The complex consists of:
Hotel with sports-health, entertainment, social-business, recreational and servicesSocial-business center andResidential buildings
The hotel complex is located in the four main buildings:
1. "Tower" - hotel suites, restaurant and administrative zones.
2. "Western Lap" – encircling large-scaled areas of sports and spa zones
on the western side of the tower (on the axis of Teryan Str.)
3. "East Lap" – large-scaled volume of the ballroom developed on the East side.
4. "Stalactite Wall" – hotel apartments, adjacent to the tower from the east.The complex is situated on a high plateau at an altitude of 1090 meters
above sea level and dominates the center of Yerevan and the Ararat
valley (800-900 m). The ensemble is visible both from the lower plateau of the city and from
the upper amphitheaters, encircling it at the perimeter. The hotel building in its design is a hexagon with polygonal modules at
different heights, which creates an interesting play of light and
shadow. The tower has a shape of a truncated hexagonal pyramid which ends
separate sections, with tapering sail-shaped triangles. From the level
of the 25th floor, out of the main hexagon core of the building a
"three-pointed star" tends to the sky and completes the composition. A
winter garden and an observation deck with views of biblical Mount
Ararat, and the center of Yerevan are located on the top floor.
Two wide sides of the hexagon are focused on the picturesque
mountains of Ararat and Aragats, which are so dear to all Yerevan
citizens and which we see since childhood and cordially show to all
guests of our capital.
The building exterior is made of glass, which gives the feeling of
lightness and transparency. All the hotel suites have large panoramic
windows and French balconies.The tower image is slightly stylized as a chess figure of a queen,
and is dedicated to the numerous victories and success of Armenian chess
players in the 20th and 21st century, which, we believe, is one of the
achievements of the Armenian nation.
Social-business and residential buildings are logical continuation of the three-dimensional fractal structure of the ensemble.
On the proposed territory traffic is regulated without a
traffick-lights system. Location of the complex has a serious defect:
the area is cut off from the city center with routes which always make
it uncomfortable for pedestrian access. However, in order to provide the
guests with a flexible connection to the center, as well as to connect
the northern outskirts of Yerevan with the center, the scheme of an
airway route along the gorge leading to Avan district is presented. The
route is convenient for tourists; as well as may become quite popular
transportation alternative for residents of the northern suburbs,
particularly for students, as the stop is organized in the campus (see
the scheme of the complex of and the proposed airway route location in
the overall structure of the city).
The route connects by air:
CampusHotel ComplexEntertainment center "Bellagio"ZooWater ParkBotanical GardenTsiranavor Temple in Avan, historical and architectural gem of
the world significance (6th century, possibly the first Christian
domical church in the world)Entertainment center "Play City"3. Structural concept
The structural concept is based on the above mentioned fractal grid
and is a combined system of the three main supporting system modules:
1. A hex-triangular combined raster system, active in the height;
2. Folded structures, active on the surface.
3. Supporting structures of cross-beams, active in the cross-section.
4. Technical and economic indicators
Gross land area - 4.4. hectareNet land area - 7041.0 sq mGross building area - 116,118.4 sq m
1. Hotel Complex - 50,018.4 sq m
2. Social - business center - 17000.0 sq m
3. Residential building - 44800.0 sq m
4. Administrative building - 1100.0 sq m
5. Green areas - 4765.0 sq m
6. Water area - 2131.0 sq m
7. Pedestrian areas - 18866.3 sq m
8. Transport routes - 6070.0 sq mArchitects: Telemak ANANYAN, Ph.D., Gohar ISAKHANYAN, Ani SIMONYAN, Argina KOCHKOYANCo-workers: Hayk MARTIROSYAN, Ada HAROUTYUNYAN, Tigran PANYAN