Awasa
Congress Hall

RTA-OFFICE
Design Competition
Awaza / Turkmenistan
2012

The five volumes of the buildings derive from the analysis, understandingand development of the shape of the Turkmenistan traditional architecture.Their massive and iconic shape not only represents ancientarchitecture monuments such as the ”Ruins of Ancient Merv”, it alsoresponds to a climate requirement that balances the temperature differencesbetween interior and exterior spaces.A great hall unifies the intersections of these five volumes with a spectacularshaped roof in a central space. This particular structure respondsnot just to a geometric formula like a scheduled sequence but also asystematized construction by the repetition of the same pattern.