The
Full Moon Hotel is in Baku, at Absheron
Peninsula on the western shore of the Caspian Sea. Hotel Full Moon is
essentially a disc with rounded edges and a hole in one of the top
corners that appears radically different from the view depending on the
angle it is seen from. The front appears more like a glass Death Star
whilst the side profile does not feature any specialty and looks like an
ordinary glass building. The Full Moon Hotel brings out more Dubaized
style to Azerbaijan Hotels History Changing appearance depending on the
view is reinforced by the cladding treatment the architect has
selected.
The front will have a glass diagrid while the back will be
covered with hexagonal honeycombs shaped windows. This main building
will be a 35 story luxury hotel with 104,182 square metres of space for
only 382 rooms, a relatively small amount of rooms given the sheer size
of the internal space on offer. It will reach a maximum height of 158.68
metres. The Construction of The Full Moon began in the late first
quarter of 2008.
The architect and engineering consultant for the
project was Heerim Architects, one of South Korea's largest
multidisciplinary consultancies. The hotel is being built by Azerbaijani
construction contractors. The entire project, which includes the hotel
itself and two skyscrapers, (Palace of Wind One and Palace of Wind Two)
will approximately cost $250 million to build. Acting as the
counterpoint to Hotel Full Moon will be the Hotel Crescent, part of the
Caspian Plus redevelopment that stands as a curving arch similar to a
crescent moon. The hotel is linked via a zoomorphically shaped podium
that snakes curvaceously around the boundaries of the site to two
residential apartment blocks entitled Palace of Wind One and Palace of
Wind Two.
The front
aspect is reminiscent of a glass Death Star
but from the side profile it looks much like any ordinary glass tower.
The Full Moon Hotel was planned to counterpoint to the Aypara (Crescent
Moon) Tower under construction around the bay in front of the Port Baku
buildings adding to the 'new Dubai' feel of the city's 21st-century
architecture.
However, now that the building's skeleton is nearing completion,
it is clear that the original design has been abandoned in favour of
something looking more like a giant Lotus flower.
Design
Changing appearance depending on the view is reinforced by the
cladding treatment the architect has selected. The front will have a
glass diagrid while the back will be covered with hexagonal honeycombs
shaped windows.
This main building will be a 35-story luxury hotel with 104,182
square metres of space for only 382 rooms, a relatively small amount of
rooms given the sheer size of the internal space on offer. It will reach
a maximum height of 158.68 metres.
The hotel is linked via a zoomorphically shaped podium that
snakes curvaceously around the boundaries of the site to two residential
apartment blocks entitled Palace of Wind One and Palace of Wind Two.
Construction
The Construction of The Full Moon began in the late first quarter of
2008. The architect and engineering consultant for the project was Heerim Architects, one of South Korea's
largest multidisciplinary consultancies. The hotel is being built by
Azerbaijani construction contractors. The entire project, which includes
the hotel itself and two skyscrapers, (Palace of Wind One and Palace of
Wind Two) will approximately cost $250 million to build.
from
https://en.wikipedia.org
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