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HIGHLY COMMENDED LEISURE ARCHITECTURE TURKMENISTAN Culture and Recreation Center by Polimeks Construction Company
HIGHLY COMMENDED
comfortable sports arena that will be
relevant figure because the first public
perfectly suited to both games and
assembly meeting was held in 1990. The
legacy modes.
building also features the eight-pointed
The Turkmenistan government also
star of Oguz Khan which is of great
commissioned Polimeks to create a
importance in Turkmen history and
new modern Culture and Recreation
culture. Positioned on a platform at the
Center in the south of Ashgabat. It
base of the main two-storey building is a
was to include a museum, cinema, food
monumental circle measuring 57 metres
court, restaurants, children’s playgrounds,
in diameter. Featured inside it is a gilded
a bowling hall, billiards room and
globe reminiscent of a shining sun and an
other similar recreational areas plus a
octagonal star. Gilded national emblems
conference hall. Placed in line with the
and other Turkmenistan designs on the
Monument of the Constitution, it will
external walls of the building give it a
become a landmark of the city and
unique beauty and vividness.
a symbol of the Turkmen culture and
PUBLIC SERVICE ARCHITECTURE TURKMENISTAN Culture and Recreation Center by Polimeks Construction Company
Earning its place in the Guinness
values. Therefore, important elements
Book of Records, the Culture and
and dates from Turkmen history were to
Recreation Center has the world’s largest
be incorporated in the project’s design.
indoor Ferris wheel at 47.6 metres in
Resting on a high-rise platform,
height. This remarkable feature enables
the Culture and Recreation Center is
visitors to enjoy a panoramic view across
five storeys high and 90 metres tall – a
the city.
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