TBILISI PUBLIC SERVICE HALL BY FUKSAS

Una corolla di 11 grandi petali bianchi copre la piazza centrale del Pubblic Service Hall di Tbilisi, il centro servizi governativi della capitale.

Come un grande fiore nel centro della città sulle sponde del fiume Kura il progetto è una interpretazione del logo del Pubblic Service Hall, un servizio nazionale con 12 sedi nelle principali città della Georgia.

I Pubblic Service Hall centralizzano tutte le funzioni amministrative per i cittadini (come richieste di Carta d'identità e Passaporto,  registrazione di matrimoni e delle nascite, registrazione di proprietà ed altro) semplificando i servizi che vengono erogati rapidamente, alcuni dei quali, il rilascio dei documenti, anche in soli 2 minuti.

Il servizio pubblico di Tbilisi Hall è un progetto assolutamente innovativo in termini di semplificazione dei servizi statali con più di 300 servizi integrati con 400 operatori al servizio dei cittadini georgiani, stimato a circa 15 000 clienti in media al giorno.

Un’operazione voluta dal presidente georgiano Mikheil Saakashvili, espressione della Rivoluzione delle Rose del 2003, per la modernizzazione del paese, geopoliticamente conteso tra il blocco russo e quello atlantico.

Quello di Tbilisi è il centro servizi più grande del paese, con una superficie di 28.000 mq. suddivisa in 7 blocchi da 4 piani, disposti su livelli diversi e raccordati da passerelle, che affacciano sulla piazza, il cuore del progetto, su cui visono i servizi di front office.

I petali, differenti per la lorogeometria e dimensione, raggiungono quasi 35 metri e sono supportati da una struttura di pilastri in acciaio, indipendenti siaformalmente e strutturalmente dal resto dell'edificio, a forma di albero.

L'uso della tecnologia ecologicamente pulita per il controllo della temperatura interna dell'edificio è un'altra novità istituita presso il Pubblic Service Hall di Tbilisi con un sistema di aria condizionata innovativo.

Per la prima volta in Georgia, l'acqua del fiume Kura è stata usata per controllare la temperatura dell'aria all'interno dell'edificio attraverso speciali mezzi che garantiscono il pompaggio, la filtrazione e la sua alimentazione nel sistema di condizionamento dell'aria.

 

Location: Tbilisi, Georgia

Architects: Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas

Project Leader:Emiliano Scotti

Project Team:Riccardo Ferrari, Matteo Malatesta

Model Makers: Nicola Cabiati

Engineering: Studio Sarti, Ai Engineering

General Contractor: Huachuan Georgia Company Ltd

Client: Lepl Civil Registry Agency – Giorgi Vashadze / Lepl National Public

Year: 2010-2012

PUBLIC SERVICE HALL BY DE ARCHITEKTEN CIE

De Architekten Cie. and Lada Hršak from HL architecture won the competition for the Public Service Hall in Georgia.

The competition was held by The Ministry of Justice of Georgia and supports the countrywide reform for renewal of public services. Eight PSH's are (almost) realised and eight new ones are about to come.

The project proposes an elevated square being the roof of the building. The square connects the public space with the roof auditorium which becomes the new civic place for the city.

Municipal services housed under the coffered ceiling are arranged in a free plan. This space where 250 services can be obtained, is composed of five sectors - islands with the proposed two minute waiting time.

'Public Service Hall is the property of each and every citizen of Georgia'.

Photo / images: from de Architekten Cie.

THE BRIDGE OF THE PEACE BY DE LUCCHI

It is located over the Mt’k’vari River (better known as turkish Kura) in Tbilisi, Georgia, and is designed for pedestrian use. The design of this bridge replicates a shape of a marine animal.

The Bridge of Peace provides a beautiful view of Narikala Fortress, Metekhi Church from one side and the Presidental Office and Baratashvili Bridge from the other.

The Bridge of Peace was designed by an Italian architect Michele De Lucchi, who had previously  designed the buildings of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Presidental Administration of Georgia.

The lighting design belongs to the French designer Philippe Martinaud. The Bridge was officially opened on May 06, 2010. It is 150 meters in length.

The structure of the bridge was built in Italy and transported to Tbilisi in 200 trucks while the lighting was installed on site during the assembly of the structures.

The bridge a design of which reminds of a marine animal has a curvy steel and glass canopy top which shimmers with an interactive light display at night, generated by thousands of white LEDs.

The roof is fitted with 1,208 custom LED fixtures designed and installed by the Dutch Primo Exposures and RENA Electronica companies, using 6,040 high-power LUXEON Rebel LEDs with 4,200K color temperature, supplied by Future Lighting Solutions.

The glass panels which run along the whole length of the walkway are embedded with linear low-power LED arrays.

The lighting is switched on 90 minutes before sunset illuminating Kura River below and buildings on both banks of the river.

“A bridge is a structure that joins two points, allowing people to get over an obstacle, and it is also a highly symbolic form of architecture in that it can be an emblem of dialogue between two opposite and divided positions” Michele De Lucchi.

BATUMI AQUARIUM BY HENNING LARSEN

Batumi Aquarium, located in Batumi, Georgia, Designed by Henning Larsen Architects is inspired by the characteristic pebbles of the Batumi beach, continually shaped by the wash of the waves throughout millennia. The building will be situated in the Georgian seaport of Batumi and will stand out as an iconic rock formation – visible from both land and sea.

The formation constitutes four self-supporting exhibition areas where each of the four stones represents a unique marine biotype – the Aegean Sea & the Mediterranean Sea, the Indian Ocean, the Black Sea & the Red Sea and finally the more interactive exhibition space for teaching and education.

The four dispersed aquarium exhibitions are connected by a central, multipurpose space including café, auditorium and retail functions with views of the black sea and Batumi beach as scenic backdrop. Visitors gather in the central space to convene, play, eat, shop and relax before continuing their adventures through the exhibitions.

Batumi Aquarium will become a modern, cultural aquarium offering visitors an educational, entertaining and visually stimulating journey through the different seas. Unfolding around the aquarium, a landscape of different sea archipelagos provides attractive opportunities for innovative outdoor research and learning, public space and meeting places along the beach.

The building's significant expression inspired by nature will not only make Batumi Aquarium a spectacular new landmark in Georgia but also a state-of-the-art contribution to exploring life underneath the sea surface.

 

 

video: A As Architecture production
info:    www.henninglarsen.com