Sylvain’s Panama Adventure

There has been some heavy afternoon downpours lately in Panama, which has somewhat impeded progress. I was expecting the guest house to have a roof on it by now, but I think they are waiting to do all the roofs at the same time. The roofs need a welded steel-beam structure, covered by corrugated steel, and then Spanish-style half-pipe clay-tiles on top of that. The bohio will have a synthetic Palmex thatch roof, for a more tropical look.

They have been busy working on the bedroom module, the driveway, the bohio structure and the electricals for the pool. Here’s a few more pictures:

This picture shows part of the inside of the hexagonal master bedroom.

This is a good view of the guest house from the west side. You can see the patio door off the bedroom right next to the stairs leading to the pool deck.The part on the right is the kitchen/livingroom.

This is taken from the guest house pool deck. It shows the now nearly completed driveway, the infinity pool wall on the left (not full height yet), and the form-work for the second floor of the bohio, which will be our pool-level outdoor kitchen.

This is a good view taken from the master bedroom that begins to give a feel for the overall design of the house. You can see the living-room/kitchen module on the left, the guest house pool-deck on the right, the pool taking shape in the middle, and the bohio towards the back of the picture. There will eventually be a small bridge over the pool, linking the kitchen to the bohio.

Tags: Altos del Maria, Construction, Panama, Tropical House

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