Ambassade Française

From this inclined tablecloth emerge the dwellings of the ambassador’s residence and the chancellery crowned by a dome. The slope of the mashrabiya distorts perspectives, an artifice amplified by the sloping weave that divides the windows into arcades on the upper level.
Underneath, a colonnade of rough concrete, a penumbra that splashes with bright touches the fallen color of the stained glass windows. In the middle, longitudinally, the latticework is interrupted, reserving the spectacular point of view on the main axis. A long basin accompanies the perspective on the mashrabiya. Water, light and dark, and air circulation maintain a natural air conditioning. at ground level, while the high stained glass windows of the buildings are chiselled, raw, bright marble of whiteness in the burning light.