Netherlands Embassy
The 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).
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