Article source: Coop Himmelb(l)au

The capital of Azerbaijan, Baku, is situated directly on the Caspian Sea and the site for the Chess Academy is located at the sea promenade of the urban coast line of the city. The sculptural design for the Chess Academy has the potential to orientate the building towards the City and towards the Caspian Sea at the same time and create a visible icon for the Chess Community of Azerbaijan.

Image Courtesy © Markus Pillhofer

• Architects: Coop Himmelb(l)au
• Project: Chess Academy
• Location: Baku, Azerbaijan
  
• Photography: Markus Pillhofer
• Planning: COOP HIMMELB(L)AU Prix, Dreibholz & Partner ZT GmbH
• Principal in Charge: Wolf D. Prix
• Design Partner: Karolin Schmidbaur
• Project Partner: Luzie Giencke, Hartmut Hank
• Design Architect: Luzie Giencke, Jörg Hugo, Steven Ma
• Project Team: Martin Neumann, Phillip Wilck, Tyler Bornstein, Magnus Möschel, Cynthia Sanchez, Alan Hung, Tom Hindelang, Jan Rancke
• Model Building: Paul Hoszowski, Sebastian Buchta, Tyler Bornstein, Magnus Möschel
• Study: 2010
• Gross Floor Area: 7.000 m²

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