A Project for a tree nursery, agricultural and horticultural equipment parking and office space in Ayrum

Matit

Completed Projects – Transport. Display

Armenia

Company Name

Matit

COMPANY COUNTRY:

Armenia

ARCHITECTURAL CREDITS

Architects: Davit Stepanyan, Erik Ohanyan, constructor: Hovhannes Qaramyan, MATIT studio

Project Team

Architects: Davit Stepanyan, Erik Ohanyan, constructor: Hovhannes Qaramyan

CLIENT OR OWNER NAME:

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Project Name:

A Project for a tree nursery, agricultural and horticultural equipment parking and office space in Ayrum

Project Country:

Armenia

Project City:

Bagratashen

Project Category:

Transport. Display

Project Area:

680sqm

Completion Date:

2023-05-01

Project overview

This basalt strip, further emphasized by a continuous central linear groove along its length, is conceived in the spirit of uninterrupted woven patterns characteristic of Armenian linear ornamentation.
Thus, the three roofed segments emerging and transforming within the zigzag composition correspond respectively to the volumes of the shop, office, conference hall, and blacksmith-workshop, while the six alternating openings serve as the exhibition parking slots. Sold for 250,000 euros.

Project history

The client was one of the projects of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). According to the initial brief, several separate functional units had to be constructed: office spaces with a conference hall, garages with workshops, storage facilities, and a fertilizer store. The garages were not only intended for parking agricultural machinery but also for its exhibition. However, fulfilling only the purely functional aspect of the assignment and glorifying machinery while ignoring nature did not sit well with us. Therefore, to more strongly emphasize the exhibitional aspect envisaged in the task, We separated the parking openings by stone sloping-frame structures descending from both the right and left sides, leaving green zones between them that follow the natural relief. As a result, the up-and-down flowing basalt strip accentuates the parking area as much as it highlights the surrounding greenery.