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RENOVATION OF FORMER SOVIET HOTEL IN GEORGIA WITH HIGHEST EMOTIONAL PERFORMANCE AND MINIMAL NEED IN AIR COOLING
20
[ sq h ]
[ programm ]
master plan,
luxury village
luxury village
[ year ]
2024
EMOTIONAL, LUXURIOUS, SUSTAINABLE
ARCHITECTURE, URBANISM, DESIGN
ARCHITECTURE, URBANISM, DESIGN
EMOTIONAL DESIGN - WE BELIEVE THAT WE'RE MAKING THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE, CREATING SPACE FOR EMOTIONALLY RICH, SEXY, MINDFUL, DARING, SPECIAL LIFE.
GREEN EARTH - TODAY TOL LIVE A MINDFUL AND HAPPY LIFE MEANS ALSO TO BE GREEN. EACH OF OUR PROJECTS IS AN ORIGINAL SYNERGY OF USER-FRIENDLY AND GREEN SOLUTIONS.
64
[ PROJECTS]
3
[CONTINENTS]
>3000
[ HECTARS OF MASTERPLANS]
16
[ PRINCIPLES OF SUSTAINABLE DESIGN ]
72%
[ OF CLIENTS ASK US FOR NEXT PROJECT ]
ABOUT
THE STUDIO
THE STUDIO
Layers.studio was established by George Zaborski in 2006, started it's practice from winning series of international competitions and practical designs for elite fashion stores. 2017-2019 years of Layers were fully dedicated to the ambitious and sucessfull project of urban, commercial, social and cultural redevelopment of the Octyabrskaya street district in Minsk, Belarus (including the core OK16 cultural hub project).
After COVID'19 crysis studio was restructured as an international rhisomatic studio with core team located in Tbilisi, Georgia, operating worldwide.
After COVID'19 crysis studio was restructured as an international rhisomatic studio with core team located in Tbilisi, Georgia, operating worldwide.
HOTELS
& HOSPITALITY
& HOSPITALITY
[ architecture ]
MODULAR VILLA
[MODULAR, RESIDENTIAL, HOSPITALITY]
INNOVATIVE PROTOTYPE FOR SUSTAINABLE,
MASS-FABRICATED, COMPACT, AFFORDABLE ...
SENSUAL LUXURY LIVING
MASS-FABRICATED, COMPACT, AFFORDABLE ...
SENSUAL LUXURY LIVING
[2023]
MADEIRA NESTS
[MASTER PLAN, HOSPITALITY, LANDSCAPE, GREEN STRATEGY]
UNIQUE SUSTAINABLE HOTEL IN THE PRESERVED MOUNTAIN TERRITORY
OF MADEIRA ISLAND DEMONSTRATES BOTH COMMERCIAL AND NATURE PRESERVING POTENTIAL OF CONTEMPORATY ARCHITECTURE
OF MADEIRA ISLAND DEMONSTRATES BOTH COMMERCIAL AND NATURE PRESERVING POTENTIAL OF CONTEMPORATY ARCHITECTURE
[2023]
SODEVE
GRAND HOTEL
GRAND HOTEL
[HOSPITALITY CONCEPT, HOSPITALITY, RENOVATION]
ARCHITECTURAL, SERVICE AND STRUCTURAL CONCEPT FOR UNIQUE HOTEL RENOVATED FROM SOVIET MODERNIST TOURIST BASE IN GEORGIA
[2022]
BOLNISI VINERY
[MASTER PLAN, HOSPITALITY, VINERY]
UNIQUE SUSTAINABLE HOTEL IN THE PRESERVED MOUNTAIN TERRITORY
OF MADEIRA ISLAND DEMONSTRATES BOTH COMMERCIAL AND NATURE PRESERVING POTENTIAL OF CONTEMPORATY ARCHITECTURE
OF MADEIRA ISLAND DEMONSTRATES BOTH COMMERCIAL AND NATURE PRESERVING POTENTIAL OF CONTEMPORATY ARCHITECTURE
[2022]
VILLAS
& LUXURY
& LUXURY
[ architecture ]
RUST GUESTHOUSE
[RENOVATION, RESIDENTIAL]
UNIQUE CONCEPT FOR RENOVATION OF OLD SOVIET RESTAUREUNT INTO GUESTHOUSE AND CAFE, WHICH TOP IS USED AS AN ARTIFICIAL GROND TO SET OWNER'S VILLA WITH ISOLATED ENTRANCE ABOVE IT
