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COAF announces finalists of international architectural competition for second COAF SMART Campus

“Contemplating Mount Ararat” by Estudio Arquitectura Campo Baeza from Spain (Challenge ID: 01502515)

YEREVAN — Youngsters of Armenia Fund (COAF) introduced last yr it will be making its next condition-of-the-artwork Smart Campus in rural Armenia. The new framework will be located in the Armavir area, supplying young children and families with slicing-edge education and learning plans.

An intercontinental architectural levels of competition was introduced in March of this year, presenting visionaries around the globe a exceptional chance to post style and design concepts for the Campus staying constructed in Armavir.

A panel of intercontinental professionals led by award-winning architect Michel Mossessian gathered in Lori, Armenia, where COAF’s very first Wise Middle opened in 2018. About the course of 3 times in early May, the jurists reviewed over 70 submissions.

“Rural Flowers” by Quy Phu Nguyen from Germany (Task ID: 00003136)

“We have been quite impressed by the quantity and high quality of the submissions,” explained Mossessian. “The jury unanimously favored a number of suggestions for their unique toughness and assorted solution. A competition phone calls for winners, but we resolved to primary 9 finalists, of whom we hugely encouraged 5: 

  • “Azure” by electric architects from Armenia (Challenge ID: 56012777)
  • “Contemplating Mount Ararat” by Estudio Arquitectura Campo Baeza from Spain (Job ID: 01502515)
  • “Flowers Terrace” by Wenyi Zhu from China (Project ID: 1000084)
  • “Rural Flowers” by Quy Phu Nguyen from Germany (Undertaking ID: 00003136)
  • “Untitled” by Francisco Silvestre Navarro Arquitecto from Spain (Venture ID: 19191803) 

Their conceptual visions achieved precise choice criteria in phrases of reflecting the cultural identification of the area, producing a sense of community, and doing the job with character.” 

“Untitled” by Francisco Silvestre Navarro Arquitecto from Spain (Task ID: 19191803)

Smart Centers are innovative non-official education hubs that offer rural youth with holistic programs aimed at ensuring they attain their comprehensive possible and develop into catalysts of adjust in their communities. Young children as youthful as 3 several years aged and adolescents are available a selection of after-faculty packages, boosting their physical, emotional and cognitive improvement. 

The Clever Middle in Lori has welcomed about 5,000 beneficiaries from 28 communities who have examined a broad range of disciplines, including overseas languages, entrepreneurship, songs, arts, engineering and athletics. 

“Azure” by electric powered architects from Armenia (Undertaking ID: 56012777)

COAF’s next Wise Campus in Armavir will pave the path for foreseeable future Clever Campuses to be crafted throughout all of Armenia’s rural areas. The establishment of Intelligent Campuses and the all-natural ecosystems they foster will revitalize hundreds of supplemental rural communities and progress the life of 1000’s of beneficiaries.

Dependent on the jury analysis of early structure concepts, COAF will before long select the structure option most suitable to fulfill the calls for of the local communities in Armavir and, more precisely, their kids.

“Flowers Terrace” by Wenyi Zhu from China (Undertaking ID: 1000084)

Children of Armenia Fund

The Little ones of Armenia Fund is a non-income, non-governmental group launched in 2003. Our local community-based mostly, extensive solution to reducing rural poverty has served Armenian village youth access the sources to achieve and in change, give back to their communities and the world.

Children of Armenia Fund

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