Heydar Aliyev Cultural

Centre
2013
Architect: Zaha Hadid
( Building construction I )
Marwa Hassoun
  Heydar Aliyev Cultural Centre

• Location
Baku, Azerbaijan (located close to
the city center)

• Area
101801.0 m2

• Function:
mixed-use venue featuring a
conference hall, library, and
museum.
Site Analysis

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•  the main structure of the Heydar Aliyev Cultural Centre is a mix
of reinforced concrete, steel frame structures, and composite beams
and decks. The space frame is composed of a special steel tube-and-
nodes system 
• It was necessary to construct a building that could seal out the elements
and bear high wind and seismic loads without relying on interior 
support columns (which would have impeded the flow of space).
• Ultimately, a system was devised that utilized a space frame as its main
structural element;
• the cladding is a curtain wall system comprised of various specially
fabricated panels.
• Glass fiber reinforced plastics (GFRP)
and glass fiber reinforced concrete
(GFRC) panels are the predominant
materials used in the façade system.
• The panels are composed of “various
layers of fine-grain high-performance
white cement concrete, reinforced
with fiber glass mats”
• It's a very durable and resistive
material which can be made very
thin, only a few mm or cm, because
there is no concrete cover needed,
like for steel reinforcements.