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Tbilisi · Georgia · 22 May 2025

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ZWOF Tbilisi 25 Georgia GeorgiaMock-upsRenderingSpecificationGlass appearance

Render versus reality: predicting a glass façade before it is built

Karim Amrouche & Ahmet Mumcuoğlu

ZWOF Tbilisi 25 Georgia GeorgiaBuilding physicsPerformance mock-upFaçade consultancyResponsibility

Mind the gap: carrying façade responsibility from design to site

Thomas Eschenbach

ZWOF Tbilisi 25 Georgia GeorgiaLaminated glassStructural glassInterlayersBalustrades

The safety is in the interlayer: laminated glass in heat and salt

Anton Novozhilov

ZWOF Tbilisi 25 Georgia GeorgiaWind engineeringMaterial efficiencyAdaptive façadesTextile façade

Heavier loads, lighter skins: designing façades for Tbilisi’s wind

Mustafa Alkan

ZWOF Tbilisi 25 Georgia GeorgiaHigh-riseGlass balustradesLife safetyHeat-strengthened glass

A railing is a safety system: designing glass balustrades for high-rises

Necdet Bahadır Buluk

ZWOF Tbilisi 25 Georgia GeorgiaMaterialsLocal relevanceRooted modernityRenovation

ფესვგადგმული თანამედროვეობა: ადგილობრივი რელევანტურობის ძიება ფასადში

Gvantsa Chubinidze, Sofia Gasviani, Maria Pelangia, Goga Gugava & David Gogichaishvili

ZWOF Tbilisi 25 Georgia GeorgiaPublic realmAdaptive reuseUrban regenerationPlacemaking

Design for good: giving more back to place

Jan Dijkema

ZWOF Tbilisi 25 Georgia GeorgiaSolar controlWind engineeringParametric designCityZen Tower

From fluid form to buildable skin: CityZen Tower in Tbilisi

Manuela Gatto

ZWOF Tbilisi 25 Georgia GeorgiaWind engineeringDaylightFaçade performancePerformance mock-up

Beyond aesthetics: the criteria that make a façade perform

Haldun Yılmaz

ZWOF Tbilisi 25 Georgia Green façadesEmbodied carbonGeorgiaMasterplanningGlass-reinforced concrete

Street first, then a façade a quarter the weight

Nicolas Guichard & Ioannis Gkikas