The study of an ex-nuovo resource based global city is based on the study of a one of a kind development: Neft Daslari. Refered to as Stalin’s utopia, this is a conglomeration of oil extraction platforms so big and so secluded that it required its own hotels, cinema, bakery and a soft drinks company.

Positioned 8 hours, by boat, from the capital of Azerbaijan, Baku, this is in excelence a city based on one resource – Oil – and the worldwide demand for it.

NEFT DASLARI – OIL ROCKS (1958 – 1978)

1958 – 1978 – DEVELOPMENT OF PITS, BRIDGES AND MAIN ISLAND
200 KM ROADS AND BRIDGES (OF WHICH 45 KM REMAIN )
HOSTS 5000 PEOPLE

Learning from Neft Daslari and the starting point for the ex-nuovo city