[2022]
YOGA TEACHER'S GUESTHOUSE
[RESIDENTIAL, HOSPITALITY]
EVERYTHING IN THIS DESIGN FOLLOWS THE SOLAR MOVEMENT TRAJECTORY IN DIFFERENT SEASONS, SOLAR ENERGY USE, AND VARIOUS SENSATIONS SUCH AS TACTILITY OR SMELL
[2021]
AMETIST
VILLA I
VILLA I
[MASTER PLAN, RESIDENTIAL]
SERIES OF VILLAS, DESIGNED BY GEORGE ZABORSKI FOR ZROBIM STUDIO AND AMETIST LUXURY VILLAGE ARE CHARACTERISED BY FLEXIBLE MODULAR STRUCTURE WHICH MAY BE ADOPTED TO MULTIPLE LANDPLOTS TO SAVE EACH TREE ON THEIR TERRITORY WHILE PROVIDNG UNIQUE SENSUAL EXPERIENCES
[2022]
SUMMA VILLAE
[ARCHITECTURE, RESIDENTIAL, VILLA]
THIS MINIMALISTIC RENOVATION OF 1990-TH HOUSE CONTINUES EXPERINMENTING WITH COMPLEX STRUCTURE OF SEMI-ISLOATED MICROVILLAS FOR DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE FAMILY STARTED IN THE RUST VILLA AND REPRESENTS NEW APPROACH TO PRIVATE SPACES AND INTERACTION WITH LANDSCAPE
[2023]
OFFICES
& WORKSPACES
& WORKSPACES
[ architecture ]
FIELD DEVELOPMENT HEADQUARTERS
[OFFICE, WORKSPACE, MASTERPLAN]
THIS MULTY-FUNCTIONAL COMPLEX OF 3 OFFICE AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS WAS DESIGNED BY GEORGE ZABORSKI FOR ZROBIM STUDIO TO BECOME SPATIAL REPRESENTATION OF UNIQUE MASTERPLAN OF THE PARK QUARTERS DEVELOPED BY ZABORSKI YEAR EARLIER
[2023]
BGPB HEADQUARTERS
[ARCHITECTURE, RENOVATION, OFFICE, WORKSPACE]
RADICAL RENOVATION OF THE MOST PROGRESSIVE (2010-2019) BANK IN BELARUS HEADQUARTERS WITH REFERENCE TO THE ICON OF THE "HI-TECH" ARCHITECTURAL MOVEMENT - LLOYDS OF LONDON
[2017]
EPAM
LOFT
LOFT
[ IT GIANT HEADQUARTERS ]
COLLABORATION AND FLEXIBLE TEAMWORK WERE IMPORTANT FOR THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE HUGE (>10 000 EMPLOYEES) IT COMPANY, AND WE'VE ENSURED IT WITH ARCHITECTURE
[2013]
EPAM PARK
[ COWORKING PARK ]
OUR REGULAR CLIENT EPAM SYSTEMS INVITED US TO PERFORM COLLECTIVE BRAINSTORMING WITH EPAM COLLECTIVE. - TO GENERATE SOMETHING AMAZING. AND WE'VE BUILT THIS LANDSCAPE PARK :0
[2013]
ULEJ
[ COWORKING PARK ]
CREATIVE AND PLAYFUL OPEN SPACE FOR CROWD FUNDING AND PRODUCTION COMPANY OPERATING IN BELARUS AND WORLDWIDE. CREATED IN COLLABORATION WITH ARTISTS HUTKA SMACHNA AND BAZINATO.
[2023]
URBAN MATSTERPLANS
& VILLAGES
& VILLAGES
[urbanism and strategy]
TSAVKISI HEIGHTS
[MASTER PLAN, RESIDENTIAL]
MASTER PLAN AND ARCHITECTURAL CONCEPT
FOR THE ELITE SUSTAINABLE SETTLEMENT OF 40 UNIQUE VILLAS
NEAR TBILISI (GEORGIA)
FOR THE ELITE SUSTAINABLE SETTLEMENT OF 40 UNIQUE VILLAS
NEAR TBILISI (GEORGIA)
2023
PARK QUARTERS
[MASTER PLAN, RESIDENTIAL]
MASTER PLAN AND DETAILED ARCHITECTURAL SOLUTION FOR 11000 COMMERCIAL AND BUSINES CLASS ROWHOUSES AND PUBLIC SPACES
2022 - 2024
PINES TOWN
[ GREENFIELD MASTERPLAN ]
1740 Ha of mountain forest - how to develop it into 10 000 of housing units, create futuristic ecopolis, making no harm to nature? We've used parametric model.
