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Heydar Aliyev Centre the ultimate expression of parametricism's "seamless fluidity"

Dezeen·Jon Astbury·27 days ago
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Our Parametricism series continues with a look at the Heydar Aliyev Centre in Baku , Azerbaijan, by Zaha Hadid , the project that the architect claimed was the "closest thing" to translating her theoretical visions into a built reality. Completed by Zaha Hadid Architects in 2012, the 57,000-square-metre centre contains a 1,000-seat auditorium alongside exhibition and conference spaces, all enveloped by a flowing roof designed to appear as a seamless extension of the surrounding plaza. The Heydar Aliyev Centre is one of the clearest examples of parametricism The Heydar Aliyev Centre's futuristic form saw it become a poster project for the emergent style of parametricism, coined in 2008 by Patrik Schumacher – then a partner and today principal at Zaha Hadid Architects.…

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