Rehabilitation ot the tired buildings at Yerevan’s Zvartnots International Airport being considered

Momberger

A group of experts led by Vahagn Vermishyan, Chairman of the Armenian Urban Development Committee, had studied the condition of the old terminal of Yerevan’s Zvartnots International Airport in 2019. According to a Committee’s Facebook post, the experts group consisted of adviser Armen Minasyan, a co-founder of the Iranian Sharif University of Technology Mark Grigoryan, French architect of Armenian descent Ara Tajiryan, and doctor of structural studies Karl Grigoryan. Later they had a meeting with the head of the State Civil Aviation Committee Tatevik Revazyan to look into the possibilities of expanding Zvartnots International Airport, with the focus on options for using its old terminal, considered a masterpiece of Soviet Armenian architecture. It was designed by a group of architects led by Arthur Tarkhanyan and was commissioned in 1980. According to experts, the building is physically worn out and its reconstruction will require investments of some USD 15 - 20 million. Zvartnots Airport in the capital Yerevan and Shirak Airport in Gyumri, the second-largest town, are run by Armenia – International Airports in accordance with a 30-year concessional management agreement sealed with the Armenian government. The company belongs to American International Airports, an Argentine company owned by Eduardo Eurnekian, an Argentine entrepreneur of Armenian descent. The operator would seek a permission from the Yerevan Municipality to demolish the old terminal, but under public pressure, the building was recognized as a cultural heritage site. #1131.1