Nayara Tented Camp

摘要

This project demonstrates the ecological impacts and striking experiential outcomes made possible by the leadership of landscape architects in the ecotourism space. The landscape team weaves a strong appreciation for site and ecology through all aspects of the brief, which introduces a new resort to an eight-hectare former agricultural site in Costa Rica. At all phases and scales of the project, the design responds sensitively to context. At a large scale, it balances the requirements of the resort with a comprehensive reforestation strategy, extending an existing sloth sanctuary; at a site scale, a well-researched planting strategy establishes habitat corridors and privacy for guests; at a small scale, details incorporate local volcanic geology to stunning effect in a series of terraced thermal pools. The work demonstrates leadership beyond the project itself, forming part of the landscape team's longer-term advocacy for the more widespread use of native flora. The jury was first stunned by the outcomes achieved and then impressed by the layered thinking behind the project.