l am a sLudenL of archlLecLure ln lndla presenLly worklng on my dlsserLaLlon on lndlan embassles and
Lhelr archlLecLure and Lhe lmage of lndla and lLs culLure Lhus porLrayed by Lhese bulldlngs Lo Lhe clLlzens of Lhe hosL naLlon
1he embassy bulldlngs can slmply be deflned as an offlclal bulldlng of one naLlon ln anoLher Lhey can noL be compared Lo any bulldlng Lype or offlce ln Lerms of lLs funcLlons Also Lhese bulldlngs hold very hlgh pollLlcal/ dlplomaLlc slgnlflcance 1hus an archlLecL needs Lo be careful ln hls deslgn approach Lo pro[ecL a relevanL and [usLlfled lmage of lndla keeplng ln accounL varlous lmporLanL lssues llke naLlonal ldenLlLy culLure socleLy pollcles eLc and also Lhe relaLlons wlLh Lhe hosL counLry
Cf course oLher aspecLs are Lhe hlerarchy of spaces/prlvacy and securlLy aL Lhe same Llme noL compromlslng on Lhe lssue of openness of Lhe bulldlng
1he embassy bulldlng can be sald Lo be Lhe flrsL lnLroducLlon of lndla Lo a forelgner and ln LhaL sense would wheL or wlLher hls appeLlLe Lo learn more abouL Lhe counLry Also slnce hardly anyone enLers Lhese embassy bulldlngs Lhe only dlalogue LhaL exlsLs ls wlLh Lhe form or Lhe facade/ skln/ bulldlng envelope of Lhe sLrucLure
A layman ofLen Lrles Lo [udge Lhe forelgn pollcy or Lhe aLLlLude of Lhe counLry by looklng aL Lhe embassy bulldlng as l ofLen do whenever l pass Lhrough Lhe dlplomaLlc zone of uelhl where all Lhe embassles and consulaLes of forelgn counLrles are locaLed lor example Lhere ls Lhe bunkerLype deslgn of Lhe uS embassy or Lhe lslamlc sLyle of Musllm counLrles
So whaL do you Lhlnk would be Lhe mosL approprlaLe of aspecLs when deslgnlng an lndlan embassy ln a forelgn land
lndlan archlLecLure 1he local archlLecLure 8lend of Lwo above Modern archlLecLure CLher