Sunday 1 May 2011

Mestia Airport - IconEye



Jürgen Mayer H summarises the brief for the airport in Mestia, a highland townlet in Georgia's Caucasus Mountains: "Design an airport building in one day, to be built in three months, for up to 25 passengers, including a tower."

There was no airport in Mestia before this one, part of Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili's ambitious plan to boost tourism to the area. It is hoped that, with easier access, people will flock to the area – listed as a UNESCO world heritage site for its medieval monuments, churches and forts. Mayer hoped the tower of his speedily designed and constructed airport would echo Mestia's historic stone towers...

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