SHARE Georgia 2026 Forum: Full Schedule

8:30am GMT+04

Registration and Check In

Tuesday September 22, 2026 8:30am - 9:00am GMT+04

Networking Area

Tuesday September 22, 2026 8:30am - 9:00am GMT+04
Networking Area 37m Ilia Chavchavadze Avenue, Tbilisi 0179, Georgia

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9:30am GMT+04

Plenary Session 1

Tuesday September 22, 2026 9:30am - 11:40am GMT+04

Ballroom Hall 2+3

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Speakers:Denis LacejDesign Principal, Gerber Architekten (Germany)"King Salman Park: Designing a New Green Heart for Riyadh"King Salman Park is presented as the transformation of a former airfield into a major urban park. It explores how landscape, ecology and infrastructure are integrated through climate-responsive landforms, extensive planting, water management, shaded public spaces and...
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Nikoloz Japaridze

Founder, Architects of Invention

Photo: Architects of Invention/ Lisi Development/Grigorii Sokolinskiy

Project 1 — Lisi Garden House

Georgia
Sector: Private
Housing (not for single use) · 2025

Inspired by both American architect James Wines’ collage “Highrise of Homes”, with its greenhouse style living spaces, and by architects Brodsky & Utkin’s “Columbarium Habitable”, the concept for this scheme is houses with gardens stacked on top of each other to form a... Read More →

Denis Lacej

Design Principal, Gerber Architekten

Photo: Gerber Happold Setec JV

Project 1 — King Salman Park

Saudi Arabia
Sector: Public
Masterplanning. City Planning. Transport. Urban landscape · 2028

King Salman Park transforms a former airport in central Riyadh into a 16.7 km² green oasis. Through sustainable water management, improved desert soil and climate-resilient planting, it enhances biodiversity, climate and urban life. Commissioned by King Salman Park Foundation, the... Read More →

Nikoloz Lekveishvili

Co-founder, TIMM Architecture

Zinka Borodkina

CMO, The Lake by Placemakers

Akaki Chkhaidze

Executive Director, Studio 9

Beni Kohen

Marketing and Business Development Group Manager, Fibrobeton Yapı Elemanları San. Ins. Tic. A.S., Turkey

Alireza Taghaboni

Founder & C.E.O, Next Office

Photo: Parham Taghioff

Project 1 — The Poet's House

Iran
Sector: Public
Culture. Heritage · 2025

The house on Khosrow Alley, where Ahmad Shamlou once lived, had a wall where, according to Aida Sarkisian, Aida in the Mirror was first written. This wall became the starting point for the Poet’s House. Like a seed, it grew through and beyond the building, shaping a stairway and... Read More →

Partners and Sponsors

Fibrobeton

Placemakers (The Lake)

Tuesday September 22, 2026 9:30am - 11:40am GMT+04
Ballroom Hall 2+3 37m Ilia Chavchavadze Avenue, Tbilisi 0179, Georgia

Plenary Session

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9:31am GMT+04

Experts Round Table: Rethinking Educational Architecture: Designing for Change and Resilience

Tuesday September 22, 2026 9:31am - 11:01am GMT+04

Ballroom Hall #1

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Educational architecture must move beyond the design of fixed, single-purpose buildings toward adaptable and resilient environments capable of responding to changing needs and unforeseen challenges.Key questions1. Designing the Future School – architectural competitions in the educational field2. Resilience and Emergency – educational architecture as civic infrastructure3. Openness vs Safety...
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Olga Bolshanina

Senior Partner, Herzog & de Meuron

Photo: HdM

Project 1 — Titlis

Switzerland
Sector: Public
Adaptive. Retrofit · 2026

At over 3,000 meters, Titlis welcomes around 1.1 million visitors each year. Decades of expansion have created a complex infrastructure that no longer meets current needs for capacity, orientation, and circulation. Herzog & de Meuron’s masterplan rethinks the summit as an integrated... 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 →

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 →

Otar Sulaberidze

Architect, ArtStudio

Tuesday September 22, 2026 9:31am - 11:01am GMT+04
Ballroom Hall #1 37m Ilia Chavchavadze Avenue, Tbilisi 0179, Georgia

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11:15am GMT+04

Experts Round Table: Culture, Heritage and Urban Identity

Tuesday September 22, 2026 11:15am - 12:45pm GMT+04

Ballroom Hall #1

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Protection as Architectural CommunicationThe lecture explores protection beyond physical function, showing how materials, boundaries and opening can become an architectural language of trust, vulnerability, hospitality and communication.Key questionsThe discussion will explore protection as an architectural language: when does enclosure become communication, and when does opening become an act of...
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George Zautashvili

Co-founder, R312 Architects

Nikoloz Lekveishvili

Co-founder, TIMM Architecture

Ellen Kapanadze

Projects Manager, Tbilisi Public Art Fund

Amr Attia

Principal & Managing Partner, PUD Consultants

Photo: ACUD

Project 1 — The New Capital of Egypt

Egypt
Sector: Public
Housing (not for single use) · 2026

Egypt's New Capital (NC) is being built 45 km east of Cairo, planned for 6.5 million residents across 220,000 feddan. The client is ACUD, and the lead designer is Dar Al-Handasah. PUD led the international Steering Committee advising on the strategic masterplan for Phases 2 to 4... Read More →

