Netherlands Embassy Berlin

By using a system of intersecting load carrying walls, the structure creates dramatic spatial experiences for public areas within the building.

This integration strategy is also used with the structural concept. The internal walls adjacent to the trajectory are load bearing beams that cross over each other enough to bring loads down. Hereby big open spaces are created on the lower floors of the building.

View of the 'cube' and the adjacent 'residential wall' with the access road between them.

The TV Tower is visible at the extreme right.

The access road between 'cube' and 'residential wall' acts as a courtyard- open on one side to a panoramic view over the Spree and the park. In order to emphasize the difference with the surrounding buildings which are clad with stone, the sockle and the wall with the residences are clad with aluminum.

Credits

• Text: Courtesy of Office for Metropolitan Architecture
• Photographs: Hans Werlemann (trajectory model photograph); Christian Richters (others); Courtesy of Office for Metropolitan Architecture
• Compiled by Suprio Bhattacharjee

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