YEREVAN LOVERS’ PARK WILL BECOME PRECEDENT OF RESPECT FOR NATURE AND MOST LOVED PLACE OF YEREVAN RESIDENTS, BENEFACTOR IS SURE
Noyan Tapan
Oct 22, 2008
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 22, NOYAN TAPAN. Lovers’ Park was opened in
Baghramian Avenue in Yerevan on October 17: until 1995 the park was
known as Pushkin Park among residents of Yerevan. Revitalization
work of the 1,6 hectare park has been implemented according to Swiss
Landscape Architect (DPLG) Pierre Rambach’s design. The sponsor of
the rehabilitation of the park done by the Hayastan All-Armenian
Fund is the Boghossian Foundation, which within coming 21 years will
also implement park’s preservation and operation. RA President Serzh
Sargsyan also took part in the ceremony of park’s opening.
As Ararat Khlghatian, the Deputy Director of the Hayastan All-Armenian
Fund, said in his interview to Noyan Tapan correspondent, the
revitalization work lasted 14 months, in total 1m 300 thousand dollars
was spent, nearly 700 thousand dollars (214m drams) out of which
only on construction work. "No construction will be carried out in
the park any longer, and young plants will be planted without fail
in autumn and spring," Fund Deputy Director assured.
Architect Pierre Rambach’s design made an attempt to show the beauty
of natural movement of nature, to create the feeling of tenderness
and sensuality through outlines of alleys, to express the feeling of
freedom through hills getting rid of the former vertical structure
of trees, there are ponds, small waterfalls, small bridges, a stage
for children, a small cafe in the park. The park is provided with
24-hour artesian water.
According to member of Boghossian family Albert Boghossian, the park
is for people who wish to relax from everyday problems and for lovers
filled with feelings, the park can also become a source of inspiration
for creators: "I hope this park will become more than merely a park, it
will become a place full of life all year long where various artists,
musicians, sculptors, painters will present their creations at the
open-air amphitheater and will show their art through a natural scene,"
the benefactor said. He expressed the hope that the park will become
a precedent of respect for nature and a precedent in the issue of
formation of Yerevan green zones.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
