La  Academia Interamericana de Panama is one of the country’s most prestigious private schools, providing pre-school, elementary, junior-high and high school education.  Our work on the school began with planning the long-term expansion of the existing school to double the student population and all of its facilities in a multi-year campaign.  To confront the challenges of the site we applied the timeless typologies of courtyards and plazas, around which the additions were organized.  The successful execution of the project has depended on the tight and sustained collaboration between clients, architects and builders.