Atelier Ace's first independent venture, the freshly unveiled American Trade Hotel in Panama City, harks back to the property’s colonial roots. Photography: Courtesy of Atelier Ace, by Spencer Lowell

巴拿马城正在进行一场文化大革命。对于国际游客来说，这座热带大都市并不陌生，它刚刚迎来了美国贸易酒店(AmericanTradeHotel)这一特别的新来客。Atelier Ace是Ace酒店集团(Ace Hotel Group)的创意部门。Ace酒店集团刚刚获得了2014年壁纸*设计奖。Atelier Ace是由Atelier Ace构思和管理的。这家美丽的殖民酒店是与当地房地产开发商保守主义者合作，为这座城市的丰富遗产提供灵感。

美国贸易酒店位于巴拿马城历史街区的中心，也是联合国教科文组织的世界遗产。这座新古典建筑建于1917年，由当时当地领先的建筑师莱昂纳多·维拉努瓦·迈耶(LeonardoVillanueva Meyer)设计。这栋四层楼高的新古典主义建筑里住着美国贸易发展公司(AmericanTradeDevelopmentCompany)，一家位于地面的百货@@

在经历了一段从1960年代开始的衰落时期，并使附近地区变得越来越混乱之后，这座建筑被遗弃，最终在2000年被街头帮派接管。2007年，它被专门保护和修复Casco Viejo地区历史建筑的保守党买下，他的愿景是把它变成无数国际游客的中心，就像过去一样。

作为附近最高的建筑，在绿色广场对面，美国贸易酒店的形象很突出。这座雄伟的建筑采用了从地板到天花板的玻璃窗和粉饰的外观，恢复了昔日的辉煌，许多细节都被抛在脑后，以求更好的发展。工作室Ace招募其重复的设计合作者，社区设计，监督美学方面的财产。在文化和贸易交叉路口的建筑起源的启发下，公社汇集了各种设计影响，从维也纳分离主义到墨西哥现代主义和意大利后现代主义。

公社设计合作伙伴罗曼·阿隆索(Roman Alonso)解释说：“我们发现很多家具必须要搬进来，但这确实符合叙事的精神；这些东西是由酒店老板收集的，他们曾经在奥地利、意大利、墨西哥和英国。”[大厅里]的烤箱更像意大利人，而沙发则更英式。有一些定制的家具让人想起了上世纪60年代的墨西哥，其中很多家具是由古巴设计师克拉拉·波塞特(ClaraPorset)启发的，她在墨西哥生活和工作。还有一家沙龙，里面全是殖民时代的古董，都是被发现的。“

同样程度的设计注意在整个财产中继续存在。从一盏老式的丹麦灯，再到图书馆里一张手绘沙发，再到露台上马蒂厄·马特戈特(Mathieu Mateget)设计的露台上屋顶游泳池旁的露台家具和铺着瓷砖的游泳馆式健身中心，酒店充满了怀旧的气息。为了掩盖这一切，所有的50间客房都是用回收的硬木地板完成的，里面有伊索的便利设施和展示卡斯科·维耶霍或巴拿马湾的美丽景色。

Atelier Ace enlisted its repeat collaborators, Commune Design, to oversee the aesthetic aspects of the property, while the bones of the hotel were carefully restored by local architecture firm Hache Uve. Each room is a melange of design notions; contemporary furniture mixes with folk touches, such as hand embroidered pillows and textiles made in Mexico

In signature Atelier Ace fashion, the hotel's lobby (pictured) will also host a café offering pastries, breads and an in-house coffee roast blended exclusively by the local Café de Eleta, as well as a bar that will serve cocktails and light fare throughout the day

A charming interior courtyard is made all the more inviting with Commune’s custom-designed patio furniture and leather chairs by Marfa-based artisan Jamie Garza

A view of one of the hotel’s larger rooms, which includes furniture pieces made from hardwood reclaimed from the aftermath of Hurricane Felix in Nicaragua

A guest bathroom, which is stocked with Aesop products and pits a claw-footed bathtub against custom-designed floor tiles

The American Trade Building, pictured here in its heyday, was restored to its former glory to provide a home for the new hotel. Constructed in 1917, the building originally housed the American Trade Developing Company, a department store at ground level and the city’s first modern apartments in the floors above

The hotel is located on Plaza Herrera in Casco Viejo, the oldest district of Panama City. The walled neighbourhood was the centre of Panamanian life for 300 years, before it fell into a state of disrepair. Today, the crumbling area is in a period of transition as restoration projects dot every street corner

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