Lúmina Lighting Design is a design and consultancy firm based in Costa Rica. We cast our focus onto light, design and energy conservation.
Our strongest conviction is to foster unique connections among people and their dwellings through light.
Our team’sextensive experience in architectural lighting and construction has developed close relationships in North, Central and South America.
José AntonioEcheverría RA.,MA,LC,IES
Jose-Antonio Echeverría is the principal at Lumina Lighting Design. He has developed a wide project portfolio, spanning from hospitality to residential, retail, commercial and workplace that weave light and space into a unique livingexperience.
Jose Antonio graduated from the Lighting Design and Design Management Masters at the prestigious Hochschule Wismar in Germany and as licensed architect from Universidad del Diseño in Costa Rica Mr Echeverría has nearly two decades of practical experience focussed on light and its influence in the humanexperience
Echeverría is the first architect in Central America to obtain the LC Lighting Certification, granted by the National Council on Qualifications for the Lighting Professions (NCQLP) and was welcomed into the Illuminating Engineering Society,IES in 2014 as a fullMember
In 2007 he founded Lumina Lighting Design, one of the best design studios in the region focused on light as designlanguage.
Currently, Mr Echeverría lectures on Lighting for the Costa Rican Chamber of Architecture and Engineering Consultants and the CFIA, the Costa Rican Engineers and Architects Federation, where he joined in 2004.
Lighting Consulting Services
Interior Lighting Design
Architectural Exterior and Façade Lighting
Design
Landscape and Hardscape LightingDesign
MasterFormat specification development
Site inspection visit, commissioning, cost control, RFIs and Submittals.
Rendering processing and simulations
Photometric calculations and assessment
LightAuditing
Daylighting
BIMIntegration
Project realms
• Comercial
• Hospitality
• Workspace
• Residential
• Foodand Beverage
• Landscape andHardscape
• PrivateResidences
• Master Plananddesignguidelines
• Gaming
• Exhibition
• IndustrialFacilities
• ArchitecturalFaçades
• ArtInstallations
Cosmic House - Fancesco Bracci Transitarte 2019
Starbucks Visitor Center
Finca Alsacia, Poás, Alajuela, CostaRica
Architect: Starbucks Global Design
Landscape: PPAR
Construction Document Development: Jirón BeiruteArquitectura
Status: Built and Operational
Central Market
Curridabat, San José - Costa Rica
Architect: DA Lab
Status: Built and operational
Tamarindo sunset
Hospitality and Residential
Península Papagayo Residence
Architect: Zurcher Arquitectos
Interior Designer: Zurcher Arquitectos
Under Construction
2021
Peninsula Papagayo Residence
Architect: Zurcher Arquitectos
Interior Designer: Modus Operandi
Construction Document development 2022
Tregaskiss Residence
Private Residence Lighting renovation, Escazú, San José, Costa Rica 2016
Indura Spa
Desarrollo Turístico Bahia de Tela, Los Micos, HondurasArchitects: DA LabStatus: Built and operational,
TUN San Jose, CR
Bayer Shared Services Center
Zona Franca América – Heredia, Costa Rica
Architect: 3G Costa Rica
LEED Consultant: Ámbito Arquitectura y Sostenibilidad
Status: Built and Operational
SSVMN Sucursal Cartago
Sociedad de Seguros de Vida del Magisterio Nacional
Architect: Andira Arquitectos
ElM Consultant: Guevara Cárdenas Partners
LEED Consultant: Ámbito Arquitectura y Sostenibilidad
Status: Built and Operational
Telecom headquarters
Oficentro El Cedral. San José, Costa Rica
Architect: Gensler CostaRica
Status: Built and operational
Poder Judicial
Torre Judicial
Costa Rican Judicial Branch Courts and Offices Tower
Architect: Gensler – Arquitectura y Diseño SSGMT
Status: Built and Operational
Poder Judicial Puntarenas
Costa Rican Judicial Branch Courts and Offices Tower
Architect: Gensler – Arquitectura y Diseño SSGMT
Status: Built and Operational
AvenidaEscazú
Lighting Master Plan
Client: Portafolio Inmobiliario Architects: Studio 506, Trejos Facio Arch. Landscape Architects: Urban Design South San José, CostaRica
Status: Built and operational
Lagunilla, Heredia, CR
240.000m² office space
45.000m² Free Trade Industrial
5.000m² retail
200-key 5 star hotel
8.000m² leisure lanscape
Developer: Grupo Leumi
Landscape: Greenplan
Status: Under Construction
Casa Cósimca
Art Installation by Francesco Bracci Transitarte Festival 2019
Developed for outsourcing clients and other projects
Mixed use building
Alexandria, Virginia, USA
Client: Doubbledge Design, LLC
Nighttime rendering development and associate lighting design
