Stateless Embassy

Through a series of tactical folds and programmatic slippages, the embassy camouflages itself as an open garden/urban amenity amidst the city's dense fabric that invites the public, offering them a sculpture park, performance spaces, elevated views to the East River and food stalls. The ground level lobbies and offices under the sloped surfaces act as both a threshold for security and as a mediator between the public and the stateless, providing general information and bringing awareness to issues of statelessness.

In its attempt to deal with the paradoxical issues of security and representation, the Stateless Embassy uses numerous tactics derived from industrial and natural survival techniques. Through tactics of visual, formal, and programmatic camouflage, the Stateless Embassy provides security by the dispersion of facilities, reduction of visibility, confusion, programmatic decentralization and the use of ‘dummy buildings’ to ensure continuous functionality of the embassy.

Dichotomous representation from the city and the Four Freedoms Memorial