2023
BOLNISI VINERY
[MASTER PLAN, HOSPITALITY, VINERY]
UNIQUE SUSTAINABLE HOTEL IN THE PRESERVED MOUNTAIN TERRITORY
OF MADEIRA ISLAND DEMONSTRATES BOTH COMMERCIAL AND NATURE PRESERVING POTENTIAL OF CONTEMPORATY ARCHITECTURE
OF MADEIRA ISLAND DEMONSTRATES BOTH COMMERCIAL AND NATURE PRESERVING POTENTIAL OF CONTEMPORATY ARCHITECTURE
[2022]
OKTYABRSKAYA
[MASTER PLAN, RESIDENTIAL]
OUR REGULAR CLIENT EPAM SYSTEMS INVITED US TO PERFORM COLLECTIVE BRAINSTORMING WITH EPAM COLLECTIVE. - TO GENERATE SOMETHING AMAZING. AND WE'VE BUILT THIS LANDSCAPE PARK :0
2020
GREEN BOR III
[MASTER PLAN, RESIDENTIAL, PLANNING, DESIGN, LANDSCAPE]
THIS RESIDENTIAL QUARTER, TRANSFORMED FROM THE NARROW UNUSED LAND STRIPE, MADE REVOLUTION IN BELARUSIAN DEVELOPMENT AND BECAME MODEL FOR ALL THE NEXT A-100 DEVELOPMENTS
2013
A100 TOOLBOX
[ MASTER PLAN, RESIDENTIAL ]
MASTERPLAN, DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT AND ARHITECTURE FOR 1000 HOMES IN COLLABORATION OF GEORGE ZABORSKI AND ZROBIM STUDIO
2020
OXYGEN
[MASTER PLAN, RESIDENTIAL]
ECONOMY, COMFORT AND BUSINESS ESTATES ON THE FORMER SAWMILL SITE ON THE BORDER OF URBANISED CITY TISSUE AND FOREST IS SERIOUS CHALLENGE FOR PRECISE MANIPULATION WITH FUNCTIONS AN DENCITY
2023
CULTURAL
& FESTIVAL SITES
& FESTIVAL SITES
[urbanism and strategy]
YERRA SITE
[MASTER PLAN, RESIDENTIAL]
CREATIVE CONCEPT, MASTER PLAN AND ARCHITECTURAL CONCEPT FOR A HUGE INTERNATIONAL ART FESTIVAL IN THE DESERT
[2024]
Mayukwayukwa
Refugee Camp
Refugee Camp
[MASTER PLAN, GREEN DESIGN, PUBLIC, SOCIAL, ARCHITECTURE FOR THE GLOBAL SOUTH]
a PROJECT FOR THE new Sustainable Development Center in Mayukwayuukwa refugee camp.
[2023]
ECO RESIDENCY
[MASTER PLAN, RESIDENTIAL]
SUSTAINABLE GARDENING AND LAND ART LAB AND ART RESIDENCY FOR HISTORICAL SITE UPLISTSIKHE (GEORGIA) BASED ON HISTORICAL REFERENCES
[2023]
EPAM PARK
[ COWORKING PARK ]
OUR REGULAR CLIENT EPAM SYSTEMS INVITED US TO PERFORM COLLECTIVE BRAINSTORMING WITH EPAM COLLECTIVE. - TO GENERATE SOMETHING AMAZING. AND WE'VE BUILT THIS LANDSCAPE PARK :0
[2013]
Vulica Brasil
[ COWORKING PARK ]
Street art, street culture, community activation of abandoned urban areas and self-organised projects festival. Supported by the Embassy of Brasil in Belarus
[2017 - 2019]
renOVATIONS
[urbanism and strategy]
RUST GUESTHOUSE
[RENOVATION, RESIDENTIAL]
UNIQUE CONCEPT FOR RENOVATION OF OLD SOVIET RESTAUREUNT INTO GUESTHOUSE AND CAFE, WHICH TOP IS USED AS AN ARTIFICIAL GROND TO SET OWNER'S VILLA WITH ISOLATED ENTRANCE ABOVE IT
[2022]
BGPB HEADQUARTERS
[ARCHITECTURE, RENOVATION, OFFICE, WORKSPACE]
RADICAL RENOVATION OF THE MOST PROGRESSIVE (2010-2019) BANK IN BELARUS HEADQUARTERS WITH REFERENCE TO THE ICON OF THE "HI-TECH" ARCHITECTURAL MOVEMENT - LLOYDS OF LONDON
[2017]
OK 16
[cultural centre, renovation]
6000 sq.m. of the former MZOR heavy machinery factory renovated to demonstrate and explore the lean prototype of alternative, sustainable, self-sufficient, inclusive creative hub in post-soviet circumstances, shelter and support young belarusian creatives, artists, curators and social entrepreneurs.
