Draft:Gurgen Musheghyan

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Honored Architect of Armenia, Professor, Honorary Doctor of Yerevan State University of Architecture and Construction, Laureate of the State Prizes of the Republic of Armenia and the USSR, Academician of the Engineering Academy of Armenia

Gurgen Musheghyan

Education and Professional

Activity Born on August 14, 1934, in Leninakan.

Daughter: Renowned composer, pianist, singer, and music producer Araksya Musheghyan.

1959 - Graduated from the Architectural Department of the Faculty of Construction at Yerevan Polytechnic Institute named after Karl Marx.

1959-1961 - Senior Architect at "Haypetnakhagits" Institute.

1961-1964 - Chief Architect of Leninakan City.

1964-1967 - Deputy Chief Architect of Yerevan.

1967-1979 - Chief Architect of Projects at "Haypetnakhagits" Institute.

1979-1982 - Director of "Yerkaghnorognakhagits" Institute.

1982-1989 - Chief Architect of Yerevan, Head of the Architectural and Urban Planning Main Department of the Yerevan City Council Executive Committee.

1984-1993 - Supervisor of coursework and diploma projects at the Department of Civil and Industrial Architecture of the Polytechnic Institute.

1989-1995 - Director of the Yerevan branch of the USSR Central Research and Design Institute for Urban Planning.

1993-1995 - Consultant at the International Association for Urban and Regional Management (SSAID) on urban land use and housing sector reforms in Armenia.

1994 - Received a certificate from the University of Maryland's School of Urban Planning in the USA on land planning, zoning, and residential construction in market conditions.

1995 - Received a certificate from the International City/Country Management Association/USAID on real estate appraisal.

1995-1996 - Deputy Director of "Haynakhagits" CJSC.

1996 - Chief Architect of Yerevan, Head of the Architecture and Urban Planning Department of Yerevan Municipality, Advisor to the Mayor.

1998 - Advisor to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia.

1998-1999 - Director of "EURASIA" Foundation Project C97-5940.

1998-2000 - Executive Director of "Research and Design Institute of Urban Planning, Geodesy, and Cartography" CJSC.

2000-2001 - Chief Advisor to the Minister Coordinating Territorial Administration and Urban Development of the Republic of Armenia.

2001-2009 - Executive Director of "Yerevannakhagits" CJSC.

1993-2020 - Professor at the Department of Urban Planning of the Yerevan State University of Architecture and Construction (currently the National University of Architecture and Construction of Armenia). He taught the course "Legal Foundations of Urban Planning" and supervised diploma projects.

Scientific Degrees and Titles

1962 - Member of the Urban Planning Council of Yerevan Municipality.

1962-2019 - Member of the Union of Architects of Armenia, later the Chamber of Architects of Armenia.

1996 - Academician of the Engineering Academy of the Republic of Armenia.

1999 - Foreign Member of the Academy of Architecture and Construction Sciences of Russia.

2000 - Chairman of the Subcommittee on Rural Settlements Development Issues of CIS Countries.

2008 - Honorary Doctor and Professor of Yerevan State University of Architecture and Construction (currently NUACA).

Awards

1974 - Silver Medal for Achievements in the National Economy of the USSR.

1979 - Laureate of the State Prize of the Armenian SSR.

1968, 1972, 1979, 1986 - Four-time laureate of the Soviet Architecture Achievements Competitions.

1981 - Honored Architect of Armenia.

1987 - Laureate of the USSR State Prize.

1987 - Certificate of Honor from the Supreme Council of the Armenian SSR.

2003 - Commemorative Medal dedicated to Armenian-Russian cooperation on the 15th anniversary of the Spitak earthquake.

2004, 2006, 2014 - Letters of Appreciation from the Prime Minister of Armenia.

2004 - "Yerevan Coat of Arms" Commemorative Medal.

2004 - Certificate of Honor from Yerevan Municipality.

2007 - Anania Shirakatsi State Medal of Armenia.

2007 - Certificate of Honor from Yerevan Municipality.

2011, 2014 - Certificates of Appreciation "For Contribution to the Development of the Russian Academy of Architecture and Construction Sciences."

2014 - "Argishti I" Commemorative Medal.

2014 - Gold Medal of the National University of Architecture and Construction of Armenia.

2014 - Letter of Appreciation from the Prime Minister of Armenia.

Sports

1952, 1953, 1955, 1957 - Multiple Champion of the Armenian SSR in Fencing.

1952 - Prize Winner (2nd place) at the Youth Championship of the Soviet Union.

1956 - Prize Winner (3rd place) at the "Burevestnik" Central Council Union Championship.

1956 - Master of Sports of the Soviet Union.

1959 - Prize Winner (6th place) at the 2nd Spartakiad of the Peoples of the Soviet Union.

1956 - Master of Sports of the Soviet Union.

