PUBLIC SPACE
MAPPING THE EROSION OF PUBLIC SPACE IN TBILISI
CASE STUDY #1
SOLOLAKI
The neighborhood of Sololaki is part of Tbilisi's Old City. Notorious for its narrow, winding streets, the main threat to public space in this area comes from parked cars.
CASE STUDY #2
SABURTALO
The neighborhood of Saburtalo is located in the west of the city and is primarily comprised of mid-to-high-rise residential buildings from the Soviet era. The main threats to public space in this neighborhood come from residents enclosing courtyards, un-authorized building extensions, and vehicle parking.
CASE STUDY #3
Marjanishvili
The neighborhood of Marjanishvili is located on the left (north) bank of the river Mktvari. It is an older, mainly residential, neighborhood that beginning in 2010s has undergone dramatic reconstruction in certain areas, including new facades and pedestrianized streets.
PUBLICATIONS
Gogishvili, D., & Harris-Brandts, S. (2021). Projecting the Future: Novel Technologies of Spectacle in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. GeoAgenda, Association Suisse de Géographie, 8-13.
Harris-Brandts, S. (2022). The ‘White Palace’ Party Headquarters: Architecture, Urban Design, and Power in North Macedonia. In Koch, N. (Ed.) Spatializing Authoritarianism. 151-173. Syracuse University Press.
Gogishvili, D., & Harris-Brandts, S. (2022). The Urban Impacts of Second-tier Mega-Events in the Global East: The European Youth Olympic Festival in the South Caucasus. In Bignami, F., & Cuppini, N. (Eds.) Mega-Events, Urban Transformations and Social Citizenship: A Multi-Disciplinary Analysis for Epistemological Foresight. London: Routledge.
Sichinava, D. (2021). A view of the pandemic from the city of balconies. In Gurgenidze, T. (Ed.). Eastern Block Stories: Visualising Housing Estates from Post-Socialist Cities. 134-140. DOM Publishers.
Gogishvili, D. (2021). Competing for space in Tbilisi: transforming residential courtyards to parking in an increasingly car-dependent city. Eurasian Geography and Economics, 1-27.
Harris-Brandts, S. (2020). Designing Activism - Interview. In Galt Publication, Issue 3, Burning, 87-90. University of Waterloo.