From the video I like it more than from the images posted before
pride_of_artaxias on
What exactly makes this Armenian? It is bland, soulless, bare and has nothing distinctively Armenian about it. I could’ve forgiven everything if there was some Armenian motif there, smth that would make you go “hell yeah, this is Armenian as they come”.
Severely disappointed. Even the Soviet buildings in Armenia have more character than whatever this will be…
RageAgainstR on
Looks very minimalist yet very beautiful. I had some doubts when I saw the pictures but after watching the video it catched me. The panoramic view from the concert hall 🤌🏻
sopsosstic on
I don’t really like the design, although I find it acceptable. Why don’t they have a competition in which architects present their projects and Yerevan residents themselves choose the one they like. For such an important monument I think it would be worth it. although for me it is enough to finish it at once and add more trees.
This seems like a fitting way to finally finish off the top of Cascade. The proposal could have more intricacy, or have something more Armenian about it, but I am glad that they kept it subtle. The landmark is Cascade, not the building at the top, and this project respects that.
I just wish they would have an open design competition to invite the world’s top studios to give proposals instead of whatever ambiguous way they are picking architects now.
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From the video I like it more than from the images posted before
What exactly makes this Armenian? It is bland, soulless, bare and has nothing distinctively Armenian about it. I could’ve forgiven everything if there was some Armenian motif there, smth that would make you go “hell yeah, this is Armenian as they come”.
Severely disappointed. Even the Soviet buildings in Armenia have more character than whatever this will be…
Looks very minimalist yet very beautiful. I had some doubts when I saw the pictures but after watching the video it catched me. The panoramic view from the concert hall 🤌🏻
I don’t really like the design, although I find it acceptable. Why don’t they have a competition in which architects present their projects and Yerevan residents themselves choose the one they like. For such an important monument I think it would be worth it. although for me it is enough to finish it at once and add more trees.
I always thought it would be interesting to rebuild some Armenian church destroyed by the communists at the top of cascade, like [this ](https://www.reddit.com/r/armenia/comments/16ivkmb/saint_thaddeus_and_bartholomew_cathedral_in_baku/)or[ this other one](https://www.reddit.com/r/ArchitecturalRevival/comments/16q444y/vank_monastery_tbilisi_georgia/).
the concert hall idea is cool
Is this going to be our Sagrada Familia?
This seems like a fitting way to finally finish off the top of Cascade. The proposal could have more intricacy, or have something more Armenian about it, but I am glad that they kept it subtle. The landmark is Cascade, not the building at the top, and this project respects that.
I just wish they would have an open design competition to invite the world’s top studios to give proposals instead of whatever ambiguous way they are picking architects now.