SHoP's Honduras US Embassy evokes mountainous terrain
New York firm SHoP Architects has revealed its design for the new US Embassy in Honduras, featuring a slanted and curved facade covered in a copper-hued lattice.
SHoP recently released renderings of the New Embassy Compound (NEC) in Honduras' capital city, Tegucigalpa, which the studio was enlisted to design for the US Department of State's Office of Overseas Building Operations in 2013.
Described by the firm as "a city-within-a-city", the Honduras US Embassy will be constructed on Avenida Los Proceres, replacing the current location on Avenida La Paz. It will include a range of spaces for work, collaboration, lectures and meetings,
While the NEC's main body will be a simple rectangular volume, SHoP has given the front a wavy form and earth-toned materiality to draw on Honduras' mountainous terrain.
Images show the street-facing northern facade segmented into two huge walls placed at a slant. Copper-coloured aluminium fins in a diamond-shaped pattern clad each section, creating a gentle curve along the base.
Glazing will be placed behind the latticework, filling the vertical gaps slotted behind the main structure. The glass will also create a transparent entrance to the building's eight-storey chancery, and flood the interiors with plenty of light.
SHoP's Architecture and Engineering team used a variety of tools, including virtual reality, in order to mitigate solar heat gain, while also ensuring optimal natural lighting.
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