Name: Plenary Session 1
Start: 2026-09-24T09:45:00+0400
End: 2026-09-24T11:45:00+0400

Thursday September 24, 2026 9:45am - 11:45am GMT+04

Moderator: Mariam Arshakyan, Ambassador of SHARE Architects in Armenia (Armenia)

Speakers:

Tatevik Gyulkhasyan
CEO, Lead Architect & Interior Designer, THINK Architectural Bureau (Armenia)
"Beyond Beauty: Designing Places That Tell Stories"
This keynote explores how architecture can go beyond aesthetics to create places that communicate, evoke memories, and shape human experience. The four projects represent different approaches to architectural storytelling: Sirelis explores memory and local identity; Cabinet reinterprets history through adaptive reuse; Joy Studio translates imagination into architecture; and AI9 expresses innovation through its architectural form. The lecture focuses on how stories become spatial experiences that remain with people after they leave.

Andreas Vardas
Founder, Varda Studio (Cyprus)
"Welcoming design"
Architecture that combines calm and welcoming design with sustainability.

Arsen Karapetyan
Founder, d'Arvestanot (Armenia)

Giovanni Ferrara
Head of Architecture / Senior Partner, Luca Dini Design & Architecture (Italy)

Michel Mossessian

Speakers

Mariam Arshakyan

Ambassador of SHARE Architects in Armenia

Andreas Vardas

Founder, Varda Studio

Photo: Nicole Varda

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Sector: Private
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