Unbuilt
Erebuni Experience Center
A new museum behind the existing one, facing the Erebuni fortress.
Yerevan, Armenia · 2019 · 20,000 sq ft renovated, 45,000 sq ft new · Unbuilt
An archaeology museum and experience centre in Yerevan. The scheme renovates about 20,000 sq ft of the existing building and adds a new museum of around 45,000 sq ft over three levels. It was not built.
The new building is placed on the back of the existing building, facing the Erebuni fortress.
The existing building is framed and flanked by two colonnades. They give the new building a monumental scale, fitting the cultural importance of Erebuni, and house open-air galleries for archaeological artefacts.
The visitor arrives at the central atrium and connects immediately to the Erebuni fortress.
We also propose to widen the existing main stairs from the road. This increases the visibility of the museum along the long axial road that leads to it from the city, and the widened stairs, with sculptures on display, become an inviting setting for public engagement.
The landscape all around the museum, and the steps up to the fortress, are redesigned together with the new building.