Modernization of the main transportation hubs and their interconnection with the highway system in Baku city

Abstract

The article considers and analyzes public and transport, transport and interchange, transport and logistics hubs of Baku, formed in different historical periods of urban development. Modernization of transport hubs is actively carried out in accordance with the requirements of the economy of Azerbaijan, which is integrated into the world economy, and also according to the conditions of modern requirements for this type of architecture. The article provides an overview of the shaping of architectural volumes and capital facilities in the space of transport complexes, the problems of their architectural environment and the possibility of resolution, saturating it with design solutions in the form of street furniture, lighting and non-capital objects, historical and economic background of their interconnections with the city street-road and highways environment. It presented also the process of architectural and town-planning transformations in the field of transport architecture, its influence and interaction in shaping the town-planning modernization of the city, in the capital of Azerbaijan, Baku, over the past ten years, from 2009 to 2019.