Tropics in Amsterdam

Paloma Rubia, L’Azul, Caiman Club, Batanga, Cereza, El Molle, Puma Punka, Mi Corbata, Los Valles, and others are the cocktails served on the 24th floor of the OMA-designed tower in the RAI convention center area that houses Nhow Amsterdam. Names chosen to suggest the history, myths and adventures of Latin America, its geography and riches. Even the shapes in the ‘landscape’ imagined by El Equipo Creativo studio, which designed the interiors, hark back to pre-Columbian golden idols, mythical creatures, and the waters and vegetation of the tropical jungle.

The imposing bar counter, the epicenter of attraction of the space and the gaze, is a structure with a circular volume with a shimmering golden finish that expands on the ceiling with organic and rounded shapes, a true “golden idol in the jungle.” A reimagined and conceptual jungle, with green plants scattered everywhere, plant and aquatic patterns in the textile floor covering, treated glass surfaces mimicking the flow of water, sugary colors and intricate patterns for stools, armchairs and sofas. The allure of the tropics with a view of the Amsterdam cityscape: the space’s triangular shape and transparent facades force the gaze to move alternately from the ‘golden creature’ at the center of the cocktail bar to the expansive horizon outside.