Peter Rose + Partners finished the Island Residence nestled in the richly wooded grounds on the island of Chappaquiddick near Edgartown, Massachusetts. The house is part of a collection of environment‐ and landscape‐centric interventions that blur the boundaries between structures and landscape, and between inside and outside.
The house is low to the ground, clad in sealed, unpainted wood to naturally weather to recede over time into the surrounding landscape. Where the façade lacks wood, it contains large glass windows that can be opened completely, leaving nothing but the view and the ocean breezes. The residence’s southern exposure floods the interior with natural light, maximizing solar heat gain and minimizing electrical consumption, while green roofs – covered in natural sea grasses – provide greater thermal performance and roof insulation, improve air quality and biodiversity, manage rainwater, and reduce noise.
All images © Matthew Snyder
Kobo by Joël Tettamanti
Joël Tettamanti is a photographer and graphic designer based in Switzerland. He travels to remote places around the world for his photographic stories and captures what he sees - ordinary objects, landscapes and buildings that others would pass without noticing. We are absolutely fascinated with his portraits of the people growing in the particular environment he visists. The focus of his work is the human presence in the landscape and the people who are uplifted and sometimes defeated by the land they inhabit.
"Lesotho is a kingdom in the Maloti mountains. It has always been independent from South Africa. The Basotho have always rejected the others from invading them because they are in the mountains. The KOBO (blanket) is a very interesting piece of fabric. It has replaced the original skins that the inhabitants of that region were wearing before the colonies arrived. They exchanged skins and furs with fabrics. There is a lot to read in books, but I was attracted by the idea, that a very european product has replaced the original traditional outfits. I grew up in Lesotho as a child. My parents where working and living there for some years. I am very linked to that place even though that it has changed so much...”
Words: Joël Tettamanti, Thisispaper
Photography: Joël Tettamanti
