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The Royal Danish Embassy
Berlin, Germany
1999
Architects maa: Nielsen, Nielsen & Nielsen A/S
Lars Frank Nielsen, Kim Herforth Nielsen, project architect.

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The Assembly Hall
The Royal Danish Embassy consists of two separate "heavy" volumes that follow the site deliminations. The two volumes are connected by "The Assembly Hall"; a four story tall glass covered foyer with a cross pattern of walkways that link the buildings together.

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The Curved Volume.
The "Curved" volume follows and repeats the louvered organic form characteristic of the entire Nordic Embassy Complex. The curved wooden louvered wall facing the Assembly Hall is tapered inwards towards the top, thus creating a sharper tension between the two "heavy" volumes.

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The Sharp Volume
The "Sharp" volume stands, in contrast to the "curved" volume, as a prismatic sharp object. The broad opening, topped by a balcony bearing the Danish coat of arms, is an inviting entrance to the front hall and reception area from the Embassy Complex¹s inner plaza. The facade is covered in perforated stainless steel panels which gives the building a transparent look.

Site: The Nordic Embassy Complex, Berlin, Germany
Size: 2.700 m2
Completed: 1997-99
Client: The Danish Foreign Ministry

Ass. architects maa: Gerti Axelsen, Lars Kjemtrup, Lars Due Jensen, Jette Schwarz, Lars Povlsen, Mads Posch, Malene Knudsen
Models: architects maa; Hans Willehader, Svend Blichfeldt
Text: architect maa: Jørgen Søndermark

Masterplan: Berger & Parkkinnen
Engineer:
Tecnichs: IGH Köln
Statics: IGH Berlin

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