Olena Solodovnik
Ukrainian architect working between Ukraine and Southern Europe, focused on private homes, villas, and residential projects shaped by light, proportion, and material logic.
Olena Solodovnik is a Ukrainian architect whose work is defined by clear planning, natural light, and measured material choices. Raised in Odesa, she brings the city's coastal restraint and courtyard culture into projects across Ukraine, Spain, and Portugal.
She studied at the Odessa State Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture, where her early studio projects attracted leading practices. She went on to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams on bespoke homes, hospitality concepts, and civic commissions.
Her approach begins with the brief: how a family lives, how the site receives light, how structure and services will support the spaces. Beauty is treated as the result of proportion, use, and construction discipline, not as a surface layer added at the end.
Today Olena leads concept design, client communication, and design coordination for projects in Ukraine, Spain, Portugal, and selected international markets. In Spain and Portugal, she works with licensed local architects, engineers, and specialist consultants so the design intent and the statutory project route stay aligned.
The studio works closely with consultants, makers, and builders from first concept through completion. Digital tools, including generative studies and AI-assisted workflows, are used only when they clarify decisions, test options, or improve coordination.
Light First
Every plan is tested against daylight, orientation, and view. Light is not decoration; it is one of the main materials of the project.
Material Logic
Stone, timber, glass, and concrete are chosen for how they age, meet, and carry use. Details are resolved so the building feels inevitable rather than decorated.
Quiet Precision
The work avoids spectacle. It aims for calm spaces where proportion, construction, and atmosphere support daily life without noise.