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Matteo Fontana

Matteo Fontana

Venezia, IT

 

About 

Learning has always been essential for me in choosing my way, both in education and personal life.

Drawing is and it has been for me the first tool to understand the context around me since my childhood. Along with that, reading and feeling. Not only hearing but mostly touching and watching the objects around me. The details of the slightly rough surface of the stucco of my bedroom were coming out when I was drawing on it with my wax crayons. 

Paper and models are not enough for me at the moment. I wish I can be useful, work, be part of the creation of something that will have an impact on the everyday life of the ones that will live that architecture.

I’m looking for the chance to be part of a creative team where I know there will be something that will push my vision on architecture forward.

Elsewhere:

Employment 

Mecanoo, Delft, NL, Model Maker

Feb 2024 - current
 

OMA (The Office for Metropolitan Architecture), Rotterdam, NL, Modelshop Assistant

Oct 2022 - Jul 2023
 

Epitesz studio, Budapest, HU, Intern

Oct 2021 - Mar 2022
 
Oct 2018 - May 2019
 

UdpA - Ufficio di progettazione Architettonica, Cittadella, IT, Intern

Steiner Waldorf School new building
Concept development, 2D drawings, 3D modeling and physical modeling for presentation. Rather autonomous work for small changes and design improvements with tutor crits on a daily base.

Temporary factory office building
Developed several proposals for a design on shipping container concept. Study on references, cost research and interior overall design.

Jun 2017 - Sep 2017
 

Studio67, Vicenza, IT, Intern

Private house extension
Study of the ongoing proposal, design rethinking with different schemes and concept. Visit on the construction site.

Construction sites surveys
Improved knowledge on building materials and techniques, paperwork and time managing.

basic administrative tasks

Jun 2014 - Jun 2014
 

Education 

Università IUAV di Venezia, Venezia, IT, MArch, Architecture

Oct 2019 - Mar 2022
 

Tongji University - College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shanghai, CN, MArch, Architecture

international exchange program - 10 months, 2 semesters

Sep 2020 - Jun 2021
 

Università IUAV di Venezia, Venezia, IT, BArch, Architecture: techniques and design

110 cum laude/110

The combination of theory and practice, a balance of knowledge and know-how, allows for a constant monitoring of the students’ learning. The year’s workshop is the place for practical experimentation and actual assessment of the learning process. The workshops and the single-subject courses contribute to a particularly rich and articulated curriculum, which promotes the development of both critical and practical skills.
[source iuav.it/english]

Oct 2015 - Sep 2018
 

Accademia di Architettura Mendrisio, CH, Mendrisio, CH, BArch, Architecture

international exchange program - 10 months, 2 semesters

Fall Semester 17
Atelier Francis Kéré

Spring Semester 18
Atelier João Nunes + João Gomes da Silva

Sep 2017 - Jul 2018
 

Areas of Specialization 

Skills