Arbau studio, founded in 2000, is leaded by Sara Carbonera and Marta Baretti.
Arbau carries out projects in landscape, buildings, interios and open spaces, intended as multiple aspects of a single idea: at each stage of any given project particular attention is paid to the quality of materials and spaces, to sustainability, to flexibility, to the singularity of places, in order to designe a tailored architecture. The office operates in Italian territory, highly built, and because of that most of projects concern transformation, restyling, renovation of existing spaces, both monumental and without quality. The main task of the practise is to give quality to the common buildings, to everyday architecture, especially in low-budget projects for social users.
Arbau takes part in numerous competitions. It won, among the others, the international competitions for #scuole innovative, for Piazza Barche in Venice; for Rome’s Seafront Masterplan (presented at the IX Biennale of Venice), for S. Croce lake and received prizes in countless others. Completed projects have been selected, among the others, for the following awards: Gold Medal for Italian Architecture, Premio Architettura Città di Oderzo, Premio Piccinato.
Marta Baretti (Treviso, 1967) graduated as an Architect at IUAV, Venice, in 1993 and got a specialization at Escola Técnica Superior Arquitectura of Barcelona in 1995. She worked in Milan from 1993 to 1995 with Bernardo Secchi and Paola Viganò and later she collaborated with them for the Masterplans of Pesaro and Brescia. In 1995 she won a selection to take part to the “Ateliers”, teams of young architects, collaborating with L. Benevolo and the Municipality of Venice for the new masterplan of Venice. From 1997 to 2000 she was part of G-arch, a team architects based in Treviso. She has been visiting professor of Architectural Design at the University of Venice and of Udine.
Sara Carbonera (Conegliano, 1966) graduated as an Architect at IUAV, Venice, in 1991; she got a Master at Berlage Institute of Architecture in Amsterdam in 1996 and a PhD in Architectural Composition in 1997. She practised in Delft in 1993 with Mecanoo and later she collaborated with Studio Secchi-Viganò for the Masterplans of Brescia. In 1995 she won a selection to take part to the “Ateliers”, teams of young architects, collaborating with L. Benevolo and the Municipality of Venice for the new masterplan of Venice. From 1997 to 2000 she was part of G-arch, a team architects based in Treviso. She has been visiting professor of Architectural Design at the University of Venice and of Udine.