Major Works

1. Detailed planning project for the city center of Leninakan.
2. Residential buildings on Sayat-Nova Street, Leninakan.
3. Residential building on M. Gorky Street, Leninakan.
4. Reception House, Leninakan.
5. Urban development project for Aragats Street, Leninakan.
6. Leninakan Airport.
7. Improvement project for May Uprising Square, Leninakan.
8. Redevelopment project for Abovyan Street, Leninakan (pedestrian zone).
9. Reconstruction project of Tsitsernakaberd Park, Yerevan.
10. "Hrazdan" Stadium for 75,000 spectators, Yerevan.
11. Sports Complex of "Hrazdan" Stadium, Yerevan.
12. Higher School of Sports Mastery, Yerevan.
13. Tennis and Table Tennis School, Yerevan.
14. Athletics Sports Hall, Yerevan.
15. Seismological Institute Building, Yerevan.
16. Sports and Concert Complex in Tsitsernakaberd Park, Yerevan.
17. "Masisavan" Residential District in the left section of the "Cascade" Complex, Yerevan.
18. A multi-apartment residential building is in the left section of the "Cascade" Complex, Yerevan.
19. Renovation project of the "Dynamo" Sports Society's Swimming Pool and Shooting Range on Charents Street, Yerevan.
20. Private house on the left bank of the Hrazdan River, Yerevan.
21. 1986 competition project for the construction of Northern Avenue, Yerevan (1st Prize).
22. Residential building on Northern Avenue, Yerevan.
23. Friendship House project on the Main Avenue, Yerevan.
24. Road Transport Technical College, Abovyan.
25. Administrative building of the "Kirshin" Trust, Kirovakan.
26. Auto service station, Kirovakan.
27. Administrative boundary planning project of Yerevan, 1996.
28. Analysis of the implementation of Yerevan's 1971 Master Plan and the concept for a new Master Plan, 2002.
29. Concept of the 5th Master Plan of Yerevan, 2004.
30. Project for the 5th Master Plan of Yerevan, 2005.
31. Concept (2004) and project (2006) for the territorial planning of Yerevan's agglomeration.
32. Monitoring of the implementation of Yerevan's Master Plan, 2005. Series of works: 2006, 2007, 2008.
33. Zoning project for the "Kentron" District, Yerevan.
34. Zoning project for the area adjacent to Tichina Street, Yerevan.
35. Zoning project and development sketch for the "Berd" International Socio-Economic and Cultural Complex, Yerevan.
36. Zoning project for the "Erebuni" District, Yerevan.
37. Zoning project for the "Davtashen" District, Yerevan.
38. Zoning project and volumetric-planning development sketch for the "Mars" area in the "Malatia" District, Yerevan.
39. Zoning project for the "Nork-Marash" District, Yerevan.
40. Transport interchange project at the intersection of Khanjyan Street and Tigran Mets Avenue, Yerevan.
41. Transport road and junctions project from the intersection of Khanjyan and Sayat-Nova Streets to Heratsi Street, Yerevan.
42. Transport interchange connecting Abovyan Park to Heratsi Street, Yerevan.
43. Saralanj Street project with transport junctions, Yerevan.
44. Transport interchange project at the intersection of Baghramyan Avenue and Orbeli Street, Yerevan.
45. Redevelopment project for Friendship Square, Yerevan.

Theoretical Contributions

1. Series of studies on paid land use in Armenian cities, resulting in a cadastral land valuation methodology approved by the Government of Armenia (1991-1994).
2. Urban land management policy in Armenia during the transition period (International City/Country Management Association/USAID, 1993).
3. Concept of the real estate cadastre (International City/Country Management Association/USAID, 1993).
4. Urban development concept for Armenia (International City/Country Management Association/USAID, 1994).
5. Series of studies on urban land in Armenia (International City/Country Management Association/USAID, 1993-1995).
6. Draft laws of Armenia: "On Real Estate" (adopted), "On Urban Development" (adopted), "Land Code" (new edition), "Administrative Boundaries of Yerevan and Its Communities" (adopted) (1994-1995).
7. "Urban Land Use in Market Economy Conditions" - educational manual, C97-5496, Eurasia Foundation (1999).
8. "Public Participation in Decision-Making" - contact project, Y98-9011, Eurasia Foundation (1999).
9. "Association of Real Estate Professionals and Surveyors" - public organization project (RONCO Consulting Corporation/USAID, 2000).
10. Series of studies on real estate market monitoring in Armenia (Barents Group/USAID, 1999-2001).
11. Urban gas supply and heating strategy in Armenia (World Bank, 2002).
12. Pilot project on real estate market analysis in Armenian cities (Barents Group, KPMG Consulting/USAID, 1999-2002).
13. Housing and commercial property market monitoring in Yerevan (detailed in Kentron and Arabkir districts) and Etchmiadzin, for cadastral valuation model development.