Armenia`s government discusses reconstruction of Yerevan`s Kond  district 

ArmInfo. A regular meeting of the Council for Coordination of Urban Development Programs was held under the chairmanship of RA Deputy Prime Minister Tigran  Khachatryan.

According to the press service of the government, during the meeting,  conceptual approaches regarding the Kond district were presented for  discussion by the Council. In this context, both approaches to  preserving the identity and heritage of urban development, as well as  justification from the point of view of economic efficiency and  investment attractiveness components were considered.

The projects developed by the Urban Development Committee for  improving the regulatory framework governing the urban development  sphere were also discussed, which are aimed at simplifying,  clarifying, increasing transparency, reducing the time frame of urban  development processes, expanding the functions and capabilities on  the digital platform.

The Deputy Prime Minister gave relevant instructions regarding the  issues discussed.

Earlier, ArmInfo reported with reference to Yerevan Mayor Tigran  Avinyan that the project for the reconstruction of the capital's Kond  district, which has great historical and cultural value, has entered  the stage of practical implementation. According to Avinyan, today  the task of the city authorities is to register the property rights  of local residents in order to eliminate possible problems with  developers during the implementation of the project. "167  applications for the legalization of real estate have already been  submitted. We discussed issues related to the plan and concept of the  reconstruction of the district with the residents of Kond. This  long-awaited project is based on one goal: to combine the new with  the traditional urban environment, while preserving the original  flavor of the historical district," the capital's mayor noted.

The project was developed by the Yerevan Project Institute and the  mayor's office of the French city of Lyon. Back in 2021, the RA Urban  Development Committee announced an international open architectural  and urban planning tender for the construction of the Kond district  in Yerevan. This competition was the third attempt to attract  investors to implement the program. Within the framework of the  project, it was proposed to create a professional working group with  the participation of architects, builders, economists, sociologists,  lawyers, representatives of public organizations and the media, as  well as artists, sculptors, ethnographers, and historians. It was  planned to restore the surviving 2-3-storey old buildings along the  perimeter of the rectangular garden, use Armenian cuisine for  restaurants, cafes, tea houses, attractions, games, art clubs, etc.  In the park, artists would be able to exhibit their paintings, which  would correspond to the French Montmartre.