Baku City Center Should Not Become Multi-storey Sleeping Area, Architecture Authority

On March 4 the State Committee for Urban Planning and Architecture (SCUPA) held a meeting with the chief executives and the chief architects of nine districts of Baku, dedicated to the implementation of the Cabinet decision on the reconstruction of a number of populated areas of the capital.

The SCUPA report noted that the main task in the way of this plan is to eliminate the problems of entrepreneurs, who will be engaged in the demolition of 995 buildings and the construction of new buildings in their place, as well as adherence to the city planning and building regulations.

"In Baku, in particular, the Nasimi district of the city, the construction does not comply with building density and building factors. Therefore, in areas where the demolition of buildings is planned, the priority should be the placement of landscaping facilities and social infrastructure," the SCUPA Chairman Abbas Alasgarov said at the meeting.

He  noted that in the construction of multi-storey buildings in Baku the rules of natural ventilation and lighting of apartments are violated, and there is only one window on the four walls. The number of apartments on one floor is higher than 8, and the residential area of the floor exceeds the permitted limit, he said.

"Should we create high-rise dorms in the city center? Henceforth, such permission will not be given," said Abbas Alasgarov.

SCUPA will assist local executives of Baku in the development of detailed plans for the territories. In addition, the cost of the work on the development of spatial planning documents for construction companies will be reduced.

The meeting demonstrated a project proposal on spatial planning scheduled for demolition on 5.9 hectares in the Nizami district of Baku.    -----08D