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Hotel Santiago, as its name implies, this located in the city of Santiago de Veraguas, specifically on Second Street a few steps from the Cathedral and at the time was about the town's first hotels to be established. Know the dates of foundation or construction, but must be around the 1930 or 1940.
mansion is occupied by two water that serves as a major portal of entry - and a side wing lobby (in its original structure.) These two bodies form a central courtyard covered with warm ornamental plants and shrubs that protect against glare. The divisions of the hotel are all of wood like the columns and the roof covered with sheets of zinc (and oxidized by the passage of time.) The latter was a replacement the clay tiles that can be seen arranged in the courtyard. The typical type houses corresponds to that described in another post, unlike the use for this example is public.
is to emphasize the simplicity and ease of each of the spaces with covered walkways from both the sun and rain with the incorporation of natural elements that are integrated and enriched environments. In the evenings the setting sun, which is quite low and deep, is projected directly onto the main facade, resgurdándose a brise-soleil natural a simple network composed of vines, shrubs in a metal wire. They use the same element, but horizontally, inside the courtyard to screen the light entering the galleries that open onto the rooms. The rooms are arranged so as not using air conditioners through cross ventilation.

In the rear were added in reinforced concrete structures, which do nothing but make a difference with esturctura puts it. Certainly it was necessary for an attempt to adapt the business to the times with air conditioning and better finishes.

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one of the few places, most do household appliances, with a tropical value, contextual, environmental remaining in Santiago, totally off the beaten track and new housing proposals presented today, with better characterized technological standards but totally devoid of a true local charm. This is not to remain in the lethargy of a romantic and historicist pintorresquismo but rather the valuation of such simple items as the use of light and shade, the climate, the green is so easy to incorporate and can have a use more than the ornamental.