"TeTri tba" da misi - Style Magazine

National
Olympic
Committee
House
FACT SHEET
Project - Office Building Interior
Location - 22 Machabeli str. Tbilisi, Georgia
Building Area - 2000m 2
Budget - 1m USD
CREDITS
Niko Japaridze, Gogiko Sakvarelidze, Nika
Maisuradze,Viliana Guliashvili, Ivane Ksnelashvili,
Devi Kituashvili PM, Eka Japaridze
Photographs - Nakanimamasakhlisi Photo Lab
BRIEF
This work represents the idea of dynamics
in sport with the abstract compositions of the staircase
and the reception table. The first object you
encounter is the introverted desk with its neverending
fissure, and then you meet the extroverted
staircase - like the open path to Olympus,
where the summit meets its own reflection, inferring
that striving never ends, that there is no limit
to human achievement.
The building was built at the end of the XIX
century for a private investor and it was later
used as the residence of one of the leaders of
the Communist party. Later it was renovated in
the 1960's for government purposes and remained
untouched until this year.
The structure was reinforced at the basement
level which allowed us to make significant
openings in the walls of the upper stories and
place the staircase so it shifted from one space
to another thus penetrating the structure.
The staircase was constructed on a steel
base with MDF panels and it was finished with
maple veneer. The steps and the side railings
were made from the same wood.
The staircase was completed in three
months.
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