PROFILE

Stephen Casentini, AIA, LEED AP
President

Professional Experience

Mr. Casentini’s broad experience in planning and design for institutions of higher education, private developers, and residential clients covers all aspects of project planning, programming, design, documentation, and construction administration.

Residential Credentials
Prior to forming Casentini Incorporated, Mr. Casentini successfully completed a number of residential assignments including:

• 356 Units of Recreational Housing – Incline, NV **
• 164 Unit New Apartment Complex – Boston, MA ***
• 21 Luxury Townhouses – Duxbury, MA *
• 132 Units of Recreational Housing – Lake Winnipesaukee, Gilford, NH *
• 4,000 SF Custom Home – Carlisle, MA *
• 6,000 SF Custom Home – Hollis, NH *
• 2,500 SF Passive Solar Home – Ross, CA **
• Artist’s Studio Carriage House – Los Altos Hills, CA **
• 2-Unit Condominium Conversion – Cambridge, MA *
• 12-Unit Condominium Conversion – Palo Alto, CA **

* work performed while associated with Swain Associates
** work performed while associated with Freebairn-Smith & Associates
*** work performed while associated with ADD, Inc.

Mr. Casentini’s most recent and current residential project list includes a number of single family home renovations and additions.

Higher Education Credentials

Mr. Casentini has served as planner, project architect, and project manager on a variety of campus planning and facility design assignments for colleges and universities. His college and university experience includes:

• Bates College – Campus Facilities Master Plan – Lewiston, ME +
• Bates College – New Dining Hall – Lewiston, ME +
• Technology Square @ MIT – 1.6 M GSF Campus Master Plan – Cambridge, MA +
• 100-700 Technology Square @ MIT – $120M Core & Shell Facilities – Cambridge, MA +
• UMass Boston – Substructure Stabilization Project – Boston, MA +
• UMass Boston – Campus Housing Study – Boston, MA +
• Wake Forest School of Medicine – Strategic Facilities Master Plan – Winston-Salem, NC +
• University of Central Missouri – Comprehensive Campus Master Plan – Warrensburg, MO +++
• George Mason University – Residential Precinct Program and Master Plan – Fairfax, VA +++
• Fayetteville State University – Residential Life Master Plan – Fayetteville, NC +++
• Fayetteville State University – Student Center Master Plan – Fayetteville, NC +++
• Fayetteville State University – Health & Recreation Center Master Plan – Fayetteville, NC +++

Mr. Casentini also completed a number of planning, design and construction projects for Boston College. These include:

• Boston College – Law School Facility Master Plan – Newton, MA++
• Boston College – Law School Library – Newton, MA++
• Boston College – Law School Library Rare Books Room- Newton, MA ++
• Boston College – Law School New Academic Wing – Newton, MA++
• Boston College – Graduate Residence Center Design – Newton, MA ++
• Boston College – Executive Office Renovations and Furnishings for:

– Fr. William P. Leahy, S.J. – President ++
– Fr. Donald Monan, S.J. – Chancellor ++
– John Neuhauser – Academic Vice President ++

+ work performed while associated with Sasaki Associates
++ work performed while associated with Earl R. Flansburgh + Associates
+++ work performed while associated with Gould Evans

Mr. Casentini manages all of Casentini Incorporated’s college and university projects. The current project list includes an on-going space planning consultancy, and a number of full services design, documentation, and construction administration assignments for the University of Massachusetts Boston. The work focuses on the cost effective repositioning of space to meet current program needs, integration of required code upgrades within existing facilities, and specification of new furnishings packages.

Registrations and Affiliations

• Licensed architect registered in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts since 1990
• LEED Accredited Professional
• Member, US Green Building Council
• Member, Boston Society of Architects
• Member, American Institute of Architects
• Member, Historic Newton

Education

• Bachelor of Arts Degree in Environmental Design and Architecture – UC Berkeley
• Masters Degree in Architecture – Massachusetts Institute of Technology