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A Juxtaposition of Ideological Expressions: Evaluating the Urban Transformations of Yerevan (Armenia) During 1915-2015

Part 2 Dissertation 2016
Roy Khatchadourian
 University of Liverpool | UK
What determines our sense of belonging to a territory? How can an identity be maintained, or created?

Yerevan, the crown jewel and capital city of Armenia has been grappling with these issues in a quest of rediscovering its national pride, after years of political oppression, even genocide.

This dissertation explores the role of architecture in this endeavour through Alexander Tamanyan’s work, an overlooked master whose contribution forms today’s city branding…


Tutor(s)
Dr. Iain Jackson
2016
Location map of Armenia, 2015.
Urban development of Yerevan – aerial views from 1907 (left) and 2015 (right).
Proposed masterplan for Yerevan by Alexander Tamanyan, 1924.
Alexander Tamanyan’s 1924 masterplan imprinted on Yerevan’s council building, 2015.
Newspaper article about post-earthquake developments in Yerevan, 1990.
View of the Cascade Complex site in Yerevan, 1965 (left) and the competition entry by Coop Himmelb(l)au for Cafesjian’s museum, 2002 (right).
View of the Cascade Complex (Cafesjian Centre for the Arts) in Yerevan, 2015
Sketch development models of Northern Avenue in Yerevan, 1985.
View towards the construction of Northern Avenue from areas demolished in order to accommodate it, early 2000s (left) and a shop front of the completed Avenue, 2015 (right).
View towards Mount Ararat from central Yerevan, 1934 (left) and 2015 (right).
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