President of Swiss Council of States visits Heydar Aliyev Center
Baku, July 1 (AZERTAC). President of the Swiss Council of States Filippo Lombardi has today visited the Heydar Aliyev Center in Baku.
He was informed that the centre was designed by Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid.
The Center houses a conference hall with three auditoriums, a library 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 site neighbouring the Heydar Aliyev Center is designated for residential, offices, a hotel and commercial center, whilst the land between the Cultural Center and the city`s main thoroughfare will become the Cultural Plaza - an outdoor piazza for the Cultural Center as well as a welcoming space for the visitors.
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.
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