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EXPERT: PILE OF BUILT-UP IN CENTER OF CONTEMPORARY YEREVAN UNACCEPTABLE
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July 27, 2010
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, July 27. /ARKA/. Today's Yerevan is heaped with plenty of
buildings, which is totally unacceptable, the chairman of the Union
of Architects of Armenia Mkrtich Minasyan said.
"To date, built-up pile in the center of Yerevan has reached
the highest degree. This is unacceptable. There are streets where
installation problems have not even been solved. There are schools,
next to which at a distance of two meters, houses are being built,
dimming the sunlight in the classrooms," said Minasyan on Tuesday at a
news conference, citing as an example the school named after Charents.
The head of the Union of Architects said that in the event of such
irresponsible construction, the Armenians could lose the "old"
recognizable Yerevan, its face.
Minasyan believes that the new structure does not fit into the first
master plan created by architect Alexander Tamanyan, and violates the
architecture of old Yerevan. In particular he mentioned the reduction
of green areas at the expense of the buildings in the form of houses
and cafes.
As an example, the architect brought one of the areas of the capital,
the Zangoo ravine, which is piled up with various buildings. Another
example includes the park between the streets of Saryan and Mashtots,
on the territory of which it was tried to build a 7-storey building and
that is totally unacceptable in terms of seismic safety of the capital.
In his turn, the great grandson of the famous architect, director of
the House-Museum named after Alexander Tamanyan, Hayk Tamanyan noted
that the main axis of the master plan of his great grandfather was
the tendency to Mount Ararat, which was broken back in the 50th for
ideological reasons.
Tamanyan added that to date the core of the city still exists, but
an increase in buildings with a high attic, reducing the green areas
and the failure to follow the number of floors in the buildings (on
the general plan Tamanyan of 1924, the maximum number of floors of
buildings was up to three) will lead to a loss of architecture of
the capital.
Master plan of Yerevan has been approved by the Government of Armenia
in 2005, and its implementation is designed to 2020.
From: A. Papazian
/ARKA/
July 27, 2010
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, July 27. /ARKA/. Today's Yerevan is heaped with plenty of
buildings, which is totally unacceptable, the chairman of the Union
of Architects of Armenia Mkrtich Minasyan said.
"To date, built-up pile in the center of Yerevan has reached
the highest degree. This is unacceptable. There are streets where
installation problems have not even been solved. There are schools,
next to which at a distance of two meters, houses are being built,
dimming the sunlight in the classrooms," said Minasyan on Tuesday at a
news conference, citing as an example the school named after Charents.
The head of the Union of Architects said that in the event of such
irresponsible construction, the Armenians could lose the "old"
recognizable Yerevan, its face.
Minasyan believes that the new structure does not fit into the first
master plan created by architect Alexander Tamanyan, and violates the
architecture of old Yerevan. In particular he mentioned the reduction
of green areas at the expense of the buildings in the form of houses
and cafes.
As an example, the architect brought one of the areas of the capital,
the Zangoo ravine, which is piled up with various buildings. Another
example includes the park between the streets of Saryan and Mashtots,
on the territory of which it was tried to build a 7-storey building and
that is totally unacceptable in terms of seismic safety of the capital.
In his turn, the great grandson of the famous architect, director of
the House-Museum named after Alexander Tamanyan, Hayk Tamanyan noted
that the main axis of the master plan of his great grandfather was
the tendency to Mount Ararat, which was broken back in the 50th for
ideological reasons.
Tamanyan added that to date the core of the city still exists, but
an increase in buildings with a high attic, reducing the green areas
and the failure to follow the number of floors in the buildings (on
the general plan Tamanyan of 1924, the maximum number of floors of
buildings was up to three) will lead to a loss of architecture of
the capital.
Master plan of Yerevan has been approved by the Government of Armenia
in 2005, and its implementation is designed to 2020.
From: A. Papazian