Long Span Structure

Heydar Aliyev Cultural

Centre,Azerbaijan

Presented by
Pranshu Londase
M.Arch 2nd Sem
SW elevation NW elevation

NE elevation SE elevation

West View South View

Location-Baku city,Azerbaijan Roof Height-74m
Architect-Zaha Hadid, Patrik Schumacher Floors-9
Client- The Republic of Azerbaijan Built-up Area-57,519 m2
Year : 2013 A
Area : 101801 m²

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Museum Library

Covention
centre/
Auditorium

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Covention centre/Auditorium
Capacity-1200 seats
Height-18m
Span-28m,two way system slab
Support system-Steel space frame supported by concrete shear wall and
then load is transferred to pile foundation
Shear wall
system

Space frame system

 (Public address system)
The project for this auditorium has been
processed with the great Iraqi-British
architect Zaha Hadid and the Turkish
acoustician, Studio Mezzo, using a product
from the Quinette Gallay range.
The seats have a lateral tilting system with a
distinctive flat backrest, all hinged together.
The concert hall has four levels; the rows are
curved at each level and equipped with seats
of 3 different widths, mixed in a same row,
there are 3 different widths for backrests and
two seat widths have been selected to allow
perfect alignment of the armrests at the end
of the row.

Ground floor
1st floor
2nd floor
3rd floor plan
 Structural Composition-

1.Foundation
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2.Shear walls

3.Ceiling

4.Members coneecting Space frame to

shear walls.

5.Space frame

6.Cladding materials
1.Foundation 2.Shear walls

Shear wall

Pile cap

Piles Concrete
•It also used to construct the footing of the building.
• As Earthquakes are one of the biggest threats to construction in Baku, the
building must be reinforced by massive 150-foot-long concrete piles.
• Reinforced concrete- to construct shear walls as the partition to separate
main spaces and to support the space frame.
3.Ceiling
One layer cemented fiber board 1.8
cm
I section 100mm
10 cm rockwool
Ceiling 1

A
Double layer cemented fiber board 3.6
cm

I profile 2.4 m

5cm rockwool
Ceiling 2

Channel section Double layer cemented fiber board 3.6

cm
Steel cable
Detail at A
 28m I section 100mm One layer cemented fiber board 1.8
cm Ceiling 1

10 cm rockwool
Double layer cemented fiber board 3.6

28m
cm

I profile 2.4 m
Channel section

5cm rockwool

Ceiling 2 plan
Ceiling 2

Double layer cemented fiber board 3.6

Steel Cable 20 feet long
cm
 Ceiling 2
A turnbuckle is a
mechanical device
used to adjust the
Steel cable 20 feet long
tension in ropes,
cables, tie rods
and other
tensioning
Steel frame
systems. It is also
Turnbuckle
Oak wood panel
known as a
stretching screw or
a bottle screw
•Such was the scale of the construction
project that, overall, 230 cubic meters of
American white oak were used in the
auditorium.
•American white oak was chosen for the
principal reasons that it “would perform well
in an application where temperature and
humidity levels would vary, its has good
acoustic performance.”
•For acoustic reasons, the internal surfaces
were constructed as a shell within a box.
Once this box was constructed, the internal
shell was attached to a secondary steel
frame, with rubber pad connections to the
internal faces of its structure. An
intermediary shell of multilayered sound
insulation and steel wire suspension cables
provide further acoustic isolation
4.Members coneecting Space frame to shear walls.

Top layer grid Special nodes

•Space frame, it is
connected to the
Node Bottom reinforced concrete
layer grid structure
Verticle steel • The method of
member
maintaining stability is
to extend the steel
Horizontal steel
member core beam from the
Shear wall reinforced concrete
core tube, fix the
vertical steel member
to the joist, and
connect the space
frame to the joist.
5.Space frame
Top layer grid with
4.5X4.5 m module
Top layer grid
Bottom
layer grid
Diagonal member

Bottom
layer grid
 Node with diameter between 110 and 350 mm
Sleeve Bolt
End
Cone
Dowel
pin

Mero Connector
6.Cladding materials
GFRC(glass fiber reinforced concrete)
Steel substructure
Washer
Weatherproofing membrane

Nodes with diameter

between 110 and 350 mm

Bottom layer grid

GFRC