Architecture competitions

Entered

2023 · San José

Pacific Railway Terminal

• Certamen “Salvemos Nuestro Patrimonio” (national heritage competition)
• Conservation of the station, keeping Incofer’s offices and opening rooms to the history of the railway

Entered

2021 · Bamako, Mali

Enko Educational Center in Bamako

• Enko Educational Center in Bamako competition
• 5,903 m² on five levels (terraces overlooking the city and the river)

Passed first round

2020 · Talca, Chile

Nuevo Espacio Cívico y Ciudadano a partir del sitio de la Cárcel de Talca

• Ideas competition for the whole block facing the Alameda
• 51,709 m² complex, with the new city hall (7,214 m²)

Entered

2020 · Marsassoum, Senegal

Marsassoum Primary School

• Senegal Elementary School competition
• Low-cost school, 1,065 m² around a symbolic tree

Entered

2020 · Carrillo, Guanacaste

Casa de la Cultura de Filadelfia

• Certamen “Salvemos Nuestro Patrimonio” (national heritage competition)
• 282 m² heritage building (bahareque, a wattle and daub technique, on the ground floor and timber upstairs)

Won and built

2019 · Turrialba

Turrialba Railway Station

• Certamen “Salvemos Nuestro Patrimonio Histórico Arquitectónico” 2019 (heritage competition of the Ministerio de Cultura y Juventud)
• 200 m² timber heritage building restored to its original color
• With Incofer and Turrialba Sostenible (institutional and community partners)

In the press, La Nación

Won and built

2016 · Turrialba

Parque Recreativo Jorge Debravo

• II Concurso Bono Colectivo 2016 (second collective grant competition of the Ministerio de Vivienda y Asentamientos Humanos)
• 7,924 m² of covered walkway, amphitheater, multi-use court and green areas
• In use since 2022

Entered

2015 · Paraíso, Cartago

Cancha La Flor

• Bono Comunal del MIVAH (Housing Ministry community grant)
• 1,710 m² of project area with a court, a small plaza and a strip of activities (La Flor de Santiago)

Won and built

2013 · Curridabat

Centro de Desarrollo Humano de Tirrases

• Bono Comunal del MIVAH (Housing Ministry community grant, competition won)
• 2,558 m² built in 2018 (funded by MIVAH and BANHVI)

FAD finalist

2013 · San José

Paletas Urbanas Distrito Hospital

• Finalist, City to City Barcelona FAD Award 2013
• 4 of 11 “paletas” built (Pochote, Pinos, CAI and Omar Dengo)
• With UNICEF (Ciudades seguras para todas y todos program, safe cities for all)

Won and built

2011 · Curridabat

Conjunto Tirrases

• Bono Comunal del MIVAH (Housing Ministry community grant, competition won)
• 16,422 m² of site work (gym, parks, pedestrian walk and small plaza)
• Premio Diseño Urbano Construido 2018 (built urban design award, XIV Bienal Internacional de Arquitectura Costa Rica)

Entered

2003 · Chile

Elemental competition

• Social housing
• 30 m² homes in Santiago that grow up to 75 m²