In July 1993, Aghdam was occupied by the Armenian forces. Within almost 30 years the city was completely destroyed, all the buildings, including historical heritage, were demolished.
More than 50 000 thousand people forcefully left their homeland just from the city itself and its surrounding areas.
2020, Azerbaijan restored its control over the city.
The project WILLLI, with eleven plots, is part of the reconstruction of the city.
The urban planning solution creates a harmonic and within itself balanced unity.
3 building typologies – L-shaped building, atrium-building and I-shape building – are arranged to create tension as well as outdoor spaces, to form a lively urban space with ideal natural lighting.
A variety of building structures, apartments and building developments – such as centered corridor, access balcony and centered staircase – can be found throughout the project.
The ground floor consists entirely of common as well as commercial spaces. In generous roofed entrance areas storage spaces for strollers and bikes are located, furthermore common areas for social activities.
Common rooms are located next to common terraces on the ground floor as well as next to roof terraces.
All roofs are intensively greened and used to generate photovoltaic energy.
The characteristics of the outdoor space are intensively greened motion- and linger-axis that spread throughout the entire area. Hereby green areas with high ecological claim generate a pleasant microclimate. Outdoor zones flow throughout the ground floor plan as a unity of space to create a dialog between the outside and inside. Urban gardening and playgrounds can be found along the axis across all plots.
The underground level provides parking and storage spaces for each apartment. All buildings per site are connected underground with one driveway.
This project combines Vienna’s world-renowned social housing, including its high standards, with some new interpreted traditional aspects of Azerbaijani culture.