Francesca Benedetto has studied architecture at the Politecnico di Milano and the Universitade Tecnica de Lisboa. In 2008 she founded YellowOffice, a landscape design and landscape urbanism studio combining research and design. The theme of landscapes is also present in the design of objects and interiors and in the production of exhibitions, videos and illustrations. YellowOffice has been awarded international prizes and competitions and taken part in panels and conferences in major universities such as the Berlage in Rotterdam.

It has also been part of exhibitions such as the 14th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice, in the Innesti / Graftings section curated by Cino Zucchi. Aside from working for her own studio, she has kept working as an academic at the Politecnico di Milano, collaborating with professor Stefano Boeri for the course of Town Planning. She has taught at the University of Pisa, the Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti, the Domus Academy in Milan and Cass Cities in London. In 2014 she has started working as a coordinator for the Master in Land Design at IED in Cagliari.