About
We are Ubani—Tbilisi Cityscape Research Center, a non-profit organisation dedicated to exploring Tbilisi’s architectural and urban environment.
Through research, education, and public engagement, we aim to enrich the understanding and appreciation of Tbilisi’s built environment and unique urban landscape.
Through research, education, and public engagement, we aim to enrich the understanding and appreciation of Tbilisi’s built environment and unique urban landscape.
What we do
Research
We focus on preserving and expanding knowledge about Tbilisi's urban landscape and architecture, both past and present. The research program unfolds with theoretical and practical activities.
Publishing Our publishing program combines print, digital, and online platforms. We focus on translating, explaining, and sharing knowledge about Tbilisi's urban environment while ensuring important historical and modern insights remain accessible.
Publishing Our publishing program combines print, digital, and online platforms. We focus on translating, explaining, and sharing knowledge about Tbilisi's urban environment while ensuring important historical and modern insights remain accessible.
Public program & Exibitions
We organise events like talks and seminars to encourage discussions about architecture and beyond. These activities relate to our annual research theme and aim to offer different perspectives to the public. Our exhibitions, connected to our research, showcase the results of cross-disciplinary work using various media.
Workshop We connect international and local schools, students, and young professionals, offering them educational workshops of various lengths, forms, and content. These workshops provide opportunities to exchange and create new knowledge about Tbilisi.
Workshop We connect international and local schools, students, and young professionals, offering them educational workshops of various lengths, forms, and content. These workshops provide opportunities to exchange and create new knowledge about Tbilisi.
Spaces
Ubani Garage
Ubani Garage, designed by the architectural office NWDS, was originally a car garage in the Vera district of Tbilisi. It now serves as our temporary office for most days. Inside, you will find a curated collection of books, academic papers, rare publications, zines, leaflets, albums, photographs, and other printed materials, all focused on Tbilisi. This collection has been meticulously assembled through both purchases and donations, providing a rich resource for anyone interested in the city's architectural and urban history.
Tsintsadze House
Starting in 2027, Ubani will be located in the former residence of Vakhtang Tsintsadze on Zaldastanishvili Street in Tbilisi. The space will gradually open to the public and feature an exhibition area and a library.
Vakhtang Tsintsadze (1915–1993) was a renowned architect and a distinguished scholar of Georgian architecture. His extensive research and detailed measured drawings offer deep insights into Tbilisi's historical architecture and urban fabric. Tsintsadze's legacy includes the restoration and documentation of numerous Georgian architectural monuments, solidifying his influence on the country's built heritage.
Press
We are focused on preserving, broadening, and creating new knowledge about the urban landscape and architecture of Tbilisi and making it accessible for the wider public. The methodology involves a comprehensive exploration of the city's past, utilising architectural historical accounts, maps, and archives, as well as establishing a connection with the genius loci through artistic and literary depictions of the city (conceptual inquiry). The research unfolds itself with theoretical and practical activities.
AT_
February 2024
"Hollow: A Map of Tbilisi" merges two rarely combined cartographic codes: detailed topological phenomena and a concise schwarzplan. This blend visually demonstrates the bond between urban contours and the underlying and surrounding landscape. The edition is complemented by an essay delving into the geological past of Tbilisi.
Hammock Magazine
January 2024
This internship program by Ubani — Tbilisi Cityscape Research Centre is open for students, researchers, and enthusiasts with skills in 3D modeling and an interest in architectural heritage. The purpose of the internship is to develop a collaboration to create about 300 3D models of Tbilisi's most distinctive buildings.
EastEast
January 2024
Standing at the crossroads of Eastern and Western cultures, Tbilisi is one of Europe’s oldest capitals. It is distinguished by its fusion of topographies, with its city fabric woven from diverse grids and typologies. The word ubani means “district” in Georgian. We’re looking at how the city’s distinct relief and regional position have significantly influenced the historical events that have, in turn, defined its unique appearance.
e-flux
May 2024
Ubani — Tbilisi Cityscape Research Center is a non-profit organization committed to the exploration of Tbilisi's architectural and urban environment. Through its initiatives in research, education, and public engagement, the center seeks to enhance the understanding and appreciation of the city’s built environment and its distinctive urban landscape. A primary objective of the center is to organize public events, foster connections, and encourage participation within the local professional community. In doing so, it creates a collaborative platform for the exchange of data and ideas.
ArchDaily
June 2025
Ubani — Tbilisi Cityscape Research Center is a non-profit organization dedicated to exploring Tbilisi’s architectural and urban landscape. In September 2025, as part of its “Rocks” program, Ubani will host a Landscape Modeling Workshop led by Italian architect Renato Rizzi, with Susanna Pisciella and Giorgia Antonioli from IUAV University of Venice. The workshop will explore new modeling approaches focused on Tbilisi’s unique form, including the Metekhi cliff, and aims to foster dialogue and collaboration through research, education, and public engagement.
ArtRabbit
June 2025
Guide to Tbilisi Districts — Kala is the inaugural publication in a new series by Ubani. The volume offers a fresh perspective — blending scientific research and artistic sensibility — to navigate the complexities of the district and understand its material history. It marks the first chapter of a longer editorial journey that will explore, district by district, the architectural identity of the capital. While today the map focuses on Tbilisi’s medieval origins, the next editions are expected to recount its more recent dimensions: Soviet modernism and contemporary architecture.
Domus
November 2025
The organization delves into how the region’s distinct position at the crossroads of Eastern and Western cultures has significantly influenced the historical events that, in turn, have defined the city’s unique appearance. Drawing from architectural records, maps, and archives, Ubani approaches the study of Tbilisi through a rigorous fusion of artistic and scientific methods.
Parametric Architecture
November 2025
Ubani — Tbilisi Cityscape Research Center has released "Kala," the first publication in its new Guide to Tbilisi Districts series, offering an in-depth look at one of the Georgian capital's oldest urban areas. As a non-profit organization dedicated to researching and promoting Tbilisi's architectural heritage and landscape, Ubani develops public programs, exhibitions, workshops, and events aimed at making the city's built environment more widely understood. This inaugural guidebook continues that broader mission, situating Kala within the long-term evolution of Tbilisi's urban fabric.
ArchDaily
December 2025
Ubani, an independent Tbilisi cityscape research centre, published a guidebook in English and Georgian addressing the architecture and history of Tbilisi’s Kala district (კალა). The guidebook is produced by an interdisciplinary team, it brings together the work of David Brodsky, Ana Chorgolashvili, and Nata Tatunashvili, with concept development by Brodsky and editorial direction by Chorgolashvili.
type.today
December 2025
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We offer paid internships for architecture students and other skilled individuals for tasks that require collaborative efforts, such as model making and cartography projects.
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Contact
Ubani Garage
24 Vasil Petriashvili Street, Tbilisi 0179, Georgia
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