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Location: KUTAISI.GEORGIA
Museum of Lost Sounds is a small-scale experimental museum located in central Kutaisi, between the Chain Bridge and the Lado Meskhishvili State Drama Theatre. The project is dedicated to preserving and reinterpreting sounds that are gradually disappearing from everyday life — the sounds of the city, the home, human voices, craft and labor, obsolete technologies, and personal memories. The architectural concept is based on the natural propagation of sound. Just as sound radiates from a source in concentric waves, the building is organized as a sequence of circular layers. A transparent glass envelope maintains a visual connection with the city and surrounding landscape, followed by a circular circulation ring and six thematic listening rooms. Each room offers a different acoustic and interactive experience, transforming sound from information into a spatial and emotional phenomenon. At the heart of the museum is the Silence Chamber, a space stripped of exhibits and visual distraction. Natural light enters from above through a circular oculus, becoming the primary architectural element. The visitor moves in the reverse direction of sound propagation — from the noise of the outside world to listening, from listening to silence, and from silence to memory. The material palette reinforces this narrative: glass represents openness and connection to the city, corten steel expresses time and memory, warm wood and acoustic surfaces support intimate listening, while the monolithic mineral finishes of the central chamber create a sense of calm and stillness. The museum is conceived not simply as a place for exhibition, but as an experience of listening — an architecture that preserves something without physical form: sound that disappears from space, yet continues to live in memory.
