Some Issues of Reconstruction of Public Centers and Conservation of Historical Cultural Heritage in Yerevan

Abstract

Within the last 20 years due to the collapse of the Soviet Union, the declaration of independence of the Republic of Armenia, the establishment of new economic relations as well as the absence of centralized state means, an unregulated and undesirable process of construction has come into being. These changes made the gap between the reality and the present documents of urban planning projects, legislative documentations and socioeconomic relations even deeper. In the current social-political situation it has become a necessity to define the main trends of the development of the city of Yerevan and the reformation of its center. Moreover, these trends should correspond to the existing legal and economic fields, which in its turn will lead to the formation of new public centers. At present we have very few samples of historical and cultural heritage that witness about our urban past. There also exist some historically treasured areas that are subject to reconstruction. The aim of urban planning, in general, is to turn the public formation contents into an artistic image. This presupposes the planning and objectification of the environment characteristic to the given public formation. It is very important to find the standards which can help to organize areas in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, along the abovementioned lines.