas and the Italian portico, hosts a new orangerie, a bar and a spa.

On one side of the pool, a big sculpture is crossed by the running water within a process of progressive emergence, due to the oxidation of some parts of material, stories and images.