04 BACKYARD FOR WINE

Wine Tastes Different When Tasted on Mtatsminda

Wine Store/Bar in Old Tbilisi Building design | Individual Project Spring 2019

This is my first real project, on which I work individually. It was a valuable experience not only from the perspective of design, but also in terms of communication with the client and the municipality.

The client wanted to transform his backyard (located in historic neighborhood of Tbilisi, Mtatsminda Turn #5, Tbilisi) into a place, where people would enjoy Georgian Wine and spend nice time.

Initially, he intended to build only one structure for bar/store on a place of old demolished building. However, during work process we decided for building a winter garden too.

The whole backyard was redesigned - instead of ground now there are pavements and sitting places.

The design is solely based on the concept of simplicity in terms of construction and in terms of materials too.

The client was very happy with the result and we are both looking forward to the end result.

MASTERPLAN | WINE STORE FLOOR PLAN

The design aims to build a new building instead of old semi-demolished one and adds a winter garden, which encloses the existing trees.

Working Mode

Functional Conceptual Grid

05 Urban Zoo Coworking Spaces

Creative Cells

Coworking Spaces Modern Design in Existing Building

Individual Project | Beebreeders Competition Entry |

I participated in the international competition organized by Beebreeders in February 2019. The task was to re-design a space for the purpose of Urban Zoo coworking spaces. I researched the topic of coworking spaces and put the research as design foundation.

The research of work spaces showed differentiation in two categories: working mode and function.

Individuals use work spaces in two modes: working in groups and working individually.

The spaces are functionally divided into two categories: formal and informal. In coworking spaces formal and informal activities are equally important.

In both, formal and informal work, the possibility to be left alone or exposition is important. Therefore, the design creates a conceptual “grid” which is an overlap of working mode and functional categories.

Individual Vs Collective Work Vs Relaxation The Cages

The individual spaces are located closer to the entrance. Individual work places are along the wall, so that the possibility of distraction is minimal.

Working spaces, including individual, teamwork or meeting room spaces, are clustered spatially. Relax Spaces are designed together.

Spaces are divided conceptually into cages using white marks on the concrete floor representing a footprint of an actual zoo cage.

Cage as Concept