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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
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