FONDAMENTA was born in 2016, it’s run by Francesca Beatrice Gagliardi e Federico Rossi and is based in Milan, Italy.

Milan-based FONDAMENTA was founded by Francesca Gagliardi and Federico Rossi. Strong is the belief in research and experimentation applied to construction where building is the end to which architecture must strive to become itself and technology the tool used to reach this result. FONDAMENTA questions conventions and supports contradictions. Fascination for structure and freedom from dogma represent the premises for the research; Structure traces space, organizes the program and generates the building. Governance of architecture through technology is believed to be the key to the creation of an organism.Technology drives efficiency, precision and control through the entire process. In 2019 the studio completed its first new building, the Winery of Monforte d’Alba, and is currently dealing with different scale projects, starting from a domestic infrastructure masterplan in Val di Noto, Sicily. Surrealism reigns supreme. FONDAMENTA believes in synergies between professional and academic worlds. Invited to lecture and publish on several international institutions and platforms, FONDAMENTA taught as Academic Guest at ETH - Zürich in 2022-2023 with the Master design course The Economy of the Project.


Collaborators
Nicholas Compagnoni, Luca Redaelli, Giovanni Cesaretti, Francesco Riccardo Toso, Francesco Telesa, Francesco Pusterla, Andrea Rossi.
from 2016
Alberto Smaldone, Chiara Carraro, Diana Spagnulo, Tommaso Tugnoli, Dario Biscaro, Gabriele Pagani, Marina Montresor, Caterina Spadoni, Matteo Broggini, Alessandro Zanella, Margherita Massafra.

Francesca Gagliardi was born in 1987 Milan, Italy. She studied Architecture at the Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio, Switzerland gaining her diploma in 2012. She worked for Aires Mateus in Lisbon - Portugal, Ensamble Studio - Anton Garcia Abril in Madrid - Spain, and Christian Kerez, Zurich - Switzerland. In 2016 she co-founded FONDAMENTA.
In 2022 it has been appointed Academic Guest at the ETH Zurich invited by Christian Kerez, running the Master design course: Studio Fondamenta: The Economomy of the project.

Federico Rossi was born in 1987 Como, Italy.
He studied Architecture at the Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio, Switzerland and at KTH Stockholm, Sweden gaining his diploma in 2012. In 2012 co-founded OSA, Associazione Studenti Accademia Mendrisio and in 2013 he co-published the research ATLAS How we Learn to stop Worrying and Love the Tradition.
From 2013 to 2015 worked at Christian Kerez office, Zurich, CH being responsible of international Project. From 2015 to 2019 he has been Assistent for Christian Kerez Chair, at the first year and Master at ETH, Zurich, CH. In 2016 he co-founded FONDAMENTA.
In 2018 together with H.Killer he has been responsable for the Studio PROJECT BERLIN 200.000 Housing Units for Berlin, at ETH, Zurich and based in Berlin, Germany.
In 2019, together with J.Kacani, H. Killer, G. Ledermann he has been responsible of the Chair of Christian Kerez running his personal Studio STUDIO PANORAMA: 14 Views on Contemporary Architecture at ETH, Zurich, CH.
n 2022 it has been appointed Academic Guest at the ETH Zurich invited by Christian Kerez, running the Master design course: Studio Fondamenta: The Economomy of the project.