About Us
ECo is a professional services corporation founded for the planning and design of Landscape Architecture, Architecture and Civil Engineering. Our practice focuses on bringing sustainable, equitable and beautiful projects to life.
We believe that through design we can enhance the quality of life, protect the environment, create communities, and foster positive, transformative, change. Fundamental to our philosophy is the creation of ideas based original work that ultimately represents the client’s aspirations with a unique physical expression and function.
At the forefront of our projects lie our core values, independent of scale and discipline. We believe these distinguish us and give richness and character to our portfolio. We are convinced that what differentiates ECo is our conviction to Imagination, Sustainable Practices, Community Emphasis and Partnership Opportunities.
Imagination
Sustainable Practices
Community Emphasis
Partnership Opportunities
Imagination
Recent history has shown us that repeating non-creative ideas in diverse scenarios usually means repeating mistakes. We believe in a pro-active ideas approach to design challenges, where any of our clients’ or served communities’ concerns is an opportunity for innovation.
We believe that through creative and critical thinking we can tackle on the challenges of contemporary life, an ever-changing climate, complex ecologies, and challenging urban and social contexts, and design better, more resilient environments for the future.
Sustainable Practices
The current costs of living, infrastructure, maintenance and general well-being is in many ways affected by our understanding of our relationship with nature and how our world is planned and designed because of it. Through careful consideration of sustainable environmental practices in our design we strive to create better surroundings that not only reduce the impact on the environment and the cost of infrastructure, but also enhance the quality of living.
We incorporate into every project carefully crafted and imaginative solutions for green infrastructure, storm water management, building envelopes, site amenities and thoughtful planting schemes. We seek to create better communities with a high standard quality of life, regardless of the economic level of the end users.
Community Emphasis
Every built or planned project, no matter the scale or typology, serves a community. We believe that only by thoroughly understanding the community a project will serve, can we design the best possible project. We also understand that a group of people is not a community until they have a sense of ownership over space.
At ECo we believe that planning and design of well balanced, democratic spaces is crucial to the creation of better communities. Whether the community served is a school, employees, or a residential grouping, we always try our best to take their needs and turn them into solutions that will enhance their quality of life.
Partnership Opportunities
Only through real and committed expertise can the best solutions for any given challenge be conceived. That is why at ECo we believe that the best LA/A/E services can be provided through partnership with the best possible consultants who are true experts in their respective fields. No matter the task at hand or the scale of the project, we strive to find the best conceptual and technical solutions to every project.
Our partners, who are also educators, make every possible effort to be in touch with current technologies and solutions in their respective areas of expertise. Our commitment to expertise and partnership has led us to partner with firms both locally and worldwide. We currently have partnered with offices in Puerto Rico, USA, Europe, and the Middle East.
Our Services
We provide a full range of architectural, landscape and engineering services that range from pre-design planning to construction administration. We have been providing LA/A/E services to the local and international market since 2005.
Architecture
Landscape architecture
Civil Engineering
Other
Architecture
We design a wide range of building types and scales. Our portfolio includes single and multi-family residential, commercial, office, industrial, secure government facilities, and medical facilities. Within these project types, we provide a full range of services like:
- Core Architectural Services (Design, CD’s, CA)
- Project Planning and Feasibility Studies
- Programming
- Space Planning
- Interior Architecture / FF+E
- Facilities Condition Assessments
Landscape architecture
Landscape is at the core of our practice. We provide landscape design services at all scales and contexts. Our design portfolio encompasses a very diverse set of project types and scales. We have designed and built gardens big and small, green roofs, public spaces, urban green infrastructure, master plans for residential, commercial and industrial communities, and federal and state government facilities. Our services include:
- Core Landscape Architectural Services (Design, CD’s, CA)
- Feasibility assessment
- Master planning
- Pool and Water Feature Design
- Green Infrastructure Planning and Design
- Green Roofs and Walls
- Mitigation Plans
- Wetland Design
Civil Engineering
Our founding was civil engineering. Civil engineering services include:
- Regional and Local Water and Wastewater Systems
- Regional and Local Stormwater Management Systems and Plans
- Roadway and Highway Design
- Grading
- Bridges
Other
Our portfolio also includes bespoke projects that do not fall within traditional categories. Throughout our career we have provided services such as:
- Project Inspection
- Underwater Documentation and Construction Supervision
- Design of Temporary Installations
- Interior Design of Mobile Clinics
- Publication Layout and Design
People
Our leadership brings over 60 years of combined experience and our team is comprised of highly skilled and driven professionals and educators in the fields of Landscape Architecture, Architecture, Civil Engineering. We believe that our in-house diversity allows us to face many different challenges across all scales and project types. In addition to our core team, we also collaborate and partner with some of the most talented, capable, and recognized consultants both locally and worldwide.