Associate
MArch, ARB, OAP
London, UK
Roberta Sartori
Photograph by Frederic Aranda ©
Render by Nightnurse
At ZHA, Roberta has contributed to key projects across China, Italy, Hong Kong, India, Saudi Arabia, and Monaco. Notable projects include The Henderson Tower in Hong Kong, Tower C at Shenzhen Bay Super Headquarters Base, and the Navi Mumbai International Airport in India.
Prior to joining ZHA, Roberta focused on interior design commissions for private clients and product designs in Italy and New York. She worked with award-winning architectural practices in Italy, Spain, and the UK, including Roger Stirk Harbour + Partners, Aldo Cibic & Partners, and Juan Herreros Arquitectos. Her past projects include Heathrow Terminal T2A, the new Abengoa Headquarters in Seville, the 18th C Ristori Theatre in Italy, and exhibition design at the 10th Venice Architecture Biennale.
Courtesy of Brick Visual
Featured Projects
From a design that invites the public into the heart of the building where cultural and leisure attractions are housed in Shenzhen, to a design that reinterprets the structural forms and layering of a Bauhinia bud about to blossom in Hong Kong, discover highlights of Roberta's notable projects at ZHA.
Roberta gained her Master of Architecture with honours at IUAV University of Venice in Italy and studied abroad for one year at Helsinki University of Technology (Aalto) in Finland. With a strong background in product and interior design, Roberta has taught at Domus Academy, Polytechnic University of Milan, and the Istituto Europeo di Design in Madrid.
Roberta co-founded Recession Design, a collective of independent designers promoting DIY design principles. Their work is published in the book Recession Design: Design Fai da te.
Projects
Explore a selection of projects Roberta has contributed to since joining ZHA.
Culture
Located on a narrow strait, separating continental Italy from Sicily, the Regium Waterfront marks the city of Reggio Calabria as a Mediterranean cultural capital. Drawing inspiration from the radial symmetry of the starfish, the structure, housing museum and performing arts centre, stands as a beacon visible from land and sea.
Photograph by Virgile Simon Bertrand
Tall Buildings
Offices
Developed on the world’s most valuable site purchased by Henderson Land, the 36-storey tower's design shelters new civic plazas enveloped by nature, creating an urban oasis in the centre of the city. Accommodating enhanced workplace flexibility, the building’s smart management system creates a contactless pathway for all occupants, eliminating all contact with communal surfaces.
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Offices
Tall Buildings
The design of Tower C integrates the city and nature within its central green axis with the transit orientated development (TOD) of Shenzhen’s new spine, creating a ‘superscape’ that will become a tower of the future within the Super Headquarters Base.
_Photo by John Kellerman courtesy Alamy, montage by MIR
Heritage + Regeneration
Residential
ZHA was appointed together with local practice Square Architecte to renovate and extend Le Schuylkill Tower. Construction works have begun with completion planned in May 2027. With 188 apartments from small studios to four-bedroom family units, the existing tower sits on a steep site with a 22m gradient between its north and south boundaries.
Render by Negativ
Hospitality
NOT A HOTEL has launched its first hotel brands: HERITAGE by NOT A HOTEL reinterprets architectural heritage, such as temples and museums, through a contemporary sensibility. vertex by NOT A HOTEL embodies design at the intersection of architecture and technology.
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