新的埃及大使馆坐落在里斯本富裕的Restelo区，一块儿名为Avenida Dom Vasco da Gama的地块上。该地块上建筑的典型特征是一系列20世纪40年代到50年代的大型独立别墅，其中的许多别墅已经逐步改建成供外交使用的场所。

Located in Lisbon’s affluent quarter of Restelo, the new Embassy of Egypt stands on a plot in Avenida Dom Vasco da Gama which is typologically characterized by a string of large free- standing villas of the 1940s and 50s, many of which have been gradually been converted into diplomatic representations.

　　由于大使馆是该州对外交流最高级别场所的体现，那么这座大楼也同时是公民的避风港。它将庇护和安全的理念与该国历史和文化的象征价值相结合。在这种情况下，由于监管的制约下而产生的紧密性最终成为了设计的隐喻，因为他们考虑到埃及的大规模立体学的创立传统，因而先是强调某种严肃性的思想，其次是提取使馆议定书的基本要素。

An embassy building is just as much a harbour and a safe-haven for its citizens, as it is the state’s foreign representation at the highest level. It combines the idea of sheltering and safety, with the symbolic values of the country’s history and culture. In this case, the compactness yielding from the plot’s regulatory constrains ultimately served as design metaphor, having in mind Egypt’s founding tradition of massive stereotomics; one that emphasizes a certain idea of solemnity, the latter an essential element of embassy protocol.

　　考虑到这一点，该建筑基本上是一块巨石，由三块厚厚的石板组成，上面交织着大量图案的墙壁，浅浮雕隐约地唤起了人们对古埃及的几何图案的印象。在穿过经典的抬梁式系统之后，这些墙壁在特定的位置被打断以形成窗户，而在上层的通过从一个角度到另一个角度的旋转，每个角落形成一个阳台。外墙是采用深色无烟煤颜料而制成的预制混凝土面板，强调整体的庄严，同时又与窗框的轻盈感相映成趣，窗框是采用精致的青铜涂层不锈钢型材手工制作而成的。  

With this in mind, the building is essentially a monolith composed by three thick slabs combined with an interweaving mass of patterned walls with bas-reliefs discreetly evocative of ancient Egyptian geometric motifs.Following the classical post-and-lintel system, these walls are interrupted at specific positions to form windows, while on the upper floor each corner forms a balcony by receding and revolving from one angle to the next.The facade is in precast concrete panels of a deep anthracite pigment that emphasizes the monumental gravitas of the ensemble, at the same time contrasting with the lightness of the window frames, which are handcrafted in delicate bronze coated stainless steel profiles.

　　公共和私人电路的清晰性，以及访问者访问的完全可见性是个至关重要的设计核心问题。就很像是中心是一幢十九世纪的大别墅，四周紧邻着一个花园，汽车通过Vasco da Gama大道的缓坡道进入。在对面，一个安全网关分别检测并过滤公共通行区处，要进入领事馆的行人。 

Clarity of public and private circuits, as well as full visibility of visitors’ access, is a critical security issue at the core of the design. Positioned like a large 19th-century villa in the centre of the plot, surrounded by a tight garden on its contiguous sides, car access is made by a gentle ramp from Vasco da Gama avenue. On the opposite side, a security gateway surveys and filters pedestrian public access to the embassy and to the consulate, respectively.

　　在内部，我们一直在谨慎地选择那些可以长期耐得住当地气候，并不生锈的材料，而非是轻易就变得破旧的。考虑到这一点，公共区域便是设立在大型白色石板上，墙上铺满了壁板和镶板。最后，公共区域的核心部分是一个带有巴伯斯克式楼梯的中庭，就像一个Appian舞台一样，穿过一个个蒙着纱的实木栏杆，转移到墙壁上，成为一个包罗万象的景象。这个中央中庭由天窗柩加冕，天窗柩由伊斯兰图案百叶窗过滤，产生千变万化的光线，在一天中投射出旋转的阴影。 

Inside, care has been taken to choose materials that weather gently and grow patina over the years, instead of becoming rundown. With that in mind, the public areas are in large white stone slabswith wainscots and panelling in painted wood. Finally, the centrepiece of the public area, an atrium with a kind of Babelesque stairway, that, like an Appian stage, is clad in a veiled solid wood railing that migrates to the walls to become an all-encompassing panel. This central atrium is crowned by a skylight coffin which is filtered by an Islamic patterned louver that generates a kaleidoscopic light, casting a revolving shadow across the day.

项目地点：Avenida Dom Vasco da Gama，葡萄牙里斯本

项目客户：EBFA（埃及建筑基金管理局）

服务范围：建筑，景观

大使馆和领事馆服务计划办公室地块面积：1,359平方米

总建筑面积：1,510平方米

项目状态：2010（候选名单竞赛，一等奖）- 2017（已建）

Location Avenida Dom Vasco da Gama, Lisbon, Portugal Client EBFA (Egyptian Building Fund Authority)

Scope of Services Architecture, landscape

Programme Offices for embassy and consulate services Plot Area 1,359 sq.m

Gross Floor Area 1,510 sq.m

Project Status 2010 (shortlist competition, 1st-prize) – 2017 (built)

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