MOUNT ARARAT BUILT IN YEREVAN
Panorama.am
12:27 06/05/2010
Society
For Forrest Fulton Architecture’s competition proposal, the
Alabama-based firm designed a 900,000 sqf biomorphic spatial surface
that connects the adjacent city and the landscape. The architecture
focuses on creating an urbanistic landscape that morphs the common
urban element of Yerevan, the superblock, to the site, a truncated
hill along the natural amphitheater of the Yerevan. This new model
of development supports a "holistic, ultra-green lifestyle" with
overlapping natural and urban phenomenon.
The artificial "hill", which is clothed in native plants irrigated
with a recycled gray water system, creates viewing seats for the
Yerevan and Mt. Ararat. The exterior perforations recall the intricate
details of traditional Armenian lace needlework. These apertures are
not mere surface treatments but rather terraced exterior space that
provides amazing views.
Official Yerevan keeps silence since no official statement has
been made.