CONSULATE GENERAL OF SYRIA

Abstract

Diplomatic buildings have experienced many conceptual changes in the course of modern diplomacy. Initially conceived as literal representations of the history and culture of the guest country, over the years they have come to represent in a more abstract way the values, intentions and self-image of the guest country in addition to its relationship with the host country. In this work, a proposal on a new building design for the Consulate General of Syria at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia is presented. For this work, three case studies related to consulate designs were analysed. The analysed case studies were New US embassy in London, Netherlands Embassy in Berlin and Iran Embassy at Tokyo, Japan. Based on the case study analysis, the estimate area for the proposed new consulate building is 15000 m2. This consulate will comprise three parts are political section 40%; mixed-use: 25%; and residential 35%. For this work, 3 sites were proposed for development. Based on site evaluation score, site 3, which is located at Al Amir Sultan Road, Jeddah was selected as the proposed development site. The proposed design style of the new consulate has focused on the city of Damascus, the capital of Syria. The new consulate is expected to serve the huge number of citizens that is increasing each year.