Despite its constrained site, the design for the new Hostel provides flexible spaces that address the extreme temperature range of its micro-climate while harmonizing with the character of Hidden Villa – an environmental education foundation and organic farm. Replacing the undersized hostel building built in 1941, the new facility is sited in a narrow drainage between existing cabins and a large sacred “climbing tree” to the west. The structure is pulled to the north side of the site to gain usable open space to the south and maximize winter solar gain.