{"id":4110,"date":"2023-03-25T13:24:27","date_gmt":"2023-03-25T13:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/?p=4110"},"modified":"2024-10-21T20:31:29","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T10:31:29","slug":"panama-treetops-bamboo-recovered-hardwoods-for-unforgettable-stay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/panama-treetops-bamboo-recovered-hardwoods-for-unforgettable-stay\/","title":{"rendered":"Panama Treetops: Bamboo &#038; Recovered Hardwoods for Unforgettable Stay"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Nayara Bocas del Toro is a private island retreat located on a private island in the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Panama. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/sandramacgregor\/2023\/03\/03\/enjoy-elevated-luxury-with-nayara-bocas-del-toros-new-treehouses\/?sh=7869274e3258\">Recently featured in Forbes magazine<\/a>, the two towering 50-foot (15 metre) treehouses join the retreats 16 overwater villas and 70-foot (21 metre) pool billed as the Caribbean\u2019s first overwater beach set on stilts!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The treehouses are the work of <a href=\"https:\/\/ibuku.com\/\">Elora Hardy and IBUKU<\/a>. The studio is best known for building sustainable, bamboo structures throughout Indonesia. However this project marks the practices first project in Central America and it\u2019s first using recovered hardwood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"SouNyxoGjNM\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nayara Bocas del Toro Panama\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SouNyxoGjNM?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The fifty-foot treehouses will join 16 overwater villas and the Caribbean&#8217;s first overwater beach set on stilts. Footage courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@briceferrestudio\">@briceferrestudio<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>According to General Manager of resort, Scott Dinsmore:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEvery design has our guest experience in mind and our new treehouse is no exception. Just imagine staying in an Elora Hardy treehouse and an over the water luxury villa with a private pool all in one vacation \u2013 perfection.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week, Investor and President of the retreat\u2019s parent company &#8211; Bocas &#8211; Dan Behm, mused that the treehouse seems like an ideal place to shoot season three of \u2018White Lotus.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.distractify.com\/p\/the-white-lotus-season-3-location\">HBO haven\u2019t decided on the location, so stay tuned!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1679583111345-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1679583111345-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1679583111345-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1679583111345-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1679583111345-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1679583111345-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1679583111345-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1679583111345-1068x712.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1679583111345-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1679583111345-1320x880.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1679583111345.jpg 1584w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">One of the two treehouses &#8216;up late.'(Photo credit: Nayara Resorts, Brice Ferre Studio)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">An expert in magical places made from bamboo<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>The treehouses are built from four local varieties of bamboo \u2013 no two poles of bamboo are alike so the features in the treehouses are all unique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elora Hardy is recognised as a global pioneer in using bamboo in building projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2015, Elora Hardy delivered a celebrated Tedx Talk talking about the potential for bamboo, not only as a sustainable resource but also as a spark for imagination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"kK_UjBmHqQw\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Magical houses, made of bamboo | Elora Hardy\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kK_UjBmHqQw?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Elora Hardy&#8217;s Tedx Talk on Magical houses, made of bamboo follows Tedx Talk&#8217;s about &#8216;Houses Made of Grass&#8217; and &#8216;Building a sustainable (bamboo) future. Footage courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@TEDx\">@Tedx<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&#8220;We have had to invent our own rules,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The treehouses feature a 21-foot bamboo ceiling and floor-to-ceiling windows that offer a stunning aspect of the mangrove forest canopy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;Overlooking the mangroves, the view wraps around us and we feel like we are part of it. With a balance of elegance and texture, we are at once open to nature and sheltered within our own space. Here is the place where we can incubate unforgettable experiences.\u201d<\/p>\n<cite>Elora Hardy of IBUKU explains.<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/TAL-nayara-bocas-del-toro-panama-tree-house-living-NAYARATREEHOUSE0223-12addbdc54d646449213c4e4cfaef662.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4115\" width=\"574\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/TAL-nayara-bocas-del-toro-panama-tree-house-living-NAYARATREEHOUSE0223-12addbdc54d646449213c4e4cfaef662.webp 750w, https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/TAL-nayara-bocas-del-toro-panama-tree-house-living-NAYARATREEHOUSE0223-12addbdc54d646449213c4e4cfaef662-600x400.webp 600w, https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/TAL-nayara-bocas-del-toro-panama-tree-house-living-NAYARATREEHOUSE0223-12addbdc54d646449213c4e4cfaef662-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/TAL-nayara-bocas-del-toro-panama-tree-house-living-NAYARATREEHOUSE0223-12addbdc54d646449213c4e4cfaef662-696x464.webp 696w, https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/TAL-nayara-bocas-del-toro-panama-tree-house-living-NAYARATREEHOUSE0223-12addbdc54d646449213c4e4cfaef662-630x420.webp 630w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 574px) 100vw, 574px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bamboo is featured extensively throughout the treehouses including a 21-foot bamboo ceiling! Bamboo is a forest-product that is increasingly used in sustainable construction. Today <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fsc.org\">FSC <\/a>and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pefc.org\">PEFC <\/a>both certify bamboo products through chain-of-custody certification, ensuring that the bamboo can be traced to a sustainable forest. (Photo credit: Nayara Resorts, Brice Ferre Studio)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The structures are the first of five treehouses \u2013 with the other three treehouses due for completion in late 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">500-year old hardwoods recovered from the Panama Canal<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>Even more intriguing then the use of bamboo, the project features 19 varieties of recovered petrified hardwoods all sustainably harvested from the floor of the Panama Canal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The hardwoods were sourced from forests that were flooded during the construction of the Panama Canal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen you submerge wood in water for that long, it gets stronger, and it weathers in beautiful ways,\u201d Hardy told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/02\/09\/t-magazine\/travel-panama-hotel-island.html\">The New York Times last month<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"CkQ11av1QaM\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Panama Canal Reclaimed Wood\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CkQ11av1QaM?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In 1913, US President Theodore Roosevelt created Gatun Lake by damming the Chagres River during the Panama Canal construction. Now, sustainably harvested tropical hardwood trees are being cut using eco-friendly submersible chainsaws. Footage courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@windsorplywood\">@windsorplywood<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The process of reclaiming wood from the Panama Canal is fascinating. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The wood is harvested using special equipment that carefully extracts the logs without causing any damage to the surrounding environment. Once the logs are brought to the surface, they are cleaned and then sent to a mill where they are transformed into beautiful, high-quality hardwoods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This process not only provides a sustainable source of wood but also helps to preserve the history and heritage of the Panama Canal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By repurposing this forgotten resource, we can create something new while also honouring the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The retreat is completely \u2018off grid\u2019<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>The retreat is entirely self-sustaining, powered by solar panels and purified rainwater, ensuring that both the construction and operation of the treehouses remain environmentally friendly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"FLOV2CtW8pk\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bocas Bali | Villas &amp; Restaurant | Rendered Video\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FLOV2CtW8pk?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In 2020, the retreats parent company, Bocas, produced this video promoting the new resort. Footage courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@raritycollection5559\">@raritycollection5559<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So not only did the treehouses utilise low embodied carbon materials during construction \u2013 bamboo and recovered hardwoods \u2013 but the retreat is using renewables to meet its ongoing operational needs! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Effectively the entire retreat is &#8216;off-grid&#8217;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rates for the treehouses start at $1,500 per night during peak season and $1,300 per night during green season. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just stay clear of the White Lotus!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nayara Bocas del Toro is a private island retreat located on a private island in the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Panama. 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