New Fundamentals Research Group is a team of Italian architects and academics coordinated by Prof Giuseppe Fallacara. The team is affiliated to the Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture (DICAR) of the Polytechnic of Bari, and develops research projects which deal with the relationship between innovation and tradition in architecture. Throughout the years, New Fundamentals has carried out research works on digital stereotomy, the history of construction and sustainable housing in the Mediterranean area, and it maintains itself active through teaching/learning activities, publishing textbooks, organizing lectures, workshops, and supervising Master’s and Ph.D. theses.