2024-05-04T14:23:32-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/45934378/lazika-from-swamp-to-instant-city Nam Henderson 2012-04-22T22:27:00-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/kn/knjedj5hy6pit3ge.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>The breakthrough, he said, would be a brand-new city and maritime port on the coast, 18 miles away &mdash; an idea now common in China...&ldquo;This idea came to us &mdash; why can&rsquo;t we do that in Georgia?&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;We looked out and we saw there is free space on the Black Sea coast.&rdquo;</p></em><br /><br /><p> Ellen Barry covers Georgian plans for a new city of half a million people, on a stretch of marshy land near the Black Sea. The first building, a futuristic Public Service Hall for the new city has already begun construction. However, a host of practical considerations from financing, to foundation requirements and future population are yet to be ironed out.</p>