Proposals on nomenclature, functional orientation and territorial zoning of the Armenian people’s ethnographic parks

Abstract

Under the influence of global, including the innovative processes in order to free land for the new objects’ construction the unique examples of immovable cultural heritage are destroyed, which radically changes the appearance of the historical environment. At the same time, against this background, interest in ethnography, the architectural monuments and the samples of folk architecture of different eras has increased. In addition to the aesthetic qualities proper, the objects of historical and cultural heritage embody interesting, specific historical and memorial events of previous centuries. Ethnographic parks are an effective form for preserving and presenting historical and cultural material heritage, as well as for demonstrating the unique natural landscapes by including their individual fragments in the ethnographic parks’ structure. Despite the huge volume of immovable heritage, architectural monuments of various eras and unique natural landscapes of various regions, in Armenia there are no ensemble and environmental ethnographic parks. The article discusses the architectural problems of creating ethnographic parks on the basis of a scientific approach to the study of their nomenclature, structure, functional orientation, territories’ zoning, placement in the planning framework of the region, city, exposition. The problem of the ethnographic parks’ architectural and spatial organization is studied taking into account the historical development specifics and the climatic features of Armenia. Based on the analysis, a number of recommendations are made.