On november 27th ideas were presented on a regional development plan for the Georgian Black Sea coast, during a conference at the Georgia Palace Hotel in Kobuleti. These ideas were the results of a 10-day international Master Class for professional architects and planners. The Master Class was supervised by Ruurd Gietema (KCAP architects and planners), Marc Glaudemans (professor urban strategies, Stadslab) and Reinout Crince (Metropolis architects, Stadslab).The team consisted of thirteen participants from several European countries: Leo van Beek (NL), Radu Botis (RO), Radu Chirculescu (RO), Raimond Jense (NL), Giorgi Giorgadze (GE), Zakaria Kurdiani (GE), George Makharashvili (GE), Ivana Mitrovic (SRB), Uros Micic (SRB), Igor Stegic (SRB), Otar Sulaberidze (GE), Sandro Truchan (PL),Iracli Zhvania (GE)

The project was organized by Stadslab European Urban Design Laboratory (Fontys University of Applied Sciences) in collaboration with Georgia Foundation-Georgian Diaspora, NINA, Georgian Union of Architects, INTA, Georgia Palace Hotel and Fakro.

Results & conclusions (pdf)