Company Presentation & Aspirational Goals

Project Management + Engineering & Architecture + Master Planning & Development

 

Company Presentation

Papagayo Design Center is a project management, engineering and architecture company with more than 40 years of experience in Costa Rica, and more than 20 years developing projects in the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica, that has given us the expertise in design, developing construction drawings, building permits, and construction management of luxury residences, multifamily condominium buildings, hotels & resorts, urban residential developments, for international clients and investors, and upscale Costa Rican developers.

Papagayo Design Center has developed luxury estate houses, retirement and vacation residences, residential multi-family condominium buildings, resort urban development’s roads and infrastructure facilities, boutique hotels and branded resort hotels, sport and beach clubs, SPAs, and commercial-entertainment centers, in touristic and resort communities in Costa Rica.

The design team provide integrated services from conceptual architectural design and land planning, followed by building schematic drawings and master plans, to development of construction drawings in all areas of architecture & engineering, and complemented with pre-construction services and building permit approvals.

The project management team also provide bidding and contracting services to hire the appropriate general contractor and trade contractors, special suppliers and equipment manufacturers, and ensure the success of construction execution and completion by delivering project and construction management services on site, and construction technical inspection & quality control until construction completion is achieved.

The expertise in architecture & engineering, with specialties in structural, civil, electrical, mechanical, topographical, industrial, added by master planning & urban development infrastructure design, is enhanced and complemented by outsourcing specialty designs and studies to top expert consulting firms of Costa Rica.

Our Aspirational Goals

Provide integrated services from project conception to construction completion

Our integrated services from Site Analysis, Conceptual Architecture Designs and Land Planning, Master Planning, Building Design & Construction Drawings, Urban Development Roads & Infrastructure design, Pre-construction Cost Control and Value Engineering services, to Bidding & Contracting the appropriate general contractor and trade contractors, and ensuring the success of construction completion by delivering Construction Management services on site, and Construction Technical Inspection, to final project reception and delivery to owners.

 

Work together with owners to fulfill their aspirations, lifestyle, and objectives

Since we know this is your most appreciated project, we invite our clients to have hands-on experience throughout the design process, professionally guided by our expert architects, land planners, and specialty engineers.

Following the owners project expectative, design guidelines, and envision of the final built facility, our in-house architects & engineers, assisted with specialty talented architectural firms and expert engineering design firms (for complex projects), will create the perfect project design for the site, the budget, and the functionality expected, with owner´s involvement and approvals.

Provide expert Project Management & Development Services guided by PMI management procedures

As the leader of the development project team, we assume the role of overall manager of the project as owner’s representative, pursues the best interests of the Owner/Developer/Investor, and provides the critical leadership necessary for success.

With a well-developed project management delivery system, that follows the PMI management procedures, we provide focused project direction and develop a disciplined team framework and project vigilance.  Our system enables us to deliver the financial security and risk management demanded by large and complex projects today.    We are dedicated to our client's vision of their project and their expected cost and benefits, while constantly identifying and mitigating potential risks.

 

Create awesome designs with talented architects & engineers, for luxury residential and hospitality developments, with international standards

Our projects related to tourism and international residents in Costa Rica, has allowed us to have a better understanding of the needs and expectations of customers from different nationalities that are visiting or living in our region, and national customers that are looking for luxury destinations sites, or for retirement, and the living experience in resort communities.

Careful analysis and evaluation of the land site by our surveyors, land planners, and civil engineers, to provide and ecological sustainable site or master plan

Our engineers and land planners will conduct a careful site analysis and land surveys, and research the local government and central institutions regulations and codes, construction zoning, the area environmental restrictions, wildlife protected areas and reserves, wildlife corridors, ecosystems, forestry areas, water bodies and creeks, soils studies, geological analysis, hydrology studies, an define the land plan, with the zones and sites most appropriate for each item of the business strategy and development program, and design an ecological sustainable master plan.

 

Design ecological sustainable projects with environmental conscious practices

Our design team will use an eco-friendly approach to innovative architectural and master planning that promotes environmentally sustainable developments. 

Our ecological sustainable designs for the master plans, site plans, urban developments, roads and infrastructure, residences, condominium buildings, and hotels, will focus on minimizing environmental damaging impacts by integrating itself with the natural processes and assuring the sustainability of the ecosystems, and improving the habitat of the wild life.

Our designs provide energy and water use reductions thru passive energy saving solutions, use of solar panels, and low water consumption proposals. 

Several of our projects has been LEED Certified by the US Green Building Council.

Creating developments carefully integrated with the community, in harmony with the natural surroundings, and focused on the existing views

We bring a holistic approach into the design that takes into account the local history and natural context, providing a seamless integration of buildings, landscape & hardscape, surroundings wild nature, and existing views.

We develop a balance between environmental sensitivity, community connection, artistic beauty, and affordable cost, and create designs that deliver balanced and harmonic experiences.

We create a meaningful connection with all property surroundings:  the forest, the jungle, the beach, the creek, the neighboring houses, and the beautiful natural views.