架构师提供的文本描述。荷兰大使馆的大院由一个5公顷的林地组成，陡峭地向这座城市倾斜。设计任务是将五个单独的建筑物安置在大院内，同时保持和提高场地景观的质量。主楼的严格水平体积与斜坡地形相切入，自然将建筑物分为大使官邸和总理府两个纲领性单元。

Text description provided by the architects. The compound of the Dutch Embassy consists of a five-hectare wooded area that slopes steeply towards the city. The design task was to situate the five individual buildings in the compound while retaining and enhancing the quality of the site's landscape. The strict horizontal volume of the main building cuts into the hill with the sloping terrain naturally dividing the building into two programmatic units; the ambassador’s residence and the chancellery.

 © Christian Richters

克里斯蒂安·里氏

大使馆的屋顶是一个浅水池，结合了荷兰在水管理和景观技术方面的传统，与埃塞俄比亚自然崎岖的乡村联系在一起。就像在荷兰一样，每个人都在水下生活和工作。这座建筑两头都可以看到，随着风景逐渐向上倾斜，它暂时消失了，变成了桉树之间的一个水池。

The Embassy roof is a shallow pool, an element that combines Dutch tradition in water management and landscape technology, with the natural craggy countryside of Ethiopia. As in the Netherlands everyone lives and works under water. The building is visible at both ends and as the landscape slopes gradually upwards it disappears temporarily, transforming into a pool among the eucalyptus trees.

 © Christian Richters

克里斯蒂安·里氏

该计划的其他内容也是以类似的“伪装”方式表达的；门屋在大门上方窥视，挂着荷兰国旗的颜色，副大使的房子延伸到一座现有的别墅下面，三栋员工住宅建在大院的北双面墙之间。

The other elements of the programme are articulated in a similarly ‘camouflaged’ way; the gatehouse peeks above the entrance wall, wrapped in the colours of the Dutch flag, the extension to the house of the deputy ambassador is slid underneath an existing villa and the three staff houses are built between the north double-wall of the compound.