Senior Associate
ARB
London, UK
Torsten Broeder
Photograph by Frederic Aranda ©
Photograph by Virgile Simon Bertrand
Torsten has played a key role in numerous major projects across China, Europe, the US and the Middle East, including the prominent Mobile Art: Chanel Contemporary Art Container, the Serpentine North Gallery in London and the London Aquatics Centre for the 2012 Olympics.
Prior to joining ZHA, Torsten worked in Germany as an architect and engineer.
Featured Projects
From a multi-purpose, fluid sculptural theatre in Morocco to a 36-storey tower in the heart of Hong Kong, discover highlights of Torsten's notable projects at ZHA.
Photograph by Hufton + Crow
Legacy Mode : December 2013
Torsten received his Diploma in Engineering from the Koblenz University of Applied Science in Germany and his Master in Architecture Design from the Städelschule in Frankfurt. He taught as a Tutor with the Design Research Laboratory (DRL) at the Architectural Association (AA) in London from 2011 to 2020.
Torsten spends his weekends demolishing and rebuilding a cottage with his partner, finding great satisfaction in the hands-on process of building and witnessing the results. Outside of architecture, he enjoys taking his dogs on long walks and socialising with the people he meets along the way.
Projects
Explore a selection of projects Torsten has contributed to since joining ZHA.
Photograph by Xue Liang 薛亮
Offices
Mixed Use
Infinitus Plaza is the new global headquarters of Infinitus China. Incorporating work environments designed to nurture connectivity, creativity and entrepreneurship, the new headquarters also includes the group’s herbal medicine research facilities and safety assessment labs as well as a learning centre for conferences and exhibitions.
Photograph by Luke Hayes
Culture
Heritage + Regeneration
The Serpentine North Gallery consists of two distinct parts, namely the conversion of a classical 19th century brick structure – The Magazine – and a 21st century tensile structure. The Serpentine North Gallery is thus – after MAXXI in Rome – the second art space where ZHA has created a synthesis of old and new.
Photograph by Virgile Simon Bertrand
Hong Kong : 27 February - 5 April 2008
Installations + Pavilions
A unique sculptural pavilion created as an exhibition/event space for Chanel – inspired by the brand’s distinctive layering of exquisite details within an elegant, cohesive whole – created as a series of continuous arches, sequencing towards a central courtyard – the entire structure ‘flooded’ by through translucent walls and ceilings.
Photograph by Virgile Simon Bertrand
Retail
Our concept echoes the brand’s minimalism and use of fixed points, folds, pleats and cut outs. Space in the store is defined not in terms of rooms but as a passage through which customers circulate. Furniture, sculpture, textures and colours on both store floors explore the interplay between male and female.
Photograph by Hufton + Crow
Legacy Mode : December 2013
Sports
Civic
A concept inspired by the fluid geometry of water in motion, creating spaces and a surrounding environment in sympathy with the river landscape of the Olympic Park. An undulating roof sweeps up from the ground as a wave, enclosing the pools of the Centre with its unifying gesture.
Courtesy of ZHA, render by MIR
Start-up exhibition and conference centre
Masterplans
A mixed-use masterplan for 70,000 researchers, office staff, residents and visitors, Unicorn Island has been designed to enhance the well-being of its community; its design influenced by principles within the region’s historical natural engineering projects.
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.
Culture
A fluid sculptural form inspired by the Bouregreg River between the ancient cities of Rabat and Salé. Incorporating an 1800-seat theatre, a 7,000 person amphitheatre and an experimental performance space.
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