Katedra architektury - Cheishvili Natia

Cheishvili Natia

The Sea of Witnesses

Data centers are often seen as the new colonizers. But what if the community reclaimed a data center as a public infrastructure? What if it were owned by the people it serves, rather than by remote corporations? This project envisions exactly that: a hybrid of technological infrastructure and civic engagement, where a small, on-site data center powers an exhibition-like space dedicated to voices that are often erased, silenced, or forgotten. In today’s world, telling your story online or uploading it on social media does not guarantee that it will be heard—many people are silenced, their accounts reported, and their stories deleted as fast as it is published, and this is the reality for millions worldwide.
In response, this project creates an alternative system of visibility and preservation. Here,
anyone can send their stories, which are immediately stored, curated, checked by ai and presented in the exhibition, creating a real-time dialogue between personal experience and public awareness. The space also includes a library and fact-checking points, that is critical in an age of digital misinformation.
Simultaneously, the building generates green energy through oscillating water column systems, harnessing the surrounding natural environment to power its operations. Architecturally, this project transforms the data center from an opaque, extractive entity into a participatory civic tool, where technology can amplify human stories rather than erase them, and that infrastructure can be both functional and socially meaningful.

ročník 2. Ing. Arch.