Studio Moments
Studio Moments
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Tbilisian's live in a post-regime society where turnover was sudden and change was unpredictable. In this new reality, investments are dumped into architecture to hasten Tbilisi's reach into the modern era. The failure to address the gap between rough soviet architecture and futuristic styles creates a tension between identity. What's at stake in contemporary Tbilisi focuses on "Attention", where it lacks, where people put their attention, where the government puts their attention. Attention calls to slow down, to notice the needs Tbilisian's are searching for. To leave behind the idea that history should be brushed aside and progress must be instant.
Character is created through DIY projects done with recycled materials in post-soviet micro-districts. Gldani features a constructed belonging through structure-extensions highlighting a need for something new, a need for space, and a need to contribute. Turning our attention towards Tbilisian's in these positions provide us the opportunity to create value in a space, where community comes together through shared knowledge and abilities. Slowing down the need for progress allows for recovery and identity to thrive. Attention works through networks, interventions in a space influence change elsewhere.
How can attention shift towards the informal extensions and modifications in Tbilisi's Soviet-era micro districts to reveal new spatial networks that support collective belonging. Creating interventions that provide opportunity for the exchange of knowledge, the ability to slow down, and create architectural influence that multiplies throughout Tbilisi?