"TeTri tba" da misi - Style Magazine

FACT SHEET
Project - Office Building Status - Completed Location - 8
Aghmashenebeli av., Tbilisi, Georgia Program - Building Area -
1500m 2 Budget - $8mil
CREDITS
Niko Japaridze, Gogiko Sakvarelidze, Ivane Ksnelashvili,
Dato Canava, Eka Kankava, Viliana Guliashvili, Nika Maisuradze,
Elisso Sulakauri, David Dolidze, Soso Eliava, Eka Rekhviashvili,
PM Devi Kituashvili.
Structural Engineers - Engenuiti, UK (www.engenuiti.com)
Electrical Engineer - INSTA (www.insta.ge)
Contractors - Archtrade, Metalwell, Reynaers, Kano, Elita Burdj,
Prolight etc.
Photos - NAKANIMAMASAKHLISI PHOTO LAB
THE BRIEF
The frame is an inarguably strong shape. It is multi-faceted
and yet regular - just like the law. The glass encasement of this
building represents the strength and clarity of legal thought. Within
this glass cube is located a centrum, a locus of concrete thought,
the central reasoning mechanism, which looks out at all angles
through the crystalline prism of the legal medium. The structure
mirrors the brain; the glass exterior is the lobar matter which processes
exterior realities (with the five senses); and the hypothalamus
is the centre of the nervous system, which regulates temperature,
hunger, thirst, fatigue, sleep and circadian cycles.
The inner structure, the power centre of the building, is coated
with mirror. The building therefore endlessly folds in upon itself
- and yet it reflects all that is happening outside of it. The semantic
message here is that the centre is unknowable - purely because
it is an endless reflection and ordering of the world around it.
The world outside is ever-visible from inside the building, to the
sides and above/below.
The building is extravert but also contains space for inner
activity. It is a monument to both privacy and transparency at
exactly the same time - which reflects the dignity of law and justice.
This building is the epitome of objectivity. Of course, there
is no universally accepted definition of objectivity, but something
is considered to be true when its truth conditions are seen from
every possible angle - to infinity. This is the beauty of a glass
cube.
BUILDING DESCRIPTION
The building is formed as one clustered 'mirror' volume embodied
in a functional "black" frame. Thus the facade of the office
part is only oriented to two-sides - one is facing the avenue and
the other is facing the land behind, an untouched landscape. The
'black' frame represents the law and the clustered 'mirror' volumes
inside it represent the mirror of our society and the distillation
of law.
The programme is distributed as staggered components on
top of each other. The volumes are shifted on top of each other
forming terraces and balconies. The top floor is dedicated to the
Tbilisi Prosecutor's office, a meeting room, a mini-canteen and a
veranda. There is a sky park situated on top of the building designed
for conferences and celebration parties. The ground floor serves
mainly as an access point, with security check-in, to the main
distribution lobby on the 1st floor. There is a staircase which is
attached to the frame which serves as a transitional point
between civilians and law-makers.
Archtrade Company provides building' s interiors with Maars,
Milliken TACER, EXBYDO, SIDIZ, GURKAN, SANCAL,Dorma companies
high quality production.
THE SITE
The site is located at the outskirts of Tbilisi on David the
Builder King avenue, on the way in to the city. The plot is situated
on the edge of the avenue with a parking area behind. The
surrounding area is mostly industrial with a few public buildings
and hotels. A five-lane avenue is divided by a heavily planted
central reservation.
There is a hotel building adjacent to the site. The Tbilisi Court
Building is located about hundred metres from the site and is
therefore conveniently located nearby for easy communication.
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