What AIDNA does

AIDNA is an architectural practice founded in 2017 in Naples, Italy, organized as a cooperative company (società cooperativa) with six partners and a small support team (architects and interns), headquartered in Afragola (Naples). The firm describes its practice as a "plural vision" spanning architecture, product design, and executive management, with services covering architectural design, interior design, exhibition curation, and design research. Its work spans residential renovations (apartments in the 85–130 sqm range), commercial adaptive reuse (e.g., a 1,650 sqm hotel conversion in Naples), heritage restoration (€320,000 facade project, €66M competition entry for Incurabili complex), educational facility design (school competitions in Marche and Veneto), and cultural/exhibition installations.

The firm has no proprietary technology platform, software product, or AI capability; value is delivered through human design labor, with a Squarespace portfolio website and Instagram serving as the primary marketing channels. Revenue derives from professional services fees on private commissions and competition-based public project awards, with no disclosed pricing. The customer base is split across four segments: private residential (SMB individuals), private developers (enterprise), public institutions/government (Comune di Napoli, Regione Campania, Comune di Sant'Elpidio a Mare, Comune di Pordenone), and cultural/nonprofit organizations (Masseria Ferraioli, Palazzo D'Avalos, Manifesto dell'Abitare). Geographic reach is regional Italian (Campania, Marche, Emilia-Romagna, Veneto), with no international operational footprint. The firm is privately held by its six partners, has no external funding, and operates without disclosed financials.

Name

AIDNA

Legal name

AIDNA

Website

https://aidnastudios.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

AIDNA is a Naples-based (Afragola, Italy) architectural cooperative founded in 2017 that delivers architecture, interior design, product design, and exhibition design services to residential clients, private developers, public institutions, and cultural organizations across four Italian regions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (54131), Interior Design Services (54141)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Interior Design Services (BPAHAKAB)

Keywords

• Architectural design services
• Interior design
• Heritage restoration
• Exhibition design
• Adaptive reuse

Headquarters

HQ city

Afragola

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Architectural Design Services: Professional services revenue from architectural design, interior design, exhibition design, and design research projects for private and public clients.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

AIDNA is an architectural practice that designs spaces, objects, devices, and installations across residential, commercial, educational, healthcare, and infrastructure projects. Services encompass architectural design, interior design, product design, exhibition curation, and executive project management, delivered through a cooperative structure of architect partners and specialists. The firm operates on a project-commission basis, combining competition entries with direct client engagement to deliver full-lifecycle design services.

Product overview

AIDNA is an architectural practice based in Napoli, Italy (founded 2017) that operates as a cooperative company. The firm offers a unified portfolio of services centered on architectural design, product design, and executive management. Their work spans residential projects (apartments, houses), commercial properties (hotels), educational facilities (schools), healthcare buildings, infrastructure, landscape installations, and exhibition design. The practice takes a research-driven, interdisciplinary approach, viewing architecture as both cultural practice and social intervention.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architectural Design Services Full-lifecycle architectural design services covering residential, commercial, educational, healthcare, and infrastructure projects, from concept development through executive management, delivered by a cooperative team of architects and specialists.
• Product Design Design of objects, devices, and spatial installations that cross boundaries between architecture and product design, including custom furniture and architectural-elements work.
• Interior Design Interior design services for residential and commercial spaces, including material selection, spatial planning, and custom furniture design for projects such as Casa Andrea (130 sqm).
• Exhibition Design Design and curation of exhibitions and installations, including curatorial work and spatial staging for cultural festivals and nonprofit clients.
• Executive Management Project management and executive direction services overseeing construction and implementation phases of architectural projects.

Named customers12 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Masseria FerraiolicoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated on Stem Park project (144 sqm educational pavilion) within Masseria Ferraioli, the largest confiscated asset from organized crime in Europe. Also collaborated on Una casa che suda research project and exhibition installations.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Park Associati: Milan-headquartered architecture studio with a mixed residential, hospitality and public-sector portfolio. Similar multi-disciplinary studio model and Italian design-award visibility.
• CZA - Cino Zucchi Architetti: Milan-based boutique practice working across residential, cultural and masterplanning commissions. Comparable Italian design-studio profile with strong press presence and competition-track heritage.
• Piuarch: Milan-based architectural practice combining residential, workplace and cultural commissions. Similar mix of private and public-sector work with comparable Italian boutique scale.
• Labics: Rome-based architectural studio of comparable scale producing architecture, interior design and adaptive-reuse work across Italian residential, cultural and public briefs. Closely aligned practice size, project typology and Italian design-press positioning.
• Studio Marco Piva: Milan-based architecture and interior design practice covering hospitality, residential and exhibition projects. Directly comparable interior-design-plus-architecture service mix.
• Nemesi: Italian architecture studio with strong record on public competitions and cultural projects. Comparable competition-led pipeline and design-research orientation.
• 5+1AA: Genoa-based architectural practice with strong track record in public competitions and cultural facilities. Comparable competition-led acquisition model and public-sector project scale.
• BBP Architetti: Italian architecture studio active in residential, hospitality and adaptive-reuse projects. Comparable project typology and small-to-mid studio structure.
• Mario Cucinella Architects: Italian practice with a documented emphasis on sustainability research and education-sector work. Overlap with AIDNA on school competition entries and Manifesto dell'Abitare-style research recognition.

Broad incumbents

• Stefano Boeri Architetti: Larger, internationally recognised Italian architecture studio active across residential, public and urban-regeneration briefs. Sets the broader benchmark for Italian boutique-to-mid practice positioning that AIDNA aspires toward.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/aidnastudios
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/aidna-studios

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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