A Neighborhood of Cocoons Woven Together

摘要

Baku, Azerbaijan, burns in a hot landscape-literally. In recent years, swaths of land in the country's capital have ignited in spontaneous fires due to shallow-lying natural gas and oil. Since the country gained its independence in 1991, the government has sought to elevate its design stature. In June 2012, the government commissioned the Istanbul-based architecture studio Autoban to design the 645,835-square-foot interior of Baku's new Heydar Aliyev International Airport, by Arup.