Édouard Utudjian (Armenian: էդուարդ Մկրտչի Ութուճյան; (1905-11-12)November 12, 1905–(1975-07-28)July 28, 1975[1]) was a French-Armenian[2] architect and creator of the concept "undergroundurbanism" in the 1930s.[3]
biography
He was born on November 12, 1905, in Constantinople and graduated from the University of Paris.[4] In 1937, Utudjian had founded the International Permanent Committee of Underground Technologies and Planning to promote the usage of underground space.[2] He was the author of the books Architecture et urbanisme souterrain (1966) and L'urbanisme souterrain.[5][6]
^Aurèle Parrriaux et al. - Projet Deep City: ressources du sous-sol et développement durable ... 2010 - - Page 24 "Ils ont été largement animés par les travaux, véritablement fondateurs, de l'architecte et urbaniste Édouard Utudjian. Ils ont conduit, à la création, en 1933, du Groupe d'Études du Centre Urbain Souterrain (GECUS). Il a eu pour but de ..."
