Karaglukh Village, Nagorno-Karabakh: An Attempt at Revival through Traditional Architecture

Abstract

This article describes an architect's self-funded attempts to revive the war-devastated Armenian village of Karaglukh. The project involved the building of five houses, an agricultural processing workshop, and a new church, along with the restoration of an old one. Both the architectural language and the construction techniques used were uncompromisingly traditional, employing local materials for continuity, connecting the old and the new and, most importantly, preserving the beauty of the landscape.

Keywords

• Village revival
• Landscape conservation
• Armenian architecture
• Traditional masonry
• Reconstruction