Future Fest 2023: Adaptive Reuse Masterclass With Foster + Partners

Future Fest 2023: Adaptive Reuse Masterclass With Foster + Partners

With Taba Rasti | Foster + Partners

In this adaptive reuse special, architect Taba Rasti, Senior Partner and co-director of Foster + Partners' Madrid Office, will take us through the making of the stunning, A+Award-winning Ombú. Ombú is a transformative office building built for the Spanish infrastructure and energy company ACCIONA. The project breathes new life into a historic industrial building in Madrid, creating an exemplar of building reuse and revitalizing the surrounding area.

This shared vision of sustainability was presented at COP 26 as the most sustainable project so far realised by Foster + Partners, transcending the usual ratings to meet in full the Paris Agreement targets.

By attending this talk, you'll learn:

• The importance of working with the urban fabric of our cities, by recycling buildings that can breathe a new life in the future, regenerating the city.
• Strategies that we can take to effectively reduce carbon emissions in our designs in order to reduce their impact on the Planet.
• Collaboration between the private and public sector,  creating a sense of place for the city and the neighborhood.

About Taba Rasti

Taba Rasti is Senior Partner and co-directs the Foster + Partners practice in Madrid. She completed her studies at the Madrid School of Architecture (ETSAM) in 2003. She joined the Foster + Partners London based practice in 2005 and moved to Madrid in 2007 to set up the office. With over 20 years of experience, she has worked in Spain and worldwide, on a variety of project types and scales, ranging from cultural buildings to workplace design, her particular speciality is the regeneration of historic buildings to give them a sustainable future.

She is currently working on the restoration and extension of the Hall of Realms at the Prado Museum in Madrid, on the Bilbao Fine arts Museum extension, and in the regeneration of La Punt Village in a hub project space in the Engadin valley. She has completed the Chateau Margaux winery extension in Bordeaux, a Chapel for the Vatican at the Venice Biennale, and most recently the conversion of a historic building for workplace space for Acciona in Madrid (presented as a case study for Sustainability at COP26), as well as projects in France, Portugal, Switzerland, Israel and the US.

About Hannah Feniak

Hannah Feniak is Architizer’s Managing Editor. When she’s not leading our talented team of writers and interviewing the industry’s most innovative designers, Hannah is likely to be found exploring the latest exhibition openings. A trained art historian and educator with a focus on architecture and urbanism, Hannah holds degrees from McGill University in Montreal and NYU.