About residents
Dea Khizanishvili:
Architect, researcher, and photographer based in Tbilisi, Georgia. Her work moves across architecture, cultural memory, and photographic ethnography, with a particular focus on how built environments reflect processes of displacement, reinvention, and political change. She explores the intersection between spatial narratives and lived experiences, combining architectural practice with documentary and activist tools.
Tio Gabunia:
Architect, researcher, and urban planner based in Tbilisi, Georgia. His practical and intellectual work exists primarily at the intersection of urban policy, labor rights, and architectural theory. He has experience in academic leadership, writing, policy development, collaborative international projects, and community organizing. Currently, he is a lecturer and a manager of internationally funded urban and regional planning projects in Georgia.