Czechoslovakian Embassy Berlin (Police+Secret Police)
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Czechoslovakian Embassy Berlin
The builidng is implemented as a police station and a secret police station.
Both versions have room for 9 vehicles
The police station employs 20 staff and 35 officers
The secret police employs 40 agents
The building of the Czech Embassy in Berlin was built in 1978 as the Czechoslovak Embassy in East Germany and was one of the few new embassies built in East Berlin. It was built as part of an architectural project, by the architects Vladimir and Vera Machonin.
The structure of the building is of monolithic concrete with exposed expressive elements. Notable in particular is a high concrete grille above the first floor halls, which protrudes into the exterior arrangement. These expressive horizontal arrangements were typically used by the architects in the 1960’s, however the materials used in this building were different opposed to their other projects – Liberec granite and glass. Despite that the embassy creates probably the most austere impression of all the Machonins’ implemented buildings and is the most sharp edged. The interior, including the original furniture, was designed with regard for each specific space and the purpose for which it was intended.
In use and largely in its original state.
