"Hopeful moment" is emerging from Tbilisi's architectural chaos
Tbilisi is at a crossroads, with its architectural heritage being eroded and uncontrolled development underway. But there are reasons to be optimistic, according to architects at the Georgian capital's inaugural architecture biennial.
The Tbilisi Architecture Biennial 2018Â took place from 26 October to 3 November. It was set up to give architects a platform to discuss the current state and future of the city, which is the capital of Georgia ? a former Soviet country on the border between eastern Europe and western Asia.
The city is grappling with the scars and glitches of its fraught and complex history, and politicians and developers have before now been unwilling to engage with architecture, according to the event's directors.
"We lack good quality architecture," said TAB artistic director Tinatin Gurgenidze, who co-directed the biennial with Natia Kalandarishvili, Otar Nemsadze and Gigi Shukakidze. Tbilisi's architecture reveals the scars and glitches of the city's fraught and complex history
"There are all these high-rises from developers and investors making money out of every little spot available ? or not available and making it available," she added. "There's super poor quality of architecture in Tbilisi."
New buildings "changed the city completely"
Tbilisi today has a population of approximately 1.5 million people.
The city centre is a jumble of glass skyscrapers and concrete towers poking up between the abandoned or rep...
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