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ACTIVISTS OPPOSE CONSTRUCTION OF KOMITAS MUSEUM IN YEREVAN'S PANTHEON
Narek Alexanyan
hetq
14:32, September 26, 2012
A group of environmentalist held a press conference today to protest
the planned construction of a Komitas Museum in the pantheon/park of
the same name.
They say that the memorial park in Yerevan, where the graves of
numerous Armenian notables including Komitas Vardapet are located,
will suffer as a consequence.
One public commentator, Karineh Hakobyan, said that the best way to
raise public awareness about Komitas was to improve conditions in
the panteon and not by building a museum there.
Arbak Vardanyan, a municipal architect, claimed that the new
two-storey museum would be built on land belonging to the adjacent
cultural center. Only 1,200 meters of green space would be used,
the architect said.
Environmental activist Silva Adamyan said there was no need to build a
new structure and proposed that a section of the Komitas Conservatory
be appropriated for the museum instead.
The activists stated that they weren't opposed to the construction
per say, but not at the expense of green space.
They also voiced the concern that the new structure could be used for
other purposes in the future and provided examples where cultural
buildings were later transformed into entertainment and other
commercial venues.
Narek Alexanyan
hetq
14:32, September 26, 2012
A group of environmentalist held a press conference today to protest
the planned construction of a Komitas Museum in the pantheon/park of
the same name.
They say that the memorial park in Yerevan, where the graves of
numerous Armenian notables including Komitas Vardapet are located,
will suffer as a consequence.
One public commentator, Karineh Hakobyan, said that the best way to
raise public awareness about Komitas was to improve conditions in
the panteon and not by building a museum there.
Arbak Vardanyan, a municipal architect, claimed that the new
two-storey museum would be built on land belonging to the adjacent
cultural center. Only 1,200 meters of green space would be used,
the architect said.
Environmental activist Silva Adamyan said there was no need to build a
new structure and proposed that a section of the Komitas Conservatory
be appropriated for the museum instead.
The activists stated that they weren't opposed to the construction
per say, but not at the expense of green space.
They also voiced the concern that the new structure could be used for
other purposes in the future and provided examples where cultural
buildings were later transformed into entertainment and other
commercial venues.