Hotel, Haciendas de Cerro Azul
Hacienda Country Club
Panama City, Republic of Panama

Site Plan

Guest House Design

Hotel Lobby

The architectural intervention on this mountaintop elicits an ancient and earthly presence between sky, mountains, and rainforest. The hotel is organized into discrete buildings places along natural contours, minimizing site disruption. The tactile quality of materials and the natural terrain create a seamless integration of architecture and natural environment.

Site Model

The hotel is organized around four principal public spaces, a pedestrian promenade, and a loop road. The public spaces include an arrival plaza, a recreation plaza, tennis courts, and a scenic hilltop overlook. The four areas are visually separated by buildings, trees and jungle growth. These discreet places are connected by a vehicular loop road and pedestrian promenade cut into the western slope of the ridge line. The hotel program is organized into small buildings placed along the natural contours to minimize the disruption to the natural site.