Santa Maria Park
Integrating landscape and architecture as a distinct entrance into the Panama business locale
Project Facts
| Location | Panama City, Panama |
| Owner | Grupo Verde Azul |
| Size | 60,000 Square Meters |
Overview
The entrance of the Plaza Santa Maria is a journey of layering planes from the street to the seven-story mixed-use building in the Santa Maria Business District of Panama City. A truly sustainable design, it integrates unique variations in topography to enhance the landscape architecture. The project provided 14,000 square meters of office lease space, ground-level retail, and four levels of underground parking ideal for the urban lifestyle.
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About the project
Located in the Santa Maria Business District, this seven-story reinforced concrete mixed-use building provides 14,000 square meters of office lease space, retail on the ground level, and four levels of underground parking. A large green area on the plaza, restaurants on the terrace level, and large public spaces make Santa Maria Park an inviting place for tenants and visitors. Shallow post-tensioned flat slabs were used in the office floors to minimize floor-to-floor height to accommodate the seven levels in the 40-meter building height limit imposed by the Santa Maria Business District. To meet the project’s aggressive schedule, Walter P Moore issued an early retention system and foundation package to begin construction while the superstructure was being designed.
