Construction

A nine storied building with a total area of 10.500 sq. meters including a basement floor. The building is a ready-built reinforced concrete frame with curtain walls (3 to 9 floors) and a tufa fronted solid-cast concrete core (1 and 2 floors). The front of the building is heat-insulated with strong basalt fiber slabs.

Originally, the building was designed as 16 storied framed with a seismic stability of 7 points Richter scale. However after the earthquake in Spitak in 1988 it was redesigned to 9 points and the number of floors was cut to 9. As a result, Citadel today is one of the most seismically stable buildings in Armenia that completely corresponds to a 9 points seismicity.

A precast concrete core construction without anti-seismic diaphragms allows one to have a free planning of office space and increases the utilization resources of the building.

The column grid spacing is 6 meters. The height of lift slabs is 3.60 meters for office spaces and 4.20 meters for basement, first and second floors.

Elevator and communication shafts form a firm strength element in the middle of the building.

The windows are plastic with a double-glass pane.

There are two staircases from both sides of the building with the purpose of a quick evacuation of people in case of a fire.