TUMO PROJECT, ARMENIA - THE MARKET IS OUR CONTEXT

For TUMO’s design competition for Gyumri’s future market and culinary school in Armenia, NEUF proposed a multi-layered, permeable building that multiplies the vitality of today’s market, extending it imperceptibly through a site devastated by the 1988 earthquake. 

The new school is superimposed directly above the most vital and active corner, acting as beacon and catalyst for research, teaching and community outreach. An informal gathering place is created within, wrapped by a laboratory roof-garden and culminating in the Codex: a vertical depository for seeds, sprouts and knowledge that can be used in the soils above the new market stalls, veritable outdoor classrooms and testing ground.

A connection to Gyumri’s rich history is restored, and a new story begins to be written. To learn more: neufgyumri.com