The Indian Embassy imitates its surroundings, namely
alone-standing structures, as a villa-like solitary volume. From the
street the building appears to have a solid façade. A narrow vertical
incision in the façade opens up the cylindrical atrium of the public
entrance and provides a view deep into the structure.
The building appears to the outside as an oblong block and contains
within its structure a complex arrangement of room sequences with a
garden courtyard as its core. The correspondence of building and garden,
each on a square plan, is evident above all in the interplay of mass and
void between the entrance atrium and the built cylinder. The cubic forms
are given expression through massive roughcast red Indian sandstone.
The public entrance to the embassy is accessed via the entrance atrium
reached from the street façade. From here all areas accessible to the
public can be reached, including the separately developed consulate. The
public areas are grouped around the entrance atrium and an adjoining
double-height hall. From this point one enters the ground floor function
hall, which maintains as a vital feature its orientation to the garden
courtyard. In addition to these facilities the public area includes an
exhibition hall with an adjoining library and a business centre.
Project Management
Viterra, Berlin
Landscape Architect:
S.A.L Planungsgruppe, Berlin
Structural Engineering:
IMM-Ingenieurbüro Müller Marl GmbH, Berlin
Service Engineering
ENTEC Berlin, Michael Schmidt und Karsten Dresske
(Electrical)
Site
8.170 m² (gross floor space)
Construction Period
Early1999 - January 2001
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