I-SOM iklama ibhilidi lezokuxhumana le-UAE elinemifuziselo yaseMpumalanga Ephakathi eManhattan
Architecture ngokuqinile I-SOM uklame ibhilidi eline-limestone elinephethini enamaqabunga esundu angokomfanekiso eMsebenzini Waphakade we I-United Arab Emirates kuya izizwe Ezihlangene eManhattan.
Lesi sakhiwo simelela i-United Arab Emirates's (UAE's) diplomacy to the izizwe Ezihlangene (UN) and is located in Manhattan’s Turtle Bay neighbourhood, close to the UN headquarters.
I-Permanent Mission ye-United Arab Emirates eNhlanganweni Yezizwe yinhlangano esungulwe yi-UAE ukuze inqobe i-UN futhi iholwa yinxusa u-Lana Zaki Nusseibeh.
Indiana i-limestone, ethathwe enkwalini efanayo enikeze ama-facade e-Empire State Building kanye ne-Rockefeller Center, egqoke ibhilidi lezokuxhumana.
Umbhoshongo onezitezi ezingu-10 wawuklanyelwe ukuhlanganisa nesilinganiso sawo wonke umakhelwane kuyilapho umele i-UAE.
I-SOM wanezela ama-palm leaf motifs emphemeni wesakhiwo kanye nokungena njengendawo yamazwe ngamazwe uphawu lokuthula.
Njengoba umbhoshongo ukhuphuka, izinto ezimile ze-facade ziyancipha ukuze zibhekelele ubumfihlo kanye nezidingo ezihlobene nokukhanya ngaphakathi kwesakhiwo, ezinanela nomgogodla omncane weqabunga lesundu.
"Isundu limelwe yizinsika ze-limestone ezinyakazayo ezisuka esibhakabhakeni zisuka esitezi sesibili ziye ophahleni," iSOM. Uzakwethu wokuklama uChris Cooper utshele uDezeen.
Izivakashi zingena esakhiweni ngephasishi elingamafidi angu-40 ubude (amamitha angu-13) ubude obuphindwe kabili elaklanyelwe ukunanela igceke lendlu yendabuko yaseMpumalanga Ephakathi.
“Ngaphakathi, umqondo wokungenisa izihambi uhlanganisa isiko laseMpumalanga Ephakathi nokuhlonipha kwezokuxhumana,” kuqhubeka uCooper.
“Indawo ihlanganisa izivakashi nabasebenzi ndawonye imvelo lokho okuhloniphekile, okubukelwa phansi, nokuwuphawu lokuhwebelana kwamazwe ngamazwe.”
Ihlukaniswe izingxenye ezintathu, izitezi ezimbili zokuqala zesakhiwo zinehholo lokungena nezindawo zemicimbi, kanti isitezi sesithathu kuya kwesithupha sineleveli yezokungcebeleka kanye namahhovisi ezisebenzi.
Amazinga esikhombisa nesishiyagalombili abekelwe izindawo eziphezulu, kanye nase ingxenye ephezulu yesakhiwo, kukhona ithala elinophahla elinemibono ehlaba umxhwele ye-Dag Hammarskjold Plaza ngezansi kanye nomfula i-East River ngaphesheya..
“Isakhiwo sesitezi ngasinye sesakhiwo sigqugquzelwa umgomo wegceke elimaphakathi, elinendawo yokwamukela abantu emaphakathi nendawo yokuqoqa efinyeleleka endaweni yokwamukela ikheshi,” kuchaza uCooper.
“These spaces choreograph the visitor’s progression through the building – heeding the hospitable nature of Middle Eastern culture.”
Kulo lonke leli bhilidi, abangaphakathi bakhokha intela eMpumalanga Ephakathi. Amakamelo enkomfa ahlanganisa iphethini yejometri yendabuko eyaziwa ngokuthi mashrabiya, etholakala kuwo wonke amahhovisi ezikhulu ze-UAE emhlabeni jikelele.
Umklami waseLebanon Nada Debs udale ingaphakathi lehholo lokungena lesakhiwo ngephalethi lezinto zemvelo ezihloselwe ukuvusa ukuthula, njenge-limestone yaseNyakatho yeCanada.
Izikhala ze-Amenity zaklanywa nge-American-cut-cut flat isikhunta futhi Calacatta imabula, kuyilapho izikhala eziphezulu ziyindlu UMajlis izindawo zokubungaza izivakashi.
“In designing the mission, we endeavored to integrate Middle Eastern and local motifs, symbolising the power and importance of cross-cultural exchange and rooting the building in New York City’s architectural traditions,” said Cooper.
I-SOM yifemu yaseMelika eyasungulwa nguLouis Skidmore, uNathaniel Owings noJohn Merrill ngo-1939. Ihhovisi lisanda kukhethwa ukuthi libe design isigodi sama-Olympic esinezingodo eziningi kuma-Olympics Wasebusika e-Milan 2026.
Ukuthwebula izithombe kanye nemidwebo ngezilokotho ze-SOM.
Okuthunyelwe I-SOM iklama ibhilidi lezokuxhumana le-UAE elinemifuziselo yaseMpumalanga Ephakathi eManhattan ivele kuqala deceen.
