Architect, Founder of Yellow Office
Francesca Benedetto (b. 1981) studied architecture at the Politecnico di Milano and the Universidade Técnica de Lisboa. In 2008, she founded YellowOffice, a firm focused on landscape architecture and urbanism that merges research and design across scales, from territorial strategies and public spaces to exhibitions, videos, and illustrations. Her work often explores the relationship between city and nature through the lens of visual arts and geography. YellowOffice has won international competitions (Berat 2015, Tirana 2014, Rome 2012, among others) and exhibited at the Venice Architecture Biennale and the Chicago Architecture Biennial. Benedetto also teaches and lectures widely, having worked with institutions such as Politecnico di Milano, London Metropolitan University, and IED, where she coordinated the Master in Land Design (2014) and served as Italian ambassador (2015).
