2) The Children of Armenia Fund’s (COAF) Smart Centre in Lori Province by Paul Kaloustian (Armenia, 2017).
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While excavation has already begun on a three storey building, Kaloustian wanted to lower the profile and let the structure hug the landscape.
He designed an irregularly shaped, winged building with a curving promenade that combines rooms, walls and open, green spaces. He said, “I’ve always been interested in exercises in ambiguity, the way you can do something that feels like an exterior, but is delimited...Spaces that are fluid and ambiguous, so the visitor feels something is different but doesn’t necessarily know what it is.’
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In this pic, extensive glazing opens the building to the landscape. Circular skylights illuminate the level below ground, where the dance studio, music rooms, changing rooms and recording studios are located.
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