Fundamental Architects

fundamental is a Rotterdam-based first fully digital architecture and interior design studio. Our team of design professionals and worldwide partners work collaboratively with our clients to create unconventional solutions and a renewed perspective of everyday spaces. we create personal and poetic, but functional and rational outdoor and indoor spaces to live, work, create and enjoy life. We believe that your environment defies who you are or who you aim to be. And we’re happy to help you create the environment you deserve to be surrounded with. we especially enjoy working with unusual assignments and challenging plots: long and narrow or huge and undefined, next to the highway or hard to reach ones in the middle of nowhere, on a complex landscape on top of the mountain or on a tiny plot cramped between existing buildings. we don’t believe in following a specific style, since we believe every person is unique and deserves a unique approach. Our clients are our inspirations. Their stories, their passion, their fears, their love serve as a starting point of our projects. we don’t have a fixed services list, since your dreams should not have confines. We are happy to explore the best possible realization of your vision together with you. So, let’s cross the line and make a step closer to fulfill your ambitions and long-lasting dreams. our core design principles are the following: mindful(ness) - we live in a new fast-paced digital era, where we regularly find ourselves caught in a loop of constant stress and pressure. Necessity for space to recharge our mind and body becomes vital to our well-being. timeless - we focus on creating built environment that will outlast trends, fashion statements and will be relevant for generations to come. empathy - we care about things you care. synergetic - we believe in harmony between human and nature. It translates to every aspect of their interaction: from air quality, materials origin and tactile experiences to sustainable design and construction principles. lifelong learning - we are eager to take on new challenges, learn something new and do something we never did before. fundamental was founded by an award-winning Dutch architect with Ukrainian roots - Vladimir Konovalov. He was born in Mariupol, Ukraine (1987) and studied architecture in Kharkiv, Shanghai and Venice. He received his second Master degree at TU Delft in 2012. Since then for 7.5 years he worked for famous international companies OMA (NL) and Mecanoo (NL) on a range of iconic projects around the world, including the second highest skyscraper in the Netherlands ““The Grace“ as a project architect. In 2020 he decided to pursue his passion of working on high-end residential and hospitality projects around the world. This is how fundamental was born.