Design collective Medium has completed 8-23-VI, a pavilion with moving walls that is a new public place for residents of Gldani neighbourhood.
Made of red corrugated metal panels raised on a base of breeze blocks, the pavilion is a sheltered spot for neighbours to gather that can be opened and closed as they like.

Medium started working on the pavilion as part of the first Tblisi Architecture Biennial in 2018, an event that invited architects to explore how residents of Gldani have built their own extensions and conversions from scrap materials.
Other, temporary, pavilions included a corrugated metal shack in a truck park, a wooden treehouse-style hide in a bridge, and an abandoned-looking house filled with thorn bushes.

Construction began on Medium's pavilion during the beinnial, but delays lead to it only being finished this winter. Sitting in front of a residential tower called Block 23, 8-23-VI is now a permanent fixture in the neighbourhood.

"The project took much longer than expected, but from this arose many opportunities to engage with the residents of Block 23," founding member of Medium Benjamin Wells told Dezeen.
"There was certainly some skepticism to begin with, in part because most new structures in Gldani's public space are state-sponsored and built just before elections, but the project's gradual emergence has given it time to become accepted and appreciated."

Medium looked at the resident's own additions to their homes when designin...