Brian Fontaine
Project Architect at TERVA Design Solutions
- Role
- Project Architect at Terva Design Solutions
- Location
- Boston, MA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Brian Fontaine
I know it’s cliché, but I have always wanted to be an Architect. As a child, I gravitated towards building houses with Legos and Lincoln logs, which led to drawing houses and neighborhoods on any piece of paper I could get my hands on. I loved drawing family and friends’ houses and reconfiguring the plans, adding floors and changing roof lines. In almost any space I have experienced from a young age and now, I ask myself the same question; How can this space be better? My dad is a woodworker by trade, so I was lucky to see some of my designs come to life as a teenager. Our first project together was a pair of storage shelves for my cousin; I drew them, he built them. Over the years, we’ve design-built several furniture pieces and decks. These projects further drew me to architecture and the process of taking an idea to paper, with the result being a product or space you can see, use and experience. Graduating with my MArch in 2010, my first architecture jobs were in retail design. I enjoyed the fast pace of design and construction and found there was an instant gratification of seeing a design come to life. With that fast pace, I have found comes fast turnover, and repetitiveness. Over time, I transitioned to higher education and institutional design, which I found to be more gratifying and interesting to work on with more complexity and a lasting impact to the surrounding environment and occupants. Experiencing how projects make a positive impact on their community is extremely fulfilling to me. Early exposure and curiosity for design have shaped my education and career and help drive me every day to provide the best service and solutions for my clients and partners.
Experience
Project Architect
Jan 2022 — Present · Boston, MA, US
TERVA Design Solutions was founded with the vision to provide a suite of Architecture, Engineering, and OPM services under one roof to provide the best service and solutions for our clients. TDS brings inspired curiosity, unique perspective, and thoughtful planning to each project. We provide expert facilitation in project start up, decision making, and execution to ensure that our clients goals are understood, nurtured throughout the process and ultimately realized as functional, beautiful spaces. Completed Projects: Tufts Medical Center- Floating 7 Pediatrics to Adult Med-Surg Unit RenovationTufts Medical Center- 35 Kneeland Street, Office Suite RenovationSouth Shore Hospital- Pediatric Unit Renovation Dana-Farber Cancer Institute- Materials Management Warehouse Fit Out Northeastern University- Behrakis Center, Office Suite RenovationsNortheastern University- Loftman & Light Halls, Facade Renovation StudiesAdams Clinical- Office Suite Renovations
Education
ISI Florence
Architecture, Art and Architectural History, Italian Studies
2008 — 2008
Roger Williams University
Master of Architecture, Bachelor of Science in Architecture, Architecture, Art and Architectural History
2005 — 2010
Skills
- Sustainable Design
- Architectures
- Site Analysis
- Architectural Drawings
- Indesign
- Leed
- Research
- Revit
- Autocad
- 3d Modeling
- Construction Administration Services
- Sketching
- Construction Documents
- Bim
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Graphic Design
- Model Making
- Architectural Design
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