Quarry Heights comprises a small urban cluster located at the foot of Ancon Hill, specifically on the slopes located behind the Administration Building of the Canal. This is one of the most charming places throughout the city that maintains the amenities of being just minutes from downtown and surrounded by the thick vegetation of Cerro Ancon and protected ecosystem for years. At the time was a testing ground for the Americans on the issue landscape and garden we see today its results despite the neglect and ignorance often of its new owners, the Panamanians.
The strong segregation of classes existing in the former Canal Zone, which was both racial and military rank, was reflected in the types of housing in amplitude, facilities and green areas. Are mostly a series of bungalows rather scattered in the territory without protective fences. Its structure and wooden enclosure is basically very good quality (they have withstood over 60 years), lifted by a hormingón base armed with all necessary modern facilities of water, electricity, health drains, etc.
Its architecture is not far from the examples can be found inlso on the outskirts of Panama City and Park Lefevre or Rio Abajo but yet these same objects arranged architects in this heavenly tropical landscape is far from the degree of planning in which it was created.
Some of these houses have been adapted and upgraded to current needs, some more friendly than others of the original model. The most maintain the main features like the simplicity of its solution tectonics, large roofs with generous eaves for rain protection, the verandas, mosquito mesh has been replaced with glass windows in porches that fits pretty well. Otherwise the solution is quite radical to change the look of these elegant buildings with flashy postmodern ornaments surrounded by high walls and perimeter fences .
The strong segregation of classes existing in the former Canal Zone, which was both racial and military rank, was reflected in the types of housing in amplitude, facilities and green areas. Are mostly a series of bungalows rather scattered in the territory without protective fences. Its structure and wooden enclosure is basically very good quality (they have withstood over 60 years), lifted by a hormingón base armed with all necessary modern facilities of water, electricity, health drains, etc.
Its architecture is not far from the examples can be found inlso on the outskirts of Panama City and Park Lefevre or Rio Abajo but yet these same objects arranged architects in this heavenly tropical landscape is far from the degree of planning in which it was created.
Some of these houses have been adapted and upgraded to current needs, some more friendly than others of the original model. The most maintain the main features like the simplicity of its solution tectonics, large roofs with generous eaves for rain protection, the verandas, mosquito mesh has been replaced with glass windows in porches that fits pretty well. Otherwise the solution is quite radical to change the look of these elegant buildings with flashy postmodern ornaments surrounded by high walls and perimeter fences .
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