Ombú Madrid office building: Acciona
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Ombú Madrid office building for Acciona, S.A.
23 June 2022
Ombú – an innovative exemplar of building reuse – opens in Madrid
Location: Calle del Ombú, 6, 28045 Madrid, Spain – adjacent to Méndez Álvaro station
Design: Foster + Partners
photograph © Nigel Young / Foster + Partners
Ombú Madrid Workplace Design
Ombú – a transformative office building for the Spanish infrastructure and energy company ACCIONA – has officially opened. This retrofit project breathes new life into a historic industrial building in Madrid, creating a sustainable exemplar of building reuse and revitalising the surrounding area. With over 10,000 square metres of new office space, the project unifies a unique mix of private and public land with green landscaping that extends to the adjoining Méndez Álvaro station. Ombú has a 1.0 Planet Ecological Footprint, meaning its carbon emissions will be absorbed by the current capacity of the earth. This achieves the balance of sources and sinks required by the Paris Agreement, with its environmental impact compatible with the original +2°C target.
photo © Nigel Young / Foster + Partners
Norman Foster, Founder and Executive Chairman, Foster + Partners, said: ?Ombú brings an industrial wasteland back to a new garden in the city. Madrid?s benign climate allows workspaces to be outside as well as inside, creating a fle...
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