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Competition: 2007
Client: Turkish Embassy, Republic of Turkey
Use: Embassy
Size: 13.073 m²
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Turkish Embassy Berlin-Tiergarten
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Addition at the Tiergarten
The new building of the embassy and administrative building of the Republic of Turkey occupies a prominent site in the Tiergarten district and represents a „piece of Turkey in Berlin“. This new development gives a confident, progressive image of the Republic of Turkey as a country aware of its cultural roots and able to demonstrate it. It represents a modern and European Turkey that functions as a transcontinental link between Occident and Orient while being conscious of its own history and tradition.
The new building ranks as a solitaire among the other embassy buildings along the Tiergarten Street, occupying a traditional embassy location in the city and contributing to the revival of this historic diplomatic district.
The properties located between Landwehr canal and Tiergarten create a special zone on the edge of the Tiergarten, separated from the city by the canal and profiting from the generosity of the Tiergarten layout.
At the same time, the edge of the Tiergarten is defined by the typology of the city villa, forming an urban edge.
The embassy acts as a self-reliant block of harmony inserted in the originally neo-classical building stock along the edge of the Tiergarten. As a solitary building, it has its own story to tell. Despite its compact volume, the building opens up to the surrounding area in order to take advantage of the exclusive location and to convey an image of openness to the outside world.