To set the scene: it was a dark and stormy night when Guillermo Acuña first glimpsed a narrow strip of land while looking for a place to dock his sailboat in Chile’s Chiloé Archipelago. When he got a closer look the next morning, he was intrigued by the changing landscape. With the rising of the tide, the small peninsula known as Lebe becomes an island twice a day. And despite the region’s harsh weather, Guillermo had a vision of building a boathouse on the land, which he would go on to complete in 2013. Since then, the project has evolved even further to encompass several buildings, including a two-story cabin for Guillermo’s family and an 800-square-foot cabin built for Roberto Pons, who is a partner on the land. While the boathouse is no longer used for storing seacraft, it is where everyone gathers to cook, eat, and lounge. More recently, Guillermo has also dedicated himself to rehabilitating and preserving the natural resources of his tiny corner of Chiloé, whose ecosystem was rav...