COAF Smart Center Armenian Building, Project, News, Design, Architect
COAF Smart Center
Lori Province Architecture Proposal – design by Paul Kaloustian Studio Architects
26 Nov 2016
COAF Smart Center Building
Architects: Paul Kaloustian Studio, Beirut
COAF Smart Center Building in Lori Province

The COAF Smart Center is a pioneering model for delivering superior and regionally-relevant educational, social, economical and community programs in rural areas with an emphasis on technology, sustainability, arts, music, modern healthcare and lifestyle, linguistics and languages, business and civic engagement.

Operating as a state of the art, scalable learning and knowledge exchange hub, SMART will implement COAF programs based on models which have charted success in 22 villages in the Armavir and Aragatsotn regions of Armenia over the past decade.
The SMART concept will allow scalability throughout rural regions. Smart campuses will respect the integrity of rural aesthetics in sync with modern architectural design, maintaining the authenticity of the region, while encouraging progressive ideology. Each campus will utilize sustainable and green design, off the grid components and renewable energy.

The currently under-construction Smart Center building is located in the north Armenian province of Lori. The structure?s organic form embraces the landscape by creating a sinuous ribbon like walkway creating a 7000 m2 courtyard. The one storey building is spread horizontally wh...