INTRODUCTION ARCHITECT Z A H A H A DII D A r e a : 1 1 8 1 m ² F L OO R S : 8 Y e a r : 2 1 3 LOCATION BAKU, AZERBAIJAN An internationally recognized architectural work Heydar Aliyev Center has become a signature landmark of modern Baku due to its INNOVATIVE and CUTTING-EDGE DESIGN T h i s b u i l d i n g w a s n o m i n a t e d f o r the world architecture festival
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 . CONCEPT
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. This solution avoids additional excavation and fill and successfully converts an initial disadvantage of place in a key design feature EXTERIOR
INTERIOR The inside centre is characterized by continuous surface that twist to transform the ceiling walls and ramps The ground floor has several spaces lobbying aimed at creating public spaces that unite the different aspects of the program of the centre.
The sweeping, multiheight public spaces are criss-crossed with a series of bridges to transport visitors from one part of the center to another. . The center's three main programs join together in a main hall with multiple levels and pathways.
One of the few orthogonal moments in the center , a vertical curtainwall system, hides behind an exterior surface that bows to touch the ground. Interesting aspect of this structure is that a new column method which called “boot column” was used in the construction of the body. Boot columns are curved columns which are used for having bigger open spaces. Zaha Hadid Architects got patent of this method.
Library is oriented North to take advantage of natural light and has its own entrance Ramps tumble over one another with ramps which connect creating a continuous circulation path The library and museum are also connected by a ramp that leads through the ground floor of the library, to the first floor of the museum The library is connected to the conference room through a bridge that fly over the entrance hall LIBRARY
ADITOTRIUM The auditorium and its associated facilities have direct access to the plaza The main entrance is on the void created in the outer layer, stretching of the volume of the museum and the library tower The secondary entrance is on the North side of the building. The backlit oak panels in the conference center’s 1,000-seat auditorium bring warmth to the otherwise vividly white interior.
The Heydar Aliyev Center principally consists of two collaborating systems: a concrete structure combined with a space frame system . In order to achieve large-scale column-free spaces that allow the visitor to experience the fluidity of the interior, vertical structural elements are absorbed by the envelope and curtain wall system. Concrete structure Reinforced concrete is mainly used to construct shear walls as the partition to separate main spaces and to support the spaceframe. It also used to construct the footing of the building. Space Frame and Structural Element: The space frame enables the construction of this free form structure while offering significant savings in time throughout the construction process. A flexible relationship between the rigid structural grid of the space frame and the free- formed exterior cladding is easily achievable CONSTRUCTION DETAILS
Foundation Two types of foundation systems have been used: 1.Concrete Raft Foundation With thickness of 1m-3.1m 2.Concrete Piles : As Earthquakes are one of the biggest threats to construction in Baku, the building must be reinforced by massive 150ft long concrete piles buried below the Earth's surface to withstand an earthquake measuring up to magnitude 7.0 FOUNDATION
Reinforced Concrete:121,000 cubic meters 19,000 tons of moldsteel 194,000 tons of form work 17,000 panels of reinforced polyester 5,500 tons of structural steel to hold them-Semi reflective glass for facade MATERIALS