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MASSA_ Architecture + Planning Workshop is a territorial laboratory operating at the intersection of spatial design, ecological science, and historical memory. Headquartered in Tbilisi, we redefine the role of the architect in the post-Soviet context, moving beyond the production of isolated objects to establish a "Teaching Practice", a model where the professional studio acts as the operational arm of the university research lab.

Under the direction of Vakhtang Kasreli, our work rejects the false dichotomy between "preservation" and "innovation." Instead, we operate as the industry anchor of the Institute of Advanced Architecture and Landscape (IAAL), a Quadruple Helix consortium that unites elite European research centers with the complex realities of the Caucasus.

Our practice spans the full vertical and historical gradient of Georgia. We work simultaneously in the high mountain systems of Kazbegi, designing metabolic shelters for the Anthropocene; along the Black Sea coast, engineering resilience for the Blue Economy; and in the historical landscapes of Telavi and Eastern Georgia, where we excavate the layers of viticultural and urban memory. We view cultural heritage monuments not as frozen artifacts, but as living systems that must be metabolically integrated into a new future. For MASSA_ architecture is an act of Radical Regionalism, a methodology that heals the land, empowers the community, and safeguards the ancient spirit of the place while deploying the technologies of tomorrow.