The Indonesian Embassy complex consists of the three-storey chancery, eight second storey residences, a prayer hall and a variety of provisions for staff recreation. Each of these entities is carefully sited giving the chancery a prominent location at the highest point on the site.
Although the programme consists of a diversity of functions calling for different spatial configurations, the rhythmic, repetitive and widely spaced columns and the dominant tiled roofs which make references to traditional roof forms found in historic Indonesian buildings unify the entire ensemble. At the same time, subtle distinctions are made between different building types. In order to give a grandness of scale, columns in the chancery block become giant columns, extending over two storeys before they are punctuated by two horizontal bands. The exception is in the portico where the spatial experience is deliberately squeezed to make it more inviting.
In buildings that are more domestic in character, they continue to remain single-storey columns. The interior of the chancery is realised in white marble which allows a dignified and yet not over-powering setting for the display of a wide range of indigenous arts of Indonesia.
