The "LABORATORIO URBANO - European Urban Workshop" was founded in Bari in 1993 as a Town Planning Council, but a year later it became a Cultural Association dealing with the protection of the historical, artistic and environmental heritage. Our intention has always been to provoke citizens and Institutions' attention toward the forgotten or abandoned sites of the medieval town centre and peripheries, through planning proposals and the utilization of cultural instruments, such as Visual Arts, Architecture and Urban Planning, Music, Participated Planning.
The founder and present chairman of the Association is Mr. Eugenio Lombardi, architect and environmental planner and expert in Urban Psicology.