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Topic: koolhaas:荷兰驻德柏林大使馆?/Print this page 1.koolhaas:荷兰驻德柏林大使馆 javascript:copyText(document.all.text10374);Copy to clipboardPosted by: coashPosted on: 2005-08-24 13:441The new Dutch Embassy, the latestaddition to Berlin’s rapidly evolvingskyline, occupies a site on the edge ofthe river Spree. （缩略图，点击图片链接看原图） 2.Re:koolhaas:荷兰驻德柏林大使馆 [Re: coash]javascript:copyText(document.all.text10376);Copy to clipboardPosted by: coashPosted on: 2005-08-24 13:472After dark, the snaking trajectoryaround the building is revealed. （缩略图，点击图片链接看原图） 3.Re:koolhaas:荷兰驻德柏林大使馆 [Re: coash]javascript:copyText(document.all.text10377);Copy to clipboardPosted by: coashPosted on: 2005-08-24 13:48The new Dutch Embassy in Berlin is a classic Koolhaas building. It reveals traces of some of his best known works and concepts, such as the external metaphoric materialism of the Rotterdam Kunsthal and the internal structural and functional mazes of the Jussieu library in Paris.Yet compared with other current OMA mega-projects such as Seattle Library or the headquarters for Central Chinese Television, the Dutch Embassy is actually a relatively modest building.Perhaps it was the choice of site in former East Berlin, now officially known as Mitte (literally ‘middle’), that incited such a highly controlled and introspective urban and architectural solution. Contrary to expectations, the central location does not exude the hustle and bustle of nearby Potsdamer Platz. Instead, Klosterstrasse (Monastery Street)runs quietly off the busy Stralauerstrasse and ends on the quayside of the river Spree where the water flows slowly and darkly into a lock. Few tourists find their way here unless on a river cruise. Development of the prominent corner site, which had been vacant since the war, had to conform to Berlin building regulations. These were precisely defined by the city’s former chief planner Hans Stimmann and any new building had to occupy all four corners of the site.Being well versed in overcoming the inhibiti