What is Heydar Aliyev?

The Heydar Aliyev Center is a 57,500 m2 (619,000 sq ft) building complex in Baku, Azerbaijan designed by Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid and noted for its distinctive architecture and flowing, curved style that eschews sharp angles.

How Heydar Aliyev came to power?

On 3 October 1993, as a result of nationwide voting, Heydar Aliyev was elected President of the Republic of Azerbaijan. On 11 October 1998, having garnered at the elections, passed in high activeness of the population, 77 per cent of the votes, he was re-elected President of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

What is the purpose of the Heydar Aliyev Center?

The Center, designed to become the primary building for the nation’s cultural programs, breaks from the rigid and often monumental Soviet architecture that is so prevalent in Baku, aspiring instead to express the sensibilities of Azeri culture and the optimism of a nation that looks to the future.

How big is the Heydar Aliyev Center in Azerbaijan?

/  40.39528°N 49.86694°E  / 40.39528; 49.86694 /  40.39528°N 49.86694°E  / 40.39528; 49.86694 The Heydar Aliyev Center is a 57,500 m 2 (619,000 sq ft) building complex in Baku, Azerbaijan designed by Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid and noted for its distinctive architecture and flowing, curved style that eschews sharp angles.

What kind of airport is Heydar Aliyev airport?

Baku Heydar Aliyev International Airport (Azerbaijani: Heydər Əliyev Beynəlxalq hava limanı) (IATA: GYD, ICAO: UBBB) is one of the six international airports serving Azerbaijan.

What did Heydar Aliyev do for his country?

During the period of his leadership of Soviet Azerbaijan, Aliyev’s efforts led to considerably increased economic, social and cultural growth rates in Azerbaijan SSR. Aliyev became perhaps the most successful republican leader, raising the profile of the underprivileged republic and consistently promoting Azerbaijanis to senior posts.

How is the Heydar Aliyev Center a fluid form?

The Heydar Aliyev Center represents a fluid form which emerges by the folding of the landscape’s natural topography and by the wrapping of individual functions of the Center. All functions of the Center, together with entrances, are represented by folds in a single continuous surface.