Dutch Embassy Designer: Dick van Gameren architecten
Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Image Credits: Christian Richters The site of the Dutch embassy consists of five hectares of eucalyptus woods, dropping steeply into a valley. The historic villa on the edge of the site has been expanded, while the embassy and residence of the ambassador, three homes for staff members and the entrance are new. The landscape intersects the volume on the borderline of the two functions. At this point the road embedded in the landscape passes over the building, before dropping to the covered visitors entrance of the residence. The roof has been implemented as a shallow pond, a reference to the Netherlands in the uneven Ethiopian landscape. → www.architecture-page.com Posted: 01/16/2009 digg | del.icio.us | stumble | email this

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