04/21/2022
We're excited to announce that the San Juan Island House was featured in DREAM HOMES. Designed by Luis A. Colasuonno and Harriett E. Hatch.
Luis writes, "The H/C residence grew out of our desire to spend time in the Pacific NW and to give form to our belief in architecture as a dialog between the human-made and natural world. The site had never been developed. It was an impenetrable forest of blackberries bushes entwined around a variety of native trees. The one and one half acre property slopes slightly upwards from the road and clearly had a unique character with the clumps of very tall cedars, scrub pines, majestic maples, and alders among others.
Our first reaction was to identify and map the primary natural forces and then design a house that both acknowledged and respected those natural forces while attending to our own needs for living, working, and entertaining. Thus the house is composed of a series of pavilions set in the landscape which have been placed gradually and sequentially higher in concert with the rising topography. The pavilions are connected with a double-height gallery that houses an extensive collection of Hatty’s art she has been producing for years."
