Retrofitting existing buildings is crucial to meeting our net-zero carbon targets. By sympathetically adapting existing structures, we can enhance building performance and functionality, while reducing embodied carbon content. This includes transforming old office buildings into flexible workspaces, industrial districts into retail destinations, and extending the life of historic buildings and giving life back to cities. In this lecture, Angus Campbell will illustrate how Foster + Partners' unique approach to building with history has given a new lease of life to several buildings and spaces across the world, including The Great Court at the British Museum, Trafalgar Square, HM Treasury, Hearst Tower, The Smithsonian, Slussen and Battersea Power Station.
Angus Campbell
Campbell studied at the University of Birmingham and the Bartlett School of Architecture before joining Foster + Partners in 1990. His unique experience includes the design of venues at urban anchors and how that impacts the design of an entertainment district in its urban setting, and how it relates to the transport and last-mile experience, giving him a holistic understanding of design briefs and the associated challenges that they pose, to create a successful 365-day destination. Campbell’s recent projects include the design for Lusail Stadium in Doha, the centrepiece venue for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™.