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Bank as Iconography

The Project is about connecting scattered retail spots and enclosed community hubs and opening them to the vast open ground in front of Yerevan Cultural and Sports Stadium and the newly introduced datum, the bridge. The bank, in a tower form emerging out from the bridge, is seen as one single entity with the bridge and all together aims to generate communal vibes for the neighbourhood and the abandoned public space on the cascade. The structural logic goes against the rigid coalition of urban grids, and formed curvillinear extensions of existing structures. The project aims to shed the least footprint touching the original ground datum as to provide the maximum originality of the open ground. Meanwhile, multiple entry points are introduced to bring pedestrians up to the new datum and provide multiple levels of small social theatres to take place. The tower is formally connected, but logically remained intact as to maintain privacy and security for such international institution. Distinction entry points for office personnel and public are made and separated in terms of openness and orientation. Throughout the stepping contour of the newly introduced datum, which is intended to echo the topographical changes at the site, create ambiguous sectional relationships at multiple point along the path. These moments mediate the gigantic scale discrepancy between the obscure monument and the dispersed monolithic neighbourhood, and acted as a buffer zone to close the gap between two sides, which was originally occupied by a busy highway.
Bank as Iconography
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