T I M B E R   P A L A C E 
O F   S A K A R T V E L O

Despite its glory history of a popular spa town under govern of Stalin, today, the town of Tskaltubo presents to tourists partially as a natural historical museum with a explorable but dangerous sense of adventure,  and  partially  as  a  functioning  town  for  local  IDPs  (Internally  displaced  person).  This  historical and political influence result as the town to be operate poorly in term of the living quality and status of architecture. 
The site,  locating  on  the  southwest  corner  of  the  town,  is  a  historical  abandoned  hotel  complex,  integrated  with  the  charming  local  vernacular  -  characterized  by  the  design  of  creative  temporary shelters  by  IDPs  –  which  largely  reflected  by  Georgian-Abkhazian  Civil  War.  The  ambition  of  the  design  is  to  revitalize  the  abandoned  hotel  Sakartvelo  complex  into  a  multifunctional  recreational community,  and  an  educational  timber  workshop  for  local  IDPs  to  learn  to  utilise  the  vast  forest  adjacent  and  turn  them  in  constructing  their  new  home  and  improve  the  current  poor  living condition, and apply the surplus output into timber production industry to boost local economy.