In September 2021, the french municipality of Lagraulet-du-Gers is calling on students from ENSCI—Les Ateliers to participate in a local project. It just made the acquisition of a vacation resort abandoned more than 10 years ago, a 17 hectares site with a large lake, buildings invaded by a luxuriant vegetation, century-old oaks and giant pines. Hosted on site for two weeks of work, we were introduced to a design practice in contact with local stakeholders, in a rural context, from surveying to making with banquets or storytelling walks.