Special Projects

Research and experimental projects by Yerevan for People

Vardavar. Yerevan's water day, and how to enjoy it
The one day the whole city has permission to soak you. What Vardavar is, how it is actually played out in Yerevan, and — most of all — how to protect your phone, your eyes and yourself while having the best day of the summer.
July 2026

Every summer, 98 days after Easter, Yerevan turns into a citywide water fight — Vardavar, an ancient festival older than Christianity in Armenia. In 2026 it falls on Sunday, 12 July. This is a warm, practical page: the history, how the day unfolds, where the water flows, and a safety checklist so nobody loses a phone, an eye, or a good mood.

April 24. The road to Tsitsernakaberd
A practical companion for a visit to the Armenian Genocide Memorial on Remembrance Day: route, flowers, the rhythm of the day, and the etiquette of remembrance.
April 2026

Every April 24, people walk up the Tsitsernakaberd hill to honor the memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide of 1915. This is a respectful, practical page — updated each year: how to reach the memorial, what to bring, how the day unfolds, and how the Genocide shaped Yerevan itself.

Yerevan Utility Outages Dashboard
Interactive dashboard tracking electricity and water outages across Yerevan's 12 districts
March 2026Daniel Bulgadaryan

A bilingual dashboard built on open data that visualizes electricity and water service interruptions across Yerevan. Features an interactive map, district-level analytics, trend charts, and address-level search to help residents and advocates track utility reliability.

Fatal Road Accidents Map & Vision Zero
Interactive map of fatal road accidents in Armenia and a collection of Vision Zero materials
March 2026Stepan Bazhov, Sergey Tsaryov

A map based on open data that shows real locations of fatal accidents on city streets and beyond. Combined with a curated collection of Vision Zero resources applicable to Yerevan.

Where It's Safer to Launch Fireworks
If you're going to launch fireworks in Yerevan, this map will help you choose a spot where the risk is lower
December 2025Alex Kraiz, Kira Balayan

An interactive harm reduction tool that calculates zones with lower risk for consumer fireworks based on distances to buildings, infrastructure, and other obstacles. Built on OpenStreetMap data and international safety standards.