About us

Established in 2014, perfecting since 2007

We are a team of architects and designers passionate about creating spaces that blend functionality, aesthetics, and emotion.

Founded in 2014 following the marriage of Diego Solis and Melania Castillo, our company relocated to the scenic coastal area of Osa shortly after. Since then, we have successfully helped countless visionaries from all around the world achieve their unique goals through a reliable, hassle-free, and secure process.

If experience is practical contact with and observation of facts or events, then we must account for the facts and events that Diego has learned through. He, the founder partner behind our technical tenets, son of an engineer, great son of a land surveyor, and artist by nature, has been developing commercial and residential construction projects since 2007, and all his accumulated experience will support your investment.

Our knowledge base

Building a house is more than a process of land, metal, concrete, and labor; it's a journey into the client's emotions, vision, and desires. Very few builders, like Diego and Mela of Idea, with over 9 years in the industry, understand this unique language.

The company's initial growth led them to expand their services to a wider audience. However, this effort presented unforeseen challenges that reaffirmed their core values. The wealth of this experience was the learning: their product demands individualized attention per project, which is not compatible with handling a large number of simultaneous clients.

This lesson led Idea to reinvent itself, choosing to exclusively commit to selected clients to ensure the best possible service and maximum satisfaction. At Idea, the priority is client satisfaction. Therefore, when working with them, you do not pay fees, but rather invest in better ideas.

Our mindset

Mission

Design and build individually tailored living spaces where our clients will be encouraged to be their better selfs, while delivering an unmatched customer biased experience.

Vision

Be recognized as the industry's standard for exclusivity and excellence, being the definitive idea when building and design come to mind.

Philosophy

We strive for complete customer satisfaction, maintaining a deliberately small client portfolio. This approach enables us to address each case showcasing our know-how criteria with a set of no-nonsense practices that, fueled by empathy and sympathy, aim to create a truly exclusive, superlative experience.

The minds behind our designs

Each project is a collaboration built on trust, innovation, and the shared goal of delivering timeless design experiences.

Diego Solis (Sr)
General Direction. Project Management. Architectural Design
As a Co-founder of ideA Design with 26 years of experience in the construction industry, he actively participates from the initial client contact, determining the viability of the project.
Melania Castillo
General Direction. Finish Selection. Design Reviews
As a Co-founder, Melania actively participates in the general management of the project. Resolving functional and aesthetic aspects is her specialty. She is actively involved in the design and selection of kitchen, bathroom, and closet furnishing, as well as other furniture, ceiling fans, lighting, and appliances.
Diego Solis Jr
Specialist in Communication and Business Development
In this role, Diego combines customer service responsibilities with bilingual communication tasks, such as researching new trends, generating creative product names, conducting socioeconomic and contextual analysis, as well as drafting content for the company's website and social media.
Oscar Ramirez
Junior Architect
Architectural design, drawing of plans, budgeting, and 3D modeling & rendering. Responsible for translating drafts and ideas from conceptual design and floor plans dictated by the founders of the company into clean designs.