Vernacular Architecture in Armenia, from Travelers' Accounts, in the Western Context, from the 17th Century to the Present Day

The corpus of accounts by European travelers who visited Armenia (Fig. 1), extracted from A. Marouti's research, as well various writings authors - Armenian architects during the Russian then Soviet period will serve a starting point for this research. Its objective is to put two questions in parallel: what consideration vernacular constructions genuine architectures Armenia; and how interest situated about these West. Using Timelines tool, chronological comparison ("side side" French) allows us identify Soghomon Vardanian precursor recognition vernacular.