Séraphin of Urtsadzor Shelter / BUREAU (Daniel Zamarbide, Carine Pimenta, Galliane Zamarbide) + NPATAK

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  • Design And Construction Team: Amir Halabi, Andranik Yeremyan, Ani Khachatryan, Ani Vahramyan, Arineh Keshishi (NPATAK), Arpi Hovhannisyan, Carine Pimenta (BUREAU), Daniel Zamarbide (BUREAU), Edita Arakelyan, Galliane Zamarbide (BUREAU), George Kyupelyan, Hamlet Mkhoyan, Hayk Shahinyan (NPATAK), Iker Zamarbide, Irina Martirosyan, Jeremy Morris (BUREAU), Karen Berberyan (NPATAK), Leo Yuan, Lujza Lehocká, Margarita Astvatsatryan, Pierre Musy (BUREAU), Sam Toman, Todor Rusev
  • Sponsors: H. Hovnanian Family Foundation, STOHA, TarberAK Studio, BUREAU
  • Construction Material And Tools: Ket Construction
  • Tools And Machinery: HILTI Armenia
  • Model Materials: Epigraph
  • City: Urtsadzor
  • Country: Armenia
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Text description provided by the architects. During the summer of 2024, an interesting experience was carried out in the Armenian Caucasus mountains. A group of people somewhere in a very rocky and wild environment gathered to construct an undefined and seemingly useless multi-species artifact. They woke up at 5.30 am every morning, worked under an intense heating sun on an improvised construction site, prepared meals together three times a day, played football in the evening, and sometimes danced at night. There were some wild dogs always around, horses as well, a couple of vultures close to where they were building, invisible and dangerous snakes, and wonderful mantises. They seemed happy and tired. From afar, the experience felt absurd and beautiful at the same time.

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Cite: "Séraphin of Urtsadzor Shelter / BUREAU (Daniel Zamarbide, Carine Pimenta, Galliane Zamarbide) + NPATAK" 02 Oct 2024. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1021784/seraphin-of-urtsadzor-shelter-bureau-plus-npatak> ISSN 0719-8884

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