On October 7-12, students from Caucasus School of Technology's Bachelor of Architecture program participated in an event hosted by Studio L and the Friedrich-Eber-Stiftung Caucasus Regional Office: Dialogue Platform – “Quality of Life and Protection of Urban Heritage”.
The aim of the Dialogue Platform – “Quality of Life and Protection of Urban Heritage” was to unite professionals and the community to preserve Tbilisi's urban heritage, urban landscape and urban culture.
Platform Themes:
- Quality of life and city, its history, present and future sustainable development perspectives;
- The role of urban heritage and urban culture;
- New life in urban landscapes/public and green spaces.
- The event included a series of public lectures, seminars/workshops.
Public lectures:
- Ambassadorial Talks - The American Experience: Blazing the Trail to Livable Urban Landscape
Speaker: Elizabeth Rudd - Acting US Ambassador to Georgia.
- Ambassadorial Talks: Resilience through Tradition in Japanese Architecture
Speaker: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Georgia Tadaharu Uehara.
- An Odyssey of Urban Gardens
Speakers: Architects Christian Duverno and John Fuscaris.
Workshop: October 8-11
Topic: "Reshaping Urban Landscape"
Workshop: Challenges of Urban Heritage.
