Geworg Kochar

Geworg Kochar (born September 18, 1901 in Tbilisi , † February 18, 1973 in Yerevan ) was a Soviet architect of Armenian origin. While he followed modernism in his student days, he adapted himself to socialist classicism in the 1930s to 1950s . From the 1960s he returned to a modern design language.

Life

Kochar's family is of Armenian origin, but he grew up in Tbilisi (see Armenians in Georgia ).

Kochar was a member of the CPSU from 1927. Kochar studied from 1920 to 1926 at the art college WChUTEMAS and from 1926 to 1929 at its successor institution, WChUTEIN in Moscow . 1932–37 he taught at the Polytechnic Karl Marx Institute in Yerevan. During the Stalin Purges , Kochar was arrested in 1937 and exiled to the Siberian cities of Norilsk and Krasnoyarsk . In the latter he lived and worked from 1939. 1955–60 he was chief architect of Krasnoyarsk. From 1960 to 1975 he was chief architect of the Yerevan project institute.

Buildings (selection)

1932–35 building of the Leninakan City Soviet
1933–37 Building for the Veterinary Institute of the Yerevan Zoo
1935 Administration building on Nalbandian Street in Yerevan
1935 (with Tiran Jerkanjan) Moscow Cinema , Yerevan
1946 airport terminal , Norilsk

1952–53 Reconstruction of the A. S. Pushkin Drama Theater, Krasnoyarsk

1960–65 dining room of the rest home of the Armenian Writers' Union , Lake Sevan

Awards

Order of the Red Banner of Labor
Honored Architect of the Armenian SSR (1968)

Web links

Commons : Gevorg Kochar - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Kurzbiografie (English)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Gevorg Kochar . In: The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition (1970-1979) . ( thefreedictionary.com [accessed September 20, 2018]).
↑ ^a ^b Stefan Kehrberg, Jens Malling: With new eyes. In: Junge Welt, No. 27 February 1, 2014, accessed on September 20, 2018 .

personal data
SURNAME	Kochar, Geworg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Кочар, Геворг Барсегович; Kochar, Gevorg Barsegovich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Soviet-Armenian architect
DATE OF BIRTH	September 18, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH	Tbilisi
DATE OF DEATH	18th February 1973
Place of death	Yerevan

[:0-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Gevorg Kochar . In: The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition (1970-1979) . ( thefreedictionary.com [accessed September 20, 2018]).

[:1-2] Stefan Kehrberg, Jens Malling: With new eyes. In: Junge Welt, No. 27 February 1, 2014, accessed on September 20, 2018 .