以老港口为起点，穿过King René塔（tower of King René）旁的大门，人们便进入了Fort Saint Jean防御工事景区；再穿过一道厚厚的墙体，一个隐藏在石质高墙下的封闭世界猝不及防地撞入游客的眼帘。在蓝天下，这个建在小岛上的景区邀请着人们入内一探究竟。

▼Fort Saint Jean防御工事景区总览，overall bird-eye’s view of theFort Saint Jean

After starting from the Old Port, entering Fort Saint Jean through the door next to the tower of King René and crossing the thick wall, the visitor finally discovers a closed universe of high stone walls revealing the strong mineral aspect of the place under the bright roof of the sky.

▼景区总平面图，master plan of the project

1. 种植着橘子树的入口庭院 | The Orange Grove

种植着橘子树的入口庭院不仅将场地上以前一高一低的两个院子保留并统一了起来，更突出了防御工事景区主入口处周边的景观和空间序列。同时，它也强调了本项目的设计意图：将水下大楼和防御工事景区的入口与岛上的教堂联系起来，从而将通向山顶炮台的神秘路径展现在游客的眼前。庭院采用由碎骨料打造而成的地面。地面采用混凝土铺面，在设计时充分考虑了无障碍的要求。院子的周围设置着由鹅卵石铺就而成的碎石子步道，在材料的层面上增强了一高一低两个院子的统一性。茂密的橘子树被排成两排，每排五棵，像值班的哨兵一样位列在庭院的侧边，不仅能够吸引游客们的目光，更起到了引导路线的作用。这个种植着橘子树的庭院不仅是进入地中海核心地带的入口，更是堡垒花园发现之旅的起点。庭院南侧的围墙镂空，不仅实现了庭院内外空间之间的视觉联系，更增强了整个防御工事景区内外环境之间的张力。

Unifying the former lower and higher yards and yet preserving the two parts, the orange grove highlights the surroundings and the staging of these spaces when entering the fort. The project stresses the will to connect the DRASSM building, the entrance to the chapel and to reveal the mysterious access leading uphill to the cannons.A concrete pavement made of rolled or crushed aggregate constitutes the common thread of the path accessible to everybody. On each side you can see large stone paths made of split pebbles that enhance the physical unity of the two yards. Posted like sentinels on duty on each side, two rows of five luxurious orange trees in terracotta pots attract the eye and guide the visitor’s steps.The orange tree yard is an entrance into the heart of the Mediterranean, into a privileged space to start the discovery of the Fort and walk around the “garden of migrations”.The south surrounding wall is composed of sealed loopholes that we suggest could be reopened so as to be visible from inside the courtyard, to accentuate the tension between the inside and outside of the Fort.

▼Fort Saint Jean防御工事景区鸟瞰图，bird-eye’s view of theFort Saint Jean

在通向顶部炮台的步道旁，原有的建筑结构被改建为了一个观赏池塘，从而加强了庭院与地中海环境和文化之间的联系。此外，设计团队还在庭院附近设置了一个龙舌兰花园，营造出一种温暖的氛围，不仅与池塘和池塘中水柱的凉爽感形成了鲜明的对比，更突显了岛上军人生活空间的地貌特征。

Next to the lane leading uphill to the cannons, the existing structure is restructured as an ornamental lake to magnify the Mediterranean culture of water in connection with the orange grove. Nearby, a garden of agave flowerbeds exacerbates the contrast with the coolness of the pond and its jets of water and highlights the vision of the geological facies supporting the perched gallery of officers.

▼入口庭院中的观赏池塘，加强了庭院与地中海环境和文化之间的联系，the ornamental lake in the Orange Grove, magnifying the Mediterranean culture of water in connection with the orange grove