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Heydar Aliyev Center: Zaha Hadid
Heydar Aliyev Center: Zaha Hadid
HEYDAR A L I Y E V
CENTER
ZAHA HADID
INTRODUCTION
An internationally recognized architectural ARCHITECT
work ZAHA
HADIID
Heydar Aliyev Center has become a signature Area: 101801
m²
landmark of modern Baku due to its
FLOORS : 8
INNOVATIVE and CUTTING-EDGE DESIGN
Year: 2013
This building was nominated LOCATION
for the world architecture festival BAKU, AZERBAIJAN
CONCEPT
• The design of the heydar aliyev centre establishes a
continuous, fluid relationship between its
surrounding plaza and the building's interior
• The surface bends, folds, raises, disjoints
and joints in order to create needed spaces
and elements.
• It has two components, a structure and a space
frame The design a accommodates a library,
conventional hall & a museum.
EXTERIOR
• Visitors find the building through a long and Steep park with a zigzag path,
leading to a square paved with square of white concrete
• The landscape emerges from the ground to blend with the building.
This area called cultural plaza
• In response to plummeting to the
ground about topographically divided
into two, the project has a terraced
landscape that provides alternative
routes and connections between the
public square, construction, and
underground parking.