Alyat Beacon, Baku, Azerbaijan

Home to 6,500 square meters of trade operations, engineering and customs offices, as well as training facilities for the port personnel, The Port Administration Building functions as the brain of the Alyat International Port. The visual and physical connection to the working quays is critical to the efficiency of the building’s design. A control tower atop the building enables 360 degree monitoring of the international port, while circulation paths provide efficient access to the operation points for the port’s personnel on the ground.

Oriented to the direction of trade and conceptually sculpted by the dynamic forces of nature on the site, The Port Administration Building is designed to be a catalyst for international exchange. The movement of the wind, which clearly manifests itself in the form of the surrounding hills and within waves of the Caspian Sea inspired the sweeping form of the design. A central atrium helps to deconstruct the massing and creates a threshold through which currents of ideas, goods, and people flow.

With its sculptural form, the Administration Building attempts to become an iconic and functional centerpiece within the Alyat International Port, welcoming the arriving vessels into the new commercial port and Azerbaijan.

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