Weiss/Manfredi's U.S. Embassy in New Dehli Unveiled
John Hill
1. maart 2019
Image: Weiss/Manfredi
New York's Weiss/Manfredi has released renderings of their masterplan for the 28-acre U.S. Embassy campus in India, more than sixty years after Edward Durell Stone designed the Chancery there.
Image: Weiss/Manfredi
The renderings for the long-term masterplan highlight some of the buildings in its first phase: a new office building, a support annex, and landscaping that is intended to "provide a secure campus for America’s mission in India."
Aerial of the existing U.S. Embassy (Image: Google Maps)
A statement from Weiss/Manfredi indicates that their redesign of the Embassy Campus "defines a sustainable vision for the Embassy’s future that builds on the legacy of the historic campus to create a new foundation for American diplomacy in India."
Image: Weiss/Manfredi
The architecture of the new buildings was inspired by India’s "enduring tradition of weaving together architecture and landscape." These features include a series of cast stone screens, canopies, reflecting pools and garden walls that "introduce a resilient, integrated design language that brings the campus into the twenty-first century." Construction of the first phase is expected to start this spring.