Viggo Haremst

Partner & Design Director, Henning Larsen

Photo: World of Volvo_Henning Larsen_Image_James Silverman 2024

Project 1 — World of Volvo

Sweden
Sector: Private
Culture. Heritage · 2024

World of Volvo is an experience centre in Gothenburg that brings together exhibition, hospitality, learning and public gathering beneath a dramatic timber structure. The design translates Volvo’s identity and values into an immersive spatial experience, using architecture, movement... Read More →

Zura Jishkariani

Writer and Artist

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 →

Gvantsa Nikolaishvili

Expert in Urban Planning

Tuesday September 22, 2026 11:15am - 12:45pm GMT+04
Ballroom Hall #1 37m Ilia Chavchavadze Avenue, Tbilisi 0179, Georgia

Round Table

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11:40am GMT+04

Networking and Coffee

Tuesday September 22, 2026 11:40am - 12:10pm GMT+04

Networking Area

Tuesday September 22, 2026 11:40am - 12:10pm GMT+04
Networking Area 37m Ilia Chavchavadze Avenue, Tbilisi 0179, Georgia

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12:10pm GMT+04

Plenary Session 2

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

Ballroom Hall 2+3

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Speakers:Luka ChaganavaFounder, NS Studio (Georgia)Artak KnyazyanChairman / 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 KeidiaHead of design management, CMCShota SaganelidzeCo-founder, teamtwo...
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Luka Chaganava

Founder, NS Studio

Artak Knyazyan

Chairman / Founder-Partner / Chief Architect, AGL Group

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

Armand Vokshi

Founder, Avatelier

Tobias Wallisser

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

Giorgi Keidia

Head of design management, CMC

Jürgen C.B Willen

Lead Architect, KVL International GmbH

Partners and Sponsors

CMC

Placemakers (The Lake)

Tuesday September 22, 2026 12:10pm - 2:25pm GMT+04
Ballroom Hall 2+3 37m Ilia Chavchavadze Avenue, Tbilisi 0179, Georgia

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1:00pm GMT+04

Experts Round Table: Architect vs AI / Architect + AI

Tuesday September 22, 2026 1:00pm - 2:30pm GMT+04

Ballroom Hall #1

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AI & Immersive ArchitectureThe session explores how AI and immersive technologies are transforming architectural design, visualization, collaboration, and the role of the architect in contemporary practice.Key questionsThe discussion will explore how AI and immersive technologies are shaping architectural industry; visualization, decision-making and collaboration. Key questions include: How will...
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Dimitri Chaava

Founding Partner, X Architecture

Nikoloz Japaridze

Founder, Architects of Invention

Denis Lacej

Design Principal, Gerber Architekten

Tobias Wallisser

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

Will Plowman

Partner, Architect, Foster + Partners

Alireza Taghaboni

Founder & C.E.O, Next Office

Tuesday September 22, 2026 1:00pm - 2:30pm GMT+04
Ballroom Hall #1 37m Ilia Chavchavadze Avenue, Tbilisi 0179, Georgia

Round Table

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2:30pm GMT+04

Networking and Coffee

Tuesday September 22, 2026 2:30pm - 3:15pm GMT+04

Networking Area

Tuesday September 22, 2026 2:30pm - 3:15pm GMT+04
Networking Area 37m Ilia Chavchavadze Avenue, Tbilisi 0179, Georgia

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3:15pm GMT+04

Official Session

Tuesday September 22, 2026 3:15pm - 3:40pm GMT+04

Ballroom Hall 2+3

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IN MEMORIAM ARCHITECT VAKHTANG DAVITAIA. Hon FAIA. IAA. MAAM. PAACH. (1934-2026)22.12.1934 – Born in the village Dzveli-Senaki of Senaki district, Georgia. 1958 – Graduated from Georgian Polytechnic Institute, Civil Engineering Faculty, Department of Architecture. 1958-1962 – Institute of Design “Gruzgiprogorstroi”. From 1962 to present – Post-Graduate student, assistant, assistant...
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George Sulaberidze

Founder / SHARE Architects Ambassador in Georgia, ArtStudio

Florin Mindirigiu

Founder, SHARE Architects

Tuesday September 22, 2026 3:15pm - 3:40pm GMT+04
Ballroom Hall 2+3 37m Ilia Chavchavadze Avenue, Tbilisi 0179, Georgia

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3:45pm GMT+04

Keynote Plenary Session

Tuesday September 22, 2026 3:45pm - 5:35pm GMT+04

Ballroom Hall 2+3

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Speakers:Olga BolshaninaSenior Partner, Herzog & de Meuron (Switzerland)"BUILDING VALUE"From Heritage Preservation to Adaptive ReuseViggo HaremstPartner & Design Director, Henning Larsen (Denmark)"Designing the Iconic: Harmonising Data, Design and Experience"The lecture explores how architecture can turn complex data, technology and competing requirements into coherent, memorable experiences....
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