荷兰大使馆

Netherlands EmbassyThe Netherlands Embassy is a disciplined cube with equally disciplined irregularities which aims to facilitate a better understanding of Berlin, confronting divergent ideas about how the city, with its complexity, heaviness, opacity, and beauty, should build / rebuild. Traditional planning guidelines of the former West Berlin demanded that new buildings in the neighbourhood (the Roldandufer in Mitte) reflect the local 19th century architectural style. Planning officials in the former East Berlin were more open to innovation. As a result, OMA combined an obedient approach (strictly fulfilling the block’s perimeter) with a disobedient one (building an isolated cube).Read moreLocationBerlin, GermanyClientMinistry of Foreign Affairs of the NetherlandsYear1997 – 2003StatusCompletedProgramOfficePartnersRem Koolhaas,Ellen van LoonTeamCollaborators