Mauritian embassy in Berlin
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| State level | bilateral | ||
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Embassy |
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| Supervisory authority (s) | Foreign Ministry | ||
| Consist | since 2000 | ||
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 Berlin
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| Chargé d' affaires a. i. | Ashwin Kumar rest | ||
| Website | [1] | ||
The Mauritian Embassy in Berlin is Mauritius ' diplomatic mission in Germany . The embassy building is located at Kurfürstenstraße 84 in the Berlin district of Tiergarten in the Mitte district . The post of ambassador is currently vacant; the message is delivered by Chargé d'Affaires a. i. Ashwin Kumar rest headed.
history
In 1968, bilateral relations were established between the two parts of Germany and Mauritius. Initially, however, the island state's interests in the Federal Republic of Germany were only taken care of by the Mauritian embassy in Brussels (FRG) and the Mauritian embassy in Warsaw . It was not until April 26, 2000 that the Republic of Mauritius opened an embassy in Berlin.
Building history
The embassy is located in an office building that was built in 1964 and 1965 according to plans by Franz-Heinrich Sobotka and Gustav Müller. It was created within the large residential complex on the corner of Burggrafenstrasse and Kurfürstenstrasse. At that time, the focus was not on the design, but rather on functionality, taking into account social and economic conditions. Between 1993 and 1996, the Berlin architects Kammann & Hummel remodeled the building .
architecture
The built-up plot is acute-angled. The two architects set up two office buildings so that they are at right angles to each other. A nine-storey disc house was fitted across the corner so that the six-storey component stands diagonally to Kurfürstenstrasse. The two components are connected to one another by a stair tower. This corner solution resulted in the creation of two triangular open spaces on Kurfürstenstrasse, which are used as green spaces. The office complex originally had a strictly flat design. The business areas on the ground floor are optically separated from the remaining floors by a circumferential canopy. On the other floors, ribbon windows alternate with clad facade elements. This results in a horizontal facade structure. The stair tower was originally completely clad with artificial stone slabs facing Kurfürstenstrasse. Only an oculi and vertical ribbon windows broke through the surfaces. During the redesign of the building, a glass part of the building with a spiral staircase was placed in front of it. The entrance area and one side of the facade were clad with slate panels. A glass extension was also added to the lower part. Its slats and narrow columns make it look very filigree. The slab houses were framed narrowly as part of the renovation.
literature
- Kerstin Englert / Jürgen Tietz: Embassies in Berlin. Gebr. Mann Verlag, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-7861-2472-8 , p. 228.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ | Mauritius' representations in Germany - Federal Foreign Office, accessed on 23 August 2020
Coordinates: 52 ° 30 ′ 17 ″ N , 13 ° 20 ′ 39 ″ E