REDEFINING THE FACE OF AMERICA ABROAD: ARCHITECTURE OF DIPLOMACY CHRIS BROWN
HOW CAN WE BUILD A UNITED STATES EMBASSY THAT REFLECTS THE CORE VALUES OF DEMOCRACY TRANSPARENCY, OPENNESS, AND EQUALITY - AND IS WELCOMING, SECURE, AND HIGHLY SUSTAINABLE?
GEOGRAPHIC ISOLATION
PRIVACY
SECURITY
TIMELINE
CULTURAL
TRADITIONAL
CONTEMPORARY
ORNATE
MODERN
BUNKER
COMPOUND
FORTRESS
FUTURE
PRESENT
PRECEDENTS U.S. EMBASSY – UNITED KINGDOM
PRECEDENTS U.S. EMBASSY – HONDURAS
OPENNESS/TRANSPARENCY
PUBLIC RESOURCE
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
TRANSPARENT FACADES CLADDING
SITE
HAVANA - MAPPING
AREAS OF HAVANA
OLD HAVANA
CENTRAL HAVANA
VEDADO
DIPLOMATIC HISTORY – SINCE 1953
1902 – U.S. AND CUBA ESTABLISH DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS 1923 – FIRST U.S. EMBASSY IN CUBA BUILT 1953 – EMBASSY BUILT AT PRESENT DAY SITE
1961 – US DIPLOMATIC MISSION TO CUBA BECAME DEFUNCT (BUILDING BECOMES EMPTY) 1977 – U.S. PERSONAL ALLOWED TO OPERATE OUT OF BUILDING (NOT PERMITTED TO FLY FLAG) 1997 – RENOVATIONS AND ADDITION COMPLETED ON BUILDING 2015 – U.S. AND CUBA RE-ESTABLISH DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS AND BUILDING IS OFFICIALLY REOPENED AS A U.S. EMBASSY
EXISTING EMBASSY
EXISTING EMBASSY
EXISTING EMBASSY
EXISTING SECURE ZONE
SITE ARRIVAL
SITE ARRIVAL
SITE ARRIVAL
EXISTING EMBASSY SITE MODEL
NEW EMBASSY SITE MODEL
NEW EMBASSY MASSING MODEL
NEW EMBASSY MASSING MODEL
NEW EMBASSY SITE MODEL
NEW EMBASSY SITE MODEL
NEW EMBASSY SITE MODEL
NEW EMBASSY SITE MODEL
NEW EMBASSY SITE MODEL
NEW EMBASSY SITE MODEL
SITE PLAN
SECTION A
SECTION B
ATRIUM SECTION
FAÇADE MODEL PHOTOS
FAÇADE MODEL PHOTOS
NORTH ELEVATION
WEST ELEVATION
SOUTH ELEVATION
EAST ELEVATION
NORTH SITE ELEVATION
WEST SITE ELEVATION
SOUTH-WEST SITE ELEVATION
SOUTH SITE ELEVATION
1ST FLOOR
2ND FLOOR
3RD FLOOR
4TH FLOOR
1ST FLOOR
2ND FLOOR
3RD FLOOR
4TH FLOOR
OVERALL
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