The son of Yervand Kochar, architect Haykaz Kochar, died.
The “Yervand Kochar” museum reported this.
“Haykaz Kochar graduated from the Faculty of Architecture and Construction of Yerevan Polytechnic Institute in 1971. The same year, he worked at the Yerevan branch of the All-Union Research Institute of Technical Aesthetics.
Haykaz Kochar is the author of the interiors of the house-museums of Aram Khachatryan, Khachatur Abovyan, the exterior and interior designs of the Gyumri drama theater building, the permanent exhibition of the Armenian Genocide Crown Institute (1995), and the co-author (with artists Kamo Nigaryan and Eduard Sadoyan) of Armenia opened in the Sardarapat memorial complex—the permanent exhibition of the Museum of Ethnography (1978). Several private houses, residential buildings, and public and industrial buildings were built with his projects. He is the author of several innovative cultural-household product projects, for which he received many letters of thanks and author’s certificates.
Since the foundation of the Yervand Kochar Museum (1984), Haykaz Kochar’s projects have been used to design the museum’s interior and exhibits, lighting, and furnishings. Yervand Kochar is the architect of the pedestals of the monumental sculptures “Muse of Cybernetics,” “Melancholy,” and “Biblical David.” The last two were enlarged and transposed into bronze under his direct supervision.
Haykaz Kochar was a member of the Union of Architects of Armenia (1978), winner of the “Best Architectural Structure of the Year” competition of Yerevan Municipality (1997).
With the end of his earthly life, a significant color was lost in our lives. The architect loved Yerevan and its people in his way.
He was hospitable, kind, willing, and honorable, and his human charm and huge personality had many instructive layers for friends and acquaintances.
May the memory be with the blessing of the righteous,” the spread message says.
