Name: Plenary Session 2
Start: 2026-09-22T12:10:00+0400
End: 2026-09-22T14:25:00+0400

Tuesday September 22, 2026 12:10pm - 2:25pm GMT+04

Speakers:

Luka Chaganava
Founder, NS Studio (Georgia)

Artak Knyazyan
Chairman / Founder-Partner / Chief Architect, AGL Group (Armenia)
"HEVN: Urban Continuity, New Identity"
A contemporary residential development that preserves the memory of place while introducing a new architectural and urban identity.

Giorgi Keidia
Head of design management, CMC

Shota Saganelidze
Co-founder, teamtwo (Georgia)
"Architecture Between Context and Constraint"
Two projects exploring how distinct design conditions — local context and public purpose on one side, global standards and operational requirements on the other — can generate different architectural responses.

Patricia Sturzoiu
Partner, Quadratum Architecture (România)
"Labirint - Educational and community campus"
A living reconstruction where education, faith, and community come together around a shared history.

Armand Vokshi
Founder, Avatelier (Albania)
"Place, Memory, and Transformation: The Architectural Practice of Avatelier"
An exploration of Avatelier’s design methodology, balancing the spirit of place with the demands of contemporary Mediterranean and Balkan landscapes.

Jürgen C.B Willen
Lead Architect, KVL International GmbH

Tobias Wallisser
CEO / Founding Partner, Laboratory for Visionary Architecture (LAVA) (Germany)
"inquire.imagine.invent."
What if architecture, informed by scientific inquiry, could spark our imagination and redefine our understanding of the built world?

Speakers

Luka Chaganava

Founder, NS Studio

Artak Knyazyan

Chairman / Founder-Partner / Chief Architect, AGL Group

Photo: AGL Architects

Project 1 — HEVN Residential Complex

Armenia
Sector: Private
Rezidential. Hotels · 2027

Located in Yerevan’s historic city center, this premium residential development introduces contemporary living within a sensitive heritage context. Preserved historic structures are reactivated as open communal spaces, cafés, retail and resident services, giving them new purpose... Read More →

Shota Saganelidze

Co-founder, teamtwo

Photo: teamtwo render

Project 1 — Telavi public swimming pool complex

Georgia
Sector: Public
Sport & Health · 2027

The competition-winning Telavi Swimming Pool is conceived as a landscape-driven public building within the Alazani Valley, framed by the Caucasus Mountains. Its architecture responds to the site through carefully oriented volumes, terraces and controlled transparency, opening key... Read More →

Patricia Sturzoiu

Partner, Quadratum Architecture

Photo: Vlad Pătru

Project 1 — Colina Lac

Romania
Sector: Private
Housing (not for single use) · 2023

Colina Lac is a 112-unit residential development near Bucharest that reimagines suburban living through community-driven design. With 9 house types and 2 apartment typologies, it balances diversity and coherence. Defined by open fronts, shared streets, and private gardens, the project... Read More →

Armand Vokshi

Founder, Avatelier

Photo: Evisa Kasaj

Project 1 — Between Context and Form - Villa RJ

Albania
Sector: Private
Single House (individual use) · 2023

Nestled in southern Tirana’s green topography, the RJ Villa explores the boundary between topography and architectural form. A dual-volume composition reinterprets domestic access, mediating the tension between private refuge and contextual exposure. Clad in stone textures that... Read More →

Tobias Wallisser

CEO / Founding Partner, Laboratory for Visionary Architecture (LAVA)

Photo: Taufik Kenan

Project 1 — KACST Innovation Tower

Saudi Arabia
Sector: Public
Office. Mixed-used · 2023

At the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) 1700 people work across diverse research areas, including nanotechnology, astronomy, agriculture, and the environment. Seeking to provide a new organizational structure to augment their work processes, LAVA designed a 17-storey... Read More →