Heydar Aliyev Cultural Centre

Construction

- INTERNATIONAL CASE STUDY

-DAKSHATA KOLI - 17020

● Introduction Architects: Zaha Hadid
architects, Zaha Hadid, Patrik
Schumacher Year of Construction:
2007-2012 Roof
● Height: 74 meters Built Area: 57,510m2
Floors: 9
● Location: Baku, Azerbaijan
● Cost: $250 million US

● The Heydar Aliyev Center, with 57,519

m2 built, is a complex of buildings
designed by British Iraqi architect Zaha
Hadid, noted for its architecture and
fluid curved style that avoids sharp
angles.
● The Heydar Aliyev Center, an
internationally recognized architectural
work, has become a benchmark in the
modern Baku, due to its innovative and
cutting edge design. - The building was
nominated for the World Architecture
Festival and Inside Biennial Festival in
2013.
Concept, Space
• The structure accompanying Hadid variations within the unit.

• With a continuous self- processing design in all directions, there

is little sense of limits, and no indication of completion is an
immersion in a bath of space.

• The immateriality of a building varies between white, whiter and

even whiter depending on the incidence of the sun on their
surfaces, give a weightless character, releasing gravitational
visitors obligations.

• As an object, the building is subjective, causing strong feelings

triggered by the suspension of physical gravity .

• An agile spatial structure of two layers, is the main support of

the double jacket which are smoothly curved along the top and
bottom of the outer casing, the structural frame and concealing
emphasizing the surface rather structure , as if the building was all
effect and not cause. Represents a fluid form that emerges by
the folding of the natural topography of the landscape and the
wrapping of individual functions within. All features, together with
the inputs are represented by folds in one continuous outer
surface.

• Fluidly connecting the various cultural spaces and at the same

time, provide each member of the Centre its own identity and
privacy.
Construction Details Space Frame
● The space frame enables the construction of this free
from structure while offering significant savings in time
thought- out the construction process.
● The surface geometry driven by the architecture,
dictates the need to pursue unconventional structural
solutions; the introduction of curved ‘Boot Columns’ to
achieve the inverse peel of the surface from the
ground at the west, and the cantilever beams
‘dovetails’ tapering towards the free end supporting
building envelop at the east.
● The substructure enables the incorporation of a flexible
relationship between the rigid structural grid of the
space frame and free-formed exterior cladding seams
which derive from complex geometry rationalization,
architectural aesthetics and usage.
SECTIONS AND DETAILS
REPORT
The design of the Heydar Aliyev Center establishes a continuous, fluid relationship between its surrounding plaza
and the building’s interior. This was achieved by using an ingenious and elegant structure system, which has two
collaborating systems: a concrete structure combined with a space frame system. Because vertical structural
elements are absorbed by the envelope and curtain wall system, the large-scale column-free spaces can allow
the visitor to experience the fluidity of the interior. Another important issue is the building’s skin. To make the
surface so continuous that it appears homogeneous, a broad range of different functions, construction logics
and technical systems were brought together and integrated into the building’s envelope. It makes the building
appear homogeneous since different parts were covered and connected. From this case, by analyzing the
structural system and its relation with the exterior skin, we have seen how the structure design can better help the
design concept come true.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. Interior Systems Slabs: Rigid concrete system 12cm- 80cm Hall
Ceilings: Open web Trusses 1.5m-2.2m. Material and Skin -Reinforced Concrete: 121,000 cubic meters -Mold Steel
19,000 tons of mold steel -Formwork 194,000 tons of formwork -Panels: 17,000 panels of reinforced polyester And
5,500 tons of structural steel to hold them -Semi reflective glass for facade.Construction Details Reinforced
concrete System 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. Reinforced Concrete
Structure