CRIMINAL CONFESSION OF THE CHIEF ARCHITECT

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13-07-2005

«In which street do you live, Mr. Architect?» asked the
correspondent of `Haylur’ to the guest of the National Press Club
Yerevan chief Architect Samvel Danielyan. `I do not live in a street,
I live in a yard near the school N71′, informed the latter.

He informed that construction work is also being done in the yard
where he lives, but the yard of the school N 71 will be preserved. The
correspondent of `Armenian Times’ asked what is the aim of building
18-storeyed building in the center of Yerevan. The answer was
sensational, `Maybe from the architectural point of view they are not
justified, but there is the issue of efficient investments’.

Does it mean that if you have money you can do whatever you want?
«You can do whatever you want if it corresponds to the urban
development normative acts».

And as far as the city mayor Yervand Zakharyan is the chief official
recommending the construction of buildings, we asked if he has an
understanding of architecture. `He is one of the unique mayors who
takes part in all the sessions of the urban development council and is
aware of all the issued’, concluded Samvel Danielyan.