Palmerie Hotel is sited on a high western edge of the expansive Wadi Al-Hijr – known for its citrus and dates – north of Al Ula and south of Mada’in Saleh. Together with Wadi Al-Ula, this constitutes the second-largest Palmerie in Saudi Arabia. Our project extends this Wadi and its agricultural heritage as a working ‘farm-to-table farm’ of nut and citrus trees, aromatics, and spices, all under the parasol of a Date Palmerie with ‘accommodations for living’ inspired by working Palmeries from Morocco to the Far East. This idea is rooted in the genius loci, my travels in Morocco, as well as Norman F. Carver’s North African Villages. The site is bounded by spectacular sandstone formations and a long gentle slope descending north and south from a ridgeline historically used for Bedouin weddings. Here the aquifer rises, feeding a ridgeline well that gravity-irrigates the Palmerie thru stepped basins and canals. The Hotel’s public program is made up of disconnected ‘shadow canvas’ volumes that pinwheel out from ridgeline to form indoor–outdoor courts framing differential views to proximate cliffs or the distant Wadi. Hotel Arrival / Parking is simultaneously shaded and screened by south slope Palmerie. Guest Suites are widely distributed beneath the north slope Palmerie and these are 2-story Tower Villas (w/ 4-5 suites – each with their own terraces and / or courtyards) that pin-wheel within their own pin-wheeling farms with private views to the sandune, sandstone cliffs or ever northwards to the most expansive swath of the Wadi.