bdfarchitetti is a design workshop born in 2004 by the collaboration of architechts with a common studies' itinerary at the Polytechnic of Bari (degree in 1999-2000) and a postgraduate study and work experience in Barcelona (Master and Ph.D. at UPC-ETSAB; collaboration with Arriola&Fiol Arquitectes). Founder members of bdfarchitetti are Vincenzo P. Bagnato and Pasquale A. De Nicolo, coordinating a dynamic and multi-disciplinary team of partners and collaborators. bdfarchitetti addresses its design research activity mainly to the partecipation in competitions on the topic of urban renewal and design of public spaces, favouring experiences of partnership with national and international architecture studios and engineering companies. Between the recent awards: 2nd prize at the competition "Reconstruction of the central area of the Fiera del Levante" in Bari (2014); Mention at the "Premio INARCH/ANCE Puglia" (2014); Selection at the "Premio Apulia 2012"; Finalist in the International Competition "Baricentrale - transformation of the central railway areas in Bari" (2012); Selection at the "Call for Architect Talent - Pugliarch 2012"; Selection at the "GiArch - Progetti di Giovani Architetti Italiani" (2011). Works of bdfarchitetti are published in many international reviews and books, and have been exposed in Trento, Vicenza, Torino, Milano, Roma, at the XIII Architecture Expo "La Biennale di Venezia" at the Universal Expo Shanghai 2010 (China).