Tbilisi, Georgia
The following description is courtesy of J. Mayer H.
Every home needs to balance two things: privacy and retreat versus connectivity to its environment and various degrees of openness. PIPIA.PANORAMA does both to extremes by offering an intimate, secluded area around an inner courtyard, unfolding towards one of the most prominent locations in Tbilisi. Situated at the top of the stone cliff above the former caravanserai area, the new residence sits prominently next to the President’s Palace and overlooks the newly developed Rhike Park and the historic town center of Tbilisi across the river.
The building is enveloped by a concrete shell in a state of dynamic transition to its immediate context. To the north, the building completes the
Project Details
Project: Pipia.Panorama
Location: Tbilisi, Georgia
Client: private
Construction period: 2008 – 2018
Completion: 2018
Project Team: J. MAYER H. und Partner, Architekten mbB – Jürgen Mayer H., Dr. Paul Angelier
Photographer: Denis Essakov