IN YEREVAN THEY DEMOLISH WITHOUT ANY PLAN

Lragir.am
11 May 06

Samvel Danielyan, the architect of Yerevan, reports cases when a
building in the center of Yerevan is pulled down without envisioning
what to build in its place. Such as, for instance, the Sevan Hotel and
the House of Cinematography. There are no fixed projects yet, but there
are proposals, assures Samvel Danielyan. An investor proposes to build
a multifunction high-rise in the place of the House of Cinematography
which will be located on the 3rd and 4th floors of the building. “The
present facilities of the House of Cinematography no longer satisfy
modern requirements. Studios and the administration will be based
on these two floors,” informed the architect of Yerevan. The rest
will be rent as office space. “Although this project was approved by
Yerevan City Planning Board last year, there is an important question,
which makes us delay a final decision on this project. This problem
allows the City Hall not to accept the project with regard to the
height of the building and parking facilities. I have no doubt that
it has a city planning accent. The central avenue of Yerevan starts
from the high-rise of the Central Post Office on Saryan Street and
does not have an accentuated ending.

Debates on building a high-rise to mark the end of the avenue somewhere
near the House of Cinematography were going on.”

It has been foreseen to build another multifunction building in the
place of the Sevan Hotel. Samvel Danielyan says the project was put
out to tender. The project of a designer was chosen, which “resembles
the former Sevan Hotel with its volume and space, floors, tower, but
in terms of architecture the projects needs further elaboration. They
were offered to review the project. I think there is not going to be
a skyscraper there,” announced Samvel Danielyan.