MOSAIC
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Residency

Come not only to explore Mosaic, but to help shape what it can become.

An invitation to live, work and shape Mosaic alongside us, a long-term co-living and land-stewardship initiative in South Portugal.

Dates

End of June → End of September

Number of people

12 residents

A figure on a swing beneath a cork oak overlooking the lake at Mosaic

We're excited to announce that, for the first time, we're opening the doors of Mosaic for a summer residency period. From the end of June until the end of September, we invite people to join us for a season of co-creation, relational practices, practical contribution, community building, and a shared curiosity and openness for what wants to emerge through us. While the residency spans the full summer, shorter stays are also possible.

The deeper intention is not simply to host visitors. We're warmly inviting people with whom we feel the potential for a genuine mutual resonance and who are interested in exploring a deeper, long-term involvement in the project. We see this residency as a process of mutual exploration: a chance for us to connect more deeply and discover whether there is enough excitement to continue the journey together beyond the summer.

For some, this may become a transformative and empowering summer. For others, it may become the beginning of a much larger journey; to help reimagine and rebuild the foundations of how we live together.

Take the First Step →

Your summer hosts

The people holding the season with you.

  • Portrait of Fem, Steward in training & navigator

    Fem

    Steward in training & navigator

  • Portrait of Oren, Co-steward

    Oren

    Co-steward

  • Portrait of Mattia, Stewards mentorship

    Mattia

    Stewards mentorship

01, Resonance

Who we're looking for.

The people we tend to resonate with are usually already in movement.

Not people daydreaming about another life from inside an office tower, but people who have already stepped into experimentation. People who have spent the last years exploring different places, communities, projects, relationships, ways of working, and ways of being alive.

Many already know that their future is somehow connected to land, collaboration, stewardship, and building meaningful things with other humans.

Most have already found ways to support themselves financially, developing their own projects, businesses, research, art, practices, or strange little missions that make complete sense to them and are difficult to explain at family dinners.

We are especially drawn to people who are capable of both autonomy and participation. People who are not afraid of responsibility, commitment, leadership, feedback, complexity, or the occasional emotionally charged governance meeting before lunch.

If you secretly enjoy well-structured management tools, collective processes, operational clarity, flexibility in dealing with chaos and order, gamified leadership, a landscape that is paradise, turning vague visions into functioning reality; you will find companions here.

Sharing a meal together around the table at Mosaic

How they tend to show up

  • Building projects, businesses, art, research, or strange little missions
  • Comfortable with uncertainty and complexity
  • Capable of both autonomy and participation
  • Not afraid of responsibility, commitment, or feedback
  • Grounded, self-aware, and emotionally mature
  • Curious about their own patterns
  • Drawn to deep relationship, collaboration, and collective creation
  • Financially self-sufficient

Especially excited to meet

  • People who want to help shape the residency itself
  • Experienced facilitators and organisers
  • Grounded entrepreneurs and builders
  • Humans who enjoy creating things together
  • People who love making chaos navigable
  • Excellent cooks

"Mostly, we are looking for people with heart, humour, maturity, initiative, and enough self-awareness to know that building a new culture probably also means continuously rebuilding oneself along the way."

Impressions from past experiences

Moments from earlier seasons on the land.

Mud, river, skin
Mud, river, skin
Morning in the garden
Morning in the garden
Painting under the oaks
Painting under the oaks
Visioning the land
Visioning the land
Back-to-back meditation
Back-to-back meditation
Hands in the earth
Hands in the earth
Listening to cork
Listening to cork
Small altars on the hill
Small altars on the hill
Children's swing under the oak
Children's swing under the oak
Harvest from the gardens
Harvest from the gardens
Conversations that matter
Conversations that matter
Planting beds together
Planting beds together
Dome nights
Dome nights
Building the garden
Building the garden
Garden harvest joy
Garden harvest joy
Tending the rows
Tending the rows

Possibilities for the season

What we may do together.

Reactivating the circus tent at Mosaic

Reactivate the circus tent

We would love to reactivate the circus tent, build the kitchen and organise a first event and celebration on the land.

Autumn relational and regeneration gathering

Autumn relational & regeneration gathering

Plan and organise an autumn relational and regeneration gathering where we will invite friends, investors and the larger network.

02, Next steps

Interested in joining us this summer?

The residency begins with a process of mutual exploration. We're curious to get to know who you are, what calls you here, what gifts and capacities you bring, and whether there is a genuine potential for a shared path between you and Mosaic.

  1. 01

    Fill out the form

    Tell us about yourself, your background, and why you feel drawn to Mosaic.

  2. 02

    Join an intro call

    We meet, ask questions, and explore fit together.

  3. 03

    Mutual decision

    If there is resonance, we agree on dates, contribution, accommodation, and next steps.

Apply for the Summer Residency →

03, Practical information

The concrete details.

Where you sleep, what it costs, how to get here, and what daily life on the land actually involves.