SP2

SP2 Architectural Office was founded in 2006. From the first day it has served as a unique platform of cooperation between architect-urban planner Sarhat Petrosyan and other architects.

Emerging during the early stage of economic development in the post-Soviet period, the architectural office founded urbanlab think tank - emphasizing the importance of its research capacity - which became the nonprofit aspect of the organization.   

urbanlab is a unique laboratory mapping and voicing urban issues and occasionally offering solutions and is one of the key actors of the field in the region.

SP2 Architectural Office, acting under the name of the legal entity “SP2” limited liability company (short: SP2 LLC), was previously named Sarhat & Partners, afterwards urbanlab, and since 2011, SP2. Many people question the meaning of the abbreviation, which has several expressions, namely Sarhat Petrosyan & Partners (ընկերներ in Armenian), Latin abbreviation of the Armenian word LLC “ՍՊԸ”, and we are still thinking what else it can denote.

As a profit-making team, and at the same time acknowledging and appreciating the social significance of architecture, the organization prioritizes the change of public and professional perceptions, rather than promoting or validating its activities.

Therefore, you will find our latest projects on our website and on various platforms in general, while our rich and captivating history, involving different large-scale projects, dates to 2006.

Pictured above is one of Sarhat Petrosyan's first projects. The expansion of a residential house in Yerevan, designed by architect Nikoghayos Buniatyan and constructed from 1924 to 1927.
Writer Aksel Bakunts lived on the first floor of the house.