HAYDAR ALIYEV CULTURE CENTER

Haydar Aliyev Culture Center in Baku, capital city of Azerbaijan, attracts attention as a building which puts a signature to Azerbaijan history at the coast of Caspian Sea with its concert and conference hall, art galleries, library, media center, museum, common use areas, closed car park area, artificial pond and cafeteria. A significant difference has been created too  in the architectural design of the Center with the lighting solution which Helvar has completed with its energy efficient lighting control system.

Haydar Aliyev Culture Center in Baku designed by the worldwide famous English architect Zaha Hadid of Iraq origin who avoids the use of angled arrangements and  is recognized with a fluent and round shaped style is established on 57.507 square meters area. All language, cultural and historical values feature building stones in the design of the center which hosts many culture and art events such as exhibitions, conferences, concerts, forums etc.

Rob Honeywell, Managing Director of Maurice Brill Lighting Design (MBLD) which is a London lighting consultancy company, says “We had to establish a link between light and architecture and produce a solution to the complex three dimensional geometric forms which were present in the interiors and exteriors and which covered large spaces. We tried to lay emphasis on the sculptrality evoked by the basic architectural design to be able to capture a fluent discourse at the points where the limits of light and architecture became blurred and a lot natural result emerged.”