News - Armenia ‘Academic City’ project master plan video publicized

Zhanna Andreasyan, the Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports, has made public on Facebook a video of the master plan of the “Academic City” project of Armenia. To note, chaired by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, a consultation was held Tuesday, during which the aforesaid master plan was presented. The meeting was attended by members of the Board of Trustees of the "Academic City" Foundation, Tobias Keyl, Deputy Director of the gmp International GmbH Architects and Engineers company, which is developing the master plan of the “Academic City,” and heads of concerned departments. Keyl presented details about the design and research works of the "Academic City" project, discussions with stakeholders and noted that as a result, the vision of the "Academic City" was reaffirmed. He noted that the main concept will be ready by the second half of this year and emphasized that related processes can already be launched. The participants of the meeting discussed in detail the respective engineering infrastructure, road network, and landscape. Recommendations and observations related to the topic were presented, too. Based on the result of the discussion, the PM gave specific instructions to the officials regarding the creation of the infrastructure of the "Academic City" and a number of other matters.