SENSI design studio + TEAM
At SENSI design studio +, we are long-time colleagues who have worked side by side on numerous outstanding projects over the years. Our mutual respect and admiration, coupled with our passion for creating and building, is what binds us together.
Although we each have our own areas of expertise, we are all knowledgeable in every phase and aspect of design. Our team’s collective skills encompass the highest quality of architecture, interiors, and industrial design, as well as project delivery from conception to construction administration and completion.
For us, design excellence begins with clear communication and transparency with clients and with all the consultants, contractors, trades specialists and fabricators whose deep understanding of the practical challenges enriches the creative process.
Our process gives clients financial, structural, and conceptual certainty about their projects, ensuring their expectations and evolving needs are met.
We are proud to be known for building long-term trust with all our clients by creating collaborative ways of designing and solving problems to arrive at fresh solutions
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Marta Sensidoni, studio lead
Marta’s work has been integral to many award-winning and internationally recognized architecture and interior projects in Latin America, Europe, Asia, the US and Canada, ranging from large-scale civic and arts and culture projects to residential and industrial design.
Throughout her years of practice, Marta has specialized in creating high-quality designs rooted in a thorough understanding of the client's needs, the sense of place, light, shadows, climate, and the interaction of the exteriors with the surrounding community.
“Understanding what makes my client unique and different becomes the foundation of my creative ideas and design process,” Marta Sensidoni
Fiona Warren, Project manager
Fiona is an experienced project designer and manager with over 20 years of experience in leadership roles, ensuring the successful completion of various complex and high-profile projects, including iconic corporate towers, federal buildings, and multi-residential, commercial, and civic projects.
Fiona specializes in developing building strategies, starting with establishing communication and collaboration platforms and ending with project delivery and construction documentation. She is a results-driven project manager and brings a wealth of knowledge in scope, scheduling, and quality tracking management throughout the project life cycle. She also solves process glitches by prioritizing roadmaps and procedures for the best possible execution.
Fiona is a few thesis pages away from her Master's in Architecture. Although she has been informally dabbling as an amateur photographer, her dramatic and stark black-and-white landscape images have earned her honourable mentions and awards and triggered a following in social media. Fiona is passionate about combining simple yet elegant designs with cost-effective building materials. She firmly believes that our homes and communities can be our sanctuary and focuses on strategizing every project from start to finish to ensure that the final outcome is both beautiful and affordable.
CELESTE Gerber, contract administration
With over 40 years of design and construction experience, Celeste is one of the most accomplished senior project strategists and contract administrators in the architecture business. Celeste has a multifaceted knowledge of the industry, exceptional organization and negotiations skills and an extensive track record of liaising with clients of all levels and sizes in areas as diverse as Civic, Commercial, Educational, Healthcare, Hospitality, Industrial, Multi-Family, Residential, Religious and Land Development.
With a thorough technical knowledge of codes and certification as a construction contract administrator, Celeste is a solid quality control asset for any team. She trained as a specification writer under the Construction Specifications Canada Association (CSC) and is also a LISP programmer and a LEED Accredited Professional. Her areas of expertise include building assessment, research and development of design, compliance with codes and local building regulations, contract documents and contract administration.
However, Celeste's most valuable quality is her ability to untangle and solve any problem with her calmness and kind demeanour, which are infectious to those around her. These qualities are never at the expense of her unwavering determination, rigorous professionalism, or dedication as a friend.
derek fenske, DESIGNER
Derek is a senior multidisciplinary designer with 30+ years of experience in civic/cultural, commercial, healthcare and transportation projects. Like many good designers, his professional career expanded from the micro to the macro aspects of design, making him an asset for any interior or architecture team.
Originally trained as an industrial designer at The Ontario College of Art & Design in Toronto, Derek’s areas of expertise include exhibition spaces and furniture design, development and design detailing of interior spaces, lighting design and timber design. Derek is also a talented hand renderer and a fine writer and photographer. His renderings, concept sketches and illustrations are praised for providing a compelling vision that brings life and character to any interior or exterior space in a way realistic renderings cannot.
Derek is also a creative problem solver. He uses his sensibility to understand the client and the space with his knowledge of geometry, proportions, materials, and light. Derek is also an amazing team member and friend.
