Guominzhengfu Ministry of Foreign Affairs Former Site

The former site of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is located at No. 32, Zhongshan North Road, Gulou District, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, China. The building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has a construction area of 5,050 square meters, facing the Drum Tower, with a "T"-shaped plan, a reinforced concrete structure, a flat roof, and a spacious porch at the entrance. The central part is four stories high, the two wings are three stories high, and there is a semi-basement floor. The plane design and façade composition of the entire building basically adopt modern architectural techniques, and at the same time combine the characteristics and details of traditional Chinese architecture. From the appearance of the building, the façade is divided into three parts: the foot, the wall and the eaves: the outer wall of the semi-basement part of the ground floor is painted with cement, symbolizing the base; the walls are veneered with brown tiles; The glazed bricks of the same color make a simplified bucket arch decoration. The ceiling of the interior hall of the building is decorated with Qing-style colored paintings, and the interior walls are made of traditional wall panel details. In addition, hollow bricks are used for the exterior walls, next door and floor of the building, "so the problem of excellent sound has been solved satisfactorily", which effectively solves the problem of sound insulation.