[2017]
COLLABORATIONS
BOLNISI VINERY
[MASTER PLAN, HOSPITALITY, VINERY]
UNIQUE SUSTAINABLE HOTEL IN THE PRESERVED MOUNTAIN TERRITORY
OF MADEIRA ISLAND DEMONSTRATES BOTH COMMERCIAL AND NATURE PRESERVING POTENTIAL OF CONTEMPORATY ARCHITECTURE
OF MADEIRA ISLAND DEMONSTRATES BOTH COMMERCIAL AND NATURE PRESERVING POTENTIAL OF CONTEMPORATY ARCHITECTURE
[2022]
FIELD DEVELOPMENT HEADQUARTERS
[OFFICE, WORKSPACE, MASTERPLAN]
THIS MULTY-FUNCTIONAL COMPLEX OF 3 OFFICE AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS WAS DESIGNED BY GEORGE ZABORSKI FOR ZROBIM STUDIO TO BECOME SPATIAL REPRESENTATION OF UNIQUE MASTERPLAN OF THE PARK QUARTERS DEVELOPED BY ZABORSKI YEAR EARLIER
[2023]
AMETIST
VILLA I
VILLA I
[MASTER PLAN, RESIDENTIAL]
SERIES OF VILLAS, DESIGNED BY GEORGE ZABORSKI FOR ZROBIM STUDIO AND AMETIST LUXURY VILLAGE ARE CHARACTERISED BY FLEXIBLE MODULAR STRUCTURE WHICH MAY BE ADOPTED TO MULTIPLE LANDPLOTS TO SAVE EACH TREE ON THEIR TERRITORY WHILE PROVIDNG UNIQUE SENSUAL EXPERIENCES
[2022]
RUST GUESTHOUSE
[RENOVATION, RESIDENTIAL]
UNIQUE CONCEPT FOR RENOVATION OF OLD SOVIET RESTAUREUNT INTO GUESTHOUSE AND CAFE, WHICH TOP IS USED AS AN ARTIFICIAL GROND TO SET OWNER'S VILLA WITH ISOLATED ENTRANCE ABOVE IT
[2022]
PARK QUARTERS
[MASTER PLAN, RESIDENTIAL]
MASTER PLAN AND DETAILED ARCHITECTURAL SOLUTION FOR 11000 COMMERCIAL AND BUSINES CLASS ROWHOUSES AND PUBLIC SPACES
2022 - 2024
WE USE INTERACTIVE VISUALISATION BASED ON REAL-TIME USED IN ONLINE GAMES DESIGN FOR SERIES OF THE REAL-TIME VISUALISATION AND DISCUSSION OF EACH ITERATION OF THE DESIGN SOLUTION: FROM INITIAL MODEL OF WHITE BOXES IN LANDSCAPE CONTEXT TO HIGHLY DETAILED FACADES AND INTERIORS WHERE CLIENT MAY VISIT AND INSPECT EACH DETAIL AS YOU CAN DO IT IN ANY AAA-CLASS VIDEOGAME
[ PROCESS ]
HOW WE DO IT?
2: IDEATION
WE USE PROGRESSIVE ARCHITECTURAL CONCEPTS, PHYSICAL MODELS AND DIGITAL PARAMETRIC MODELS TO CHECK DIFFERENT APPROACHES AND VARIABLES, MOVING FROM CONCEPTUAL DIAGRAM TO THE EXPRESSIVE AND AESTETIC FORMAL SOLUTION
~10
~10
DAYS FROM SITE VISIT TO THE RESEARCH REPORT
3: VISUAL DIALOGUE
1: RESEARCH
~10
DAYS FOR EACH ITERATION
- SITE VISIT,
- SERIES OF DEEP INTERVIEWS WITH THE CLIENT AND CLIENT'S TEAM
- SATELLITE IMAGING AND SATELLITE HEIGHT MAPPING
- BOTANICAL RESEARCH OF THE LANDSCAPE
IS TO BRING US ENOUGH INFORMATION TO GENETATE INITIAL CONCEPT AND FIT UNIQUE ARCHITECTURE INTO ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND NATURAL LANDSCAPES WITH EXTREME PRODUCTIVITY COMBINED WITH SUSTAINABILITY
DAYS FROM FROM ANALYSIS TO ELABORATED CONCEPT
~3
INTERIM PRESENTATIONS
~30
TO FINAL DESIGN SOLUTION
~60
FROM FINAL DESIGN SOLUTION TO DETAILED BIM ALBUM
OF DRAWINGS
AND CALCULATIONS
OF DRAWINGS
AND CALCULATIONS
DOWNLOAD VIRTUAL INTERACTIVE MODEL, INSTALL IT ON ANY PC UNDER WINDOWS OPREATING SYSTEM END ENJOY OUR INTERACTIVE VISUAL MODEL TOUR
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OUR STUDIO
[ TEAM ]
MEET LAYERS TEAM LEADERS
- FounderGeorge Zaborski
[ more about the founder] - Technical directorPolina Chuliunina
- Leading architectEkaterina Efimova
- BIM master / technologistYuri Getman
- Product designerPrianichnikova Mariia
- Non-human relations expertTskhra the Cat
