As a part of the Experience exchange activity between different EaP member countries, Cultural and Social Narratives Laboratory NGO has created three videos on public space issues, which are most important nowadays.
Architect Sevada Petrossian talks about cultural houses as public spaces. Gayane Mirozoyan, the founder and editor-in-chief of the Urbanista platform, explores the parks and green areas in Yerevan and other cities in Armenia, and the co-founders of CSN Lab - Tigran Amiryan and Sona Kalantaryan - talk about the vernacular districts of Yerevan as public spaces.
The videos created the 4Plus independent documentary photography center (camerawoman: Nazik Armenakyan, editor: Piruza Khalapyan).
Illustrator: Harutyun Toumaghyan
English subtitles: Maiam Yegiazaryan, lucine talalyan
In this episode of the video series on public space issues, the co-founders of CSN Lab Tigran Amiryan and Sona Kalantaryan talk about the vernacular districts of Yerevan, explain why these areas should be considered as public spaces, what unique features have these areas, why it is important to preserve them, and what happened and continues to happen to similar districts in Yerevan.
Public Spaces: Cultural Buildings
In this video architect Sevada Petrossian talks about the role of cultural houses as a public space, how they transformed in Armenia after the Soviet collapse, what kind of civic protests have been organized for protection of these buildings, etc.
Public Spaces: Green Areas and Parks
In this episode of the video series on public space issues, Gayane Mirozoyan, the founder and editor-in-chief of the Urbanista platform, explores the parks and green areas in Yerevan and other cities in Armenia, talks about the public resistance aimed at conservation of these areas, the differences of the civic activism in Yerevan and other smaller cities, etc.
