Public, sports and institutional spaces

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Public, sports and institutional spaces in Costa Rica

Together with communities and institutions we have designed squares, parks, sports courts, pools and municipal buildings in cantons across the country, with their daily use and the maintenance they can take on in mind.

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How we think about it

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Building on what exists

A bench, a tree and a streetlight in the right place can change a neighborhood. That is the idea of urban acupuncture that guides much of our work.

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Shared before individual

We design with the neighbors and with the people who will look after the place afterwards, because whether the space comes alive depends on them.

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The section before the plan

Shade at three in the afternoon, drainage for the rainy season and materials that stand up to everyday use.

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The building ten years on

A public space is measured years later. We design it around the maintenance the institution can take on.

From territory to detail

We review the site and the building in all their dimensions before proposing. We return to that reading at every stage of the project.

The context

  • PhysicalEcology, climate, soil and energy
  • UrbanInfrastructure, mobility, land use and urban image
  • SocialCommunity, culture, economy, politics and regulations

The building

  • SpaceRelationships, organization, hierarchy and proportion
  • FormVolume, composition and architectural system
  • FunctionProgram, circulation, access and building services
  • TectonicsConstruction system, materials and building time
  • PerceptionLight, color, texture, views, air and scents

Featured projects

Plaza de las Garantías Sociales in San José, Costa Rica, a project by LDB Arquitectura, image 11Plaza de las Garantías SocialesA civic public space at an urban scaleView of the renovated recreational pools in Goicoechea with green areas and a pedestrian plazaGoicoechea Municipal PoolAquatic facilities for the local governmentGrecia Public Pools with a sawtooth volume and skylights. Interior view of the semi-Olympic pool with stands and cross ventilation. Entrance with a plaza, amphitheater stairs and a double-height lobby. Red facade of the Grecia Public Pools lit at nightGrecia Public PoolsMunicipal commission for aquatic facilitiesHuman Development Center in Tirrases, architecture for the communityHuman Development CentersTirrases, Turrialba, Matinilla, del Sur and Pulmón VerdeRenovation of El Labrador Stadium by LDB ArquitecturaEl Labrador Municipal StadiumSports facilities for the local government

We support the whole process with one team. Design, permits, costs and construction inspection, so that what was designed gets built.

If your procurement process runs through SICOP, this experience supports the bid.