diff --git a/src/lib/diff/tree-diff-application.hpp b/src/lib/diff/tree-diff-application.hpp
index 2d372611b..b402f11bb 100644
--- a/src/lib/diff/tree-diff-application.hpp
+++ b/src/lib/diff/tree-diff-application.hpp
@@ -148,6 +148,13 @@ namespace diff{
     };
   
   
+  template<class TAR>
+  struct TreeMutatorSizeTraits
+    {
+      enum { siz = 200 };
+    };
+  
+  
   /**
    * Extended configuration for tree-diff-application to given opaque target data.
    * This setup uses the [metaprogramming adapter traits](\ref TreeDiffTraits) to
@@ -162,7 +169,12 @@ namespace diff{
   class DiffApplicationStrategy<TAR,  enable_if<TreeDiffTraits<TAR>>>
     : public TreeDiffMutatorBinding
     {
+      using Scopes = StackScopeManager<TreeMutatorSizeTraits<TAR>::siz>;
+      
+      
       TAR& subject_;
+      Scopes scopes_;
+      
       
       void
       buildMutator (DiffMutable& targetBinding)
@@ -177,6 +189,7 @@ namespace diff{
       DiffApplicationStrategy(TAR& subject)
         : TreeDiffMutatorBinding()
         , subject_(subject)
+        , scopes_()
         {
           auto target = mutatorBinding (subject);
           buildMutator (target);
diff --git a/src/lib/diff/tree-diff-mutator-binding.cpp b/src/lib/diff/tree-diff-mutator-binding.cpp
index 7bf13f4a8..8ef61d77c 100644
--- a/src/lib/diff/tree-diff-mutator-binding.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/diff/tree-diff-mutator-binding.cpp
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@
 namespace lib {
 namespace diff{
   
+  ScopeManager::~ScopeManager() { };  ///< emit VTable here...
+
+  
   /* ======= Implementation of Tree Diff Application via TreeMutator ======= */
   
   using util::unConst;
diff --git a/src/lib/diff/tree-diff-mutator-binding.hpp b/src/lib/diff/tree-diff-mutator-binding.hpp
index 1c302dcd1..6a379d28d 100644
--- a/src/lib/diff/tree-diff-mutator-binding.hpp
+++ b/src/lib/diff/tree-diff-mutator-binding.hpp
@@ -94,6 +94,74 @@
 namespace lib {
 namespace diff{
   
+  /**
+   * Management interface to deal with storage for
+   * TreeMutators dedicated to nested scopes
+   */
+  class ScopeManager
+    : boost::noncopyable
+    {
+    public:
+      virtual ~ScopeManager();  ///< this is an interface
+      
+      virtual TreeMutator::Handle openScope()   =0;
+      virtual TreeMutator&        closeScope()  =0;
+      
+      virtual size_t depth()  const             =0;
+    };
+  
+  
+  
+  /**
+   * Typical standard implementation of the ScopeManager.
+   * Using Heap memory for the nested scopes, we create a stack
+   * of opaque InPlaceBuffers for each scope, which allows the
+   * PlantingHandle mechanism to let the target object corresponding
+   * to this scope build its own TreeMutator implementation into
+   * this buffer space for this scope.
+   */
+  template<size_t buffSiz>
+  class StackScopeManager
+    : public ScopeManager
+    {
+      using MutatorBuffer = InPlaceBuffer<TreeMutator, buffSiz>;
+      using MutatorStack = std::stack<MutatorBuffer>;
+      
+      /** Allocate Heap Storage for nested TreeMutator(s) */
+      MutatorStack scopes_;
+      
+      
+      /* ==== ScopeManager interface ==== */
+      
+      virtual TreeMutator::Handle
+      openScope()
+        {
+          UNIMPLEMENTED("push stack and open new scope");
+//          TreeMutator::Handle placementHandle(subMutatorBuffer);
+          
+          /////TODO static_assert on buffer size!!!!!!!
+        }
+      
+      virtual TreeMutator&
+      closeScope()
+        {
+          UNIMPLEMENTED("pop stack and return to parent scope");
+        }
+      
+      
+      virtual size_t
+      depth()  const
+        {
+          return scopes_.size();
+        }
+      
+      
+    public:
+      StackScopeManager()
+        : scopes_()
+        { }
+    };
+  
   
   
   /* ======= Implementation of Tree Diff Application via TreeMutator ======= */