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ARMENIAN SEISMOLOGIST SPEAKS AGAINST PLAN TO BUILD PERSIAN TOWER IN DOWNTOWN YEREVAN
/ARKA/
December 2, 2011
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, December 2. /ARKA/. An Armenian seismologist spoke today
against plans to build the so-called Persian Tower in downtown Yerevan
designed as a 50-storey hotel.
Vladimir Balasanian, an independent seismologist, speaking at a news
conference, said he and his colleagues are categorically against the
construction of the hotel in Yerevan, particularly, and in Armenia
in general because a strong earthquake would collapse it and destroy
all nearby structures.
Balasanian said the hotel is supposed to be built by Iranians who
are unaware of Armenia's seismic risks. Mkrtich Miansian, head of
the Union of Armenian Architects, also spoke against this plan urging
the government to take action against the plan.
The tower is supposed to be constructed on a land plot between Moskva
cinema house and the building of the Union of Artists of Armenia. The
land plot formerly belonged to the Union of Artists, but since the
90s has been resold several times and now is owned by an Iranian
company Tidas International that resumes form time to time the talk
about plans to build the hotel.
Earlier the Union of Architects said it was ready to ask president
Serzh Sargsyan and the National Assembly to block the decision,
as well as initiate a public debate on this issue. Mkrtich Minasian
expressed hope that the municipality of Yerevan will reconsider the
previously issued permit and will prohibit the construction of the
Persian Tower.
/ARKA/
December 2, 2011
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, December 2. /ARKA/. An Armenian seismologist spoke today
against plans to build the so-called Persian Tower in downtown Yerevan
designed as a 50-storey hotel.
Vladimir Balasanian, an independent seismologist, speaking at a news
conference, said he and his colleagues are categorically against the
construction of the hotel in Yerevan, particularly, and in Armenia
in general because a strong earthquake would collapse it and destroy
all nearby structures.
Balasanian said the hotel is supposed to be built by Iranians who
are unaware of Armenia's seismic risks. Mkrtich Miansian, head of
the Union of Armenian Architects, also spoke against this plan urging
the government to take action against the plan.
The tower is supposed to be constructed on a land plot between Moskva
cinema house and the building of the Union of Artists of Armenia. The
land plot formerly belonged to the Union of Artists, but since the
90s has been resold several times and now is owned by an Iranian
company Tidas International that resumes form time to time the talk
about plans to build the hotel.
Earlier the Union of Architects said it was ready to ask president
Serzh Sargsyan and the National Assembly to block the decision,
as well as initiate a public debate on this issue. Mkrtich Minasian
expressed hope that the municipality of Yerevan will reconsider the
previously issued permit and will prohibit the construction of the
Persian Tower.