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Gyumri Performing Arts Centre

CompanyNEUF + Storaket
Lead DesignersAzad Chichmanian
Design TeamNEUF + Storaket
Project LocationGyumri, Armenia
ClientBallet 2021 Foundation
Prize(s)Gold in Architecture Categories / Renovation
Project LinkView
Entry Description

The project breathes new life into an abandoned building still in ruin, the Sevyan Cultural Center, built in 1926. A primary objective is to strengthen Armenia's cultural dialogue with the global art scene by providing its cultural capital with an innovative and multidisciplinary school. The site becomes a node of physical and social connection through the urban fabric and between people, across borders and cultures. To maintain a link between old and new, a parametrically designed geometric volume that houses a performance hall for 500 people is inserted inside the preserved stone facade.

Bio

Founded in Montreal in 1971, NEUF architect(e)s has grown to become one of the largest and most diverse architecture and design firms in Canada. Its focus on relationships with clients and employees has led to the successful completion of over 7,500 projects including work for Canadian institutions, as well as many precious collaborations such as the CHUM (with CannonDesign), and important infrastructural work for aerospace leaders such as Bombardier. NEUF’s expertise covers over nine practice sectors and its activities expanded across four continents.

Awards and Prize

Unity (Montreal, CA)
- LOOP Design Awards, Interior - Offices, Winner, 2023
- Grands Prix du Design, Grands Prix du Design + Creative & New Technology Firm Office, Gold + Agile Environment, Gold + Art Integration, Silver + Office > 54 000 ft², Platinium, 2022

Bibliothèque Donalda-Charron (Gatineau, CA)
- World Architecture Festival, Completed Buildings - Civic & Community (finalist), 2023
- Prix d'excellence en architecture de l'Ordre des Architectes du Québec, Finalist, 2023
- LOOP Design Awards, Cultural Building, Winner + Public Buildings and Institutional, Honorable Mention, 2022
- IDA Design Awards, Architecture, Silver, Institutional, 2021
- Architecture MasterPrize, Interior Design - Public Spaces, 2021
- Grands Prix Du Design, Grand Prix - Architecture, 2021
- DNA Paris Design Awards, Cultural + Public + Civic, 2021

NEUF50
- Communication Arts, Design - Integrated Branding Programs + Books + Self-Promotion, Finalist, 2023

Spritz (Gatineau, CA)
- Grands Prix du Design, Interior Design, Restaurant > 1 600 pi², Gold + Bar, Lounge & Nightclub, Silver, 2022

CHUM 2 (Montreal, CA)
- Architecture MasterPrize, Institutional Architecture + Healthcare, 2022
- ICCA Québec: Award of excellence, Institutionnal and Industrial Project, 2022

CHUM 1
- International Interior Design Association, Healthcare Interior Design Award, 2018
- The Chicago Athenaeum, International Architecture Award, 2018
- American Architecture Prize: Healthcare, Heritage, 2017
- World Architecture Festival, Display, Health Completed Projects, Old and New Completed Buildings, Finalist, 2017

Biodôme Migration (Montreal, CA)
- World Architecture Festival (WAF), Completed Projects, New & Old, 2022
- OAQ Award of Excellence in Architecture, Cultural Buildings, 2022

Fasken (Montreal, CA)
- Architecture MasterPrize, Architectural Design - Renovation & Restoration, Honorable Mention, 2021
- IDA Design Awards, Architecture - Renovation, Honorable Mention, 2021

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