About us
RS2bB is a Palo Alto, California - based practice known for their simplicity and sustainable & regenerative design practices.
We have a reputation for producing high-quality residential designs with a strong emphasis on detail.
RS2bB is committed to core tenets of traditional professionalism, excellence in the technical and scientific examination as well as the more abstract ideas of design. In this way, we are a comprehensive firm with a generalist position on its engagement with the pursuit of Architecture.
Our Team.
F a b i á n A r i a s
Fabián is an architect with 12 years of experience designing luxury homes, commercial projects, sports facilities and hotels. He gets his inspiration from nature and his work reflects a correct fusion between architecture and its context. In addition to architecture, he is passionate about graphic design, which he incorporates into his designs.
He has participated in different seminars and competitions, such as Mundaneum, Tropical Architecture Biennale 2007, Smart Cities and Sustainability, Arquigrama 2017, Fassa Bortolo International Prize for Sustainable Architecture (Italy) with the Hotel Iriria project, 2010, among others. He has also given talks, including "Principles of Sustainable Construction applied from Engineering and Architecture in Costa Rica", for the Bachelor of Engineering in Environmental Management program at the National University of Costa Rica.
At a professional level, in addition to developing projects both in CR and outside the country, he collaborates with national and international firms in the design and conceptualization of projects, including Mannucci Arquitectos (CR), Hispanic Developer (Florida, USA), Himalayan Group Developers ( CR), Strategic Design Studio (CR), Roduga Investments (Bolivia), Orion Environments (Peru).
He currently works for the firm Koppe+Wong, Seattle, USA. But architecture is not his only passion, Fabián is the Co-Founder and graphic designer of the Bienestar Fit Latin America Magazine, which is the first magazine in the region focused on the promotion of Wellness, whose main objective is to create awareness of that Well-being is more than a concept…it is a positive state and lifestyle, through the integral search of being.
His committed and enthusiastic passion for design has led him to expand his frontiers, increasing his knowledge and leaving a mark wherever he puts a pencil.
R o c í o C r i a l e s
Rocio is an architect with 23 years of experience, designing residential, commercial, institutional, and corporate projects.
Living, studying, and designing in the countries of Peru, Greece, Italy, Costa Rica - and currently the United States - has provided Rocio with a multicultural, multi-artistic vision that she applies to each project.
She has founded design, construction, and project management companies during her career; among them: Constructora Millenium S.A, Orion Environments S.A, and Project Management Elite Alliance SAC, in which she has held the position of CEO.
She has led teams throughout all phases of architectural projects - large and small. She has expertise in all phases of design and construction, from concept, project development, bidding, permitting, project management, and turnkey delivery.
Together with Architect Fabian Arias, "RS2bB, Architecture Firm" was founded. RS2bB develops projects for Latin America and the United States in partnership with local architects and representative firms to satisfy permitting regulations specific to the requirements of each country or region.
