permitting, cost, certification, and interiors. if your question is not here, write to us and we will answer it directly.
the minimum is a sense of the program, the site, and the climate. you do not need finished drawings or a closed-on plot; the earlier we come in, the easier it is to get the highest-leverage energy decisions right. a first conversation about the brief and the place is usually enough to begin.
across the whole country. josé barría has more than ten years approving preliminary designs (anteproyecto) and miscellaneous and construction drawings in the municipality of panamá and other jurisdictions countrywide, plus projects outside panamá.
yes. we prepare and file anteproyecto, miscellaneous drawings, and construction drawings for municipal review, with direct experience in the municipality of panamá and countrywide. we write the documents the way they will be read, by the office processing the permit and by the contractor estimating the build.
it depends on the program, the site, and the level of finish, like any project. the difference is that the orientation, shading, and envelope decisions we make early tend to lower the cooling load and the cost of running the building over its whole life. fees are scoped per project, and we talk it through before the proposal lands.
yes. we support leed and edge applications with energy and daylight modelling, and with documentation the certifying body recognises. we also offer it as a standalone service for projects where the architecture is already underway.
both. in a new build the envelope is still to be defined; in interiors the envelope is fixed and the work is rearranging spaces and systems to win thermal comfort with what is already there. the same energy logic applies in either case.
it means designing with the climate instead of against it: using orientation, shade, ventilation, and the envelope so the building is cool before the air conditioning comes on. in a hot, humid tropical climate like panamá, those decisions set how much energy the building spends for the rest of its life.
not necessarily. if you already have the site, we can run orientation and solar studies on the real plot. if you are still choosing, we can help you read how climate and position would affect the project before you commit.
yes. part of our advisory work is alongside other architecture firms and product manufacturers, bringing energy and performance modelling to projects that already have a design team.
spanish and english, for both documentation and coordination with clients and consultants inside and outside panamá.
