Heydar Aliyev Center`s design to be demonstrated at World Architectural Festival
Baku, July 8 (AZERTAC). The Heydar Aliyev Centre in Azerbaijan, designed by Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid, will take part in the World Architecture Festival Awards.
More than 300 projects from 50 countries have been shortlisted in 29 categories in the World Architecture Festival Awards. They will be judged over the course of the three-day festival in Singapore in October.
The Heydar Aliyev Centre houses a conference hall, a gallery hall and a museum. The project is intended to play an integral role in the intellectual life of the city. Located close to the city center, the site plays a pivotal role in the redevelopment of Baku.
The Heydar Aliyev Center represents a fluid form which emerges by the folding of the landscape’s natural topography and by the wrapping of individual functions of the Center. All functions of the Center, together with entrances, are represented by folds in a single continuous surface. This fluid form gives an opportunity to connect the various cultural spaces whilst, at the same time, providing each element of the Center with its own identity and privacy. As it folds inside, the skin erodes away to become an element of the interior landscape of the Center.
One of the internationally recognized architectural works, the building of the Heydar Aliyev Center has become a signature landmark of modern Baku due to its innovative and cutting-edge design.
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