Nine distinct houses form a landscape-led architectural clusterDesigned by Policrónica Studio in collaboration with Ambre Babzoe Marazzi, Apaulinha introduces a residential model based on independent houses integrated into a shared landscape. The design approaches the site as a ‘domestic archipelago,’ a group of individual architectural environments connected by the surrounding landscape rather than by a repeated architectural language. Rather than organizing the homes around a central communal structure, Apaulinha proposes a collection of private residences connected through the continuity of the landscape. Each residence occupies more than one hectare of land, allowing the cork-oak landscape to remain visually continuous between buildings. Apaulinha occupies twelve hectares of cork-oak landscape near Melides and Portugal’s Atlantic coasta flexible residential landscape between privacy and connectionApaulinha extends Policrónica’s integrated approach across architecture, design, engineering, fabrication, and construction.