YEREVAN.- An exhibition presenting Japanese architects’ works on managing consequences of devastating earthquake opened in Yerevan on Tuesday.

The exhibition was established by Japan Foundation a year after the 2011 tsunami and was first displayed in Sendai and later in Paris and Moscow. The next destination after Yerevan is Rome.

 “We wanted to hold an exhibition in Yerevan. We would like to develop contacts between the experts taking into account local architects’ experience with overcoming earthquakes,” employee of Japan Foundation KaseYukiko told the Armenian News-NEWS.am reporter.

The exhibition consists of three parts. The first tells about situation immediately after disaster, the second shows possibility of deployment of temporary housing camp and the third presents projects of restoring earthquake-affected zone.

The exhibition which will last till August 15 brought together numerous guests, including experts from Japan.