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Under the skylight...
he planted either tree or flowers to take advantage of the sun light and rain.
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Underground tree
The tree just grew out of the ground above and fruits can be picked just by walking on the ground.
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Fireplace
He lived down here in the winter and he had his own underground fireplace.
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Lovely natural lightings...
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House above ground
That was Mr Forestiere's above-ground house.
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Fruit tree
The fruit tree still bears fruits in the underground garden.
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Water drainage pit
He designed it such that all rain water that got in to the underground garden and exposed areas drains back to the water table (way below his underground level) through this sand pit. He built the whole underground architecture without a single plan. Everything was in his head.
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Orange tree
All fruit trees grew from the underground level to the above ground that he just walked around on the ground level to pick fruits.
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Above ground
This is how it looked like above ground where the orange tree was. The round shape opening is the skylight to gather sunlight and rain water for the garden below.