Pop Art Facade The copper screens making up the façade are perforated with images of pop art pieces representing the US, including Jasper Johns' flag as a perforated sun screen canopy casting stars and stripes in the exterior room. Other screens include Lichtenstein, Keith Haring, and Ed Ruscha. These pop art images are not obtrusive, but for a split second people would walk and think “Ah, That’s the US,” and that fleeting thought is the only moment of America that you need in a US Embassy.
Floor One of Offices When a car parks in an embassy it is for a prominent guest. On these occasions, a large gate would open at the bottom of the site, and the car would drive through while officers can watch the procession from the courtyard.
View of Cafe above After going through security, visitors can meander through an exhibition space and look through a Lichtenstein perforated screen, out over the hills of Buda to the Danube River and the Parliament Building. Then, turn the corner to the cafe where small perforations allow light to dance into the space. Here visitors can meet with officers, or they could meet in the meeting rooms across the courtyard’s void.
Plan Through Resident Quarters The residents primarily live on the most private side of the embassy divided from the rest by a posterior courtyard that is screened from people viewing in. The resident spaces are also partitioned with light wells to allow the homes to fill with light. This offers physical boundaries between sleeping and living.
View of Offices With the offices located mostly underground, the light wells and brick screens filter light in and act as screens blurring views to the other office zones. With this, officers can still calibrate to their surroundings while in a smaller more private space.
