Architecture Drawn from the Kvariati Shore

A building settles into a coastline when it takes its measure from the landscape before it takes its place on the shore. In Kvariati, on the southern stretch of Georgia's Black Sea coast and within sight of the historic Gonio-Apsaros Fortress, that principle guides NEXT Gardens, a residential complex designed by SPECTRUM Architecture across every layer, from the building envelope to the interiors. Set fifty metres from the beach and fifteen minutes from the centre of Batumi, the complex holds a calm coastal setting and the energy of the city at once, its clean, linear volumes rising in a cascading form along the water.

Between the Sea and the Mountains

The site gives the complex two horizons, and the design holds both. From private balconies at the front, the apartments open toward the Black Sea; from the rear, they face the mountains that rise behind the coast. Each apartment is planned to capture these outlooks, with symmetrical layouts, private terraces, and generous natural light drawing the landscape into daily life. A range of homes, from studios to two-bedroom apartments and a small number of penthouses, extends that relationship across every scale of living.

A Facade That Grows

Greenery is woven through the architecture as part of its very structure. Terraces and rooftop gardens carry a wide variety of planting across the building, softening its lines and shaping a fresher microclimate around the homes. Local materials tie the complex to its coastal setting, so the palette reads as drawn from the shore itself. This living layer gives the linear volumes their warmth and keeps the composition in constant dialogue with the landscape around it.

An Envelope Built for the Coast

Beneath that green surface, the envelope answers both the climate and the ground it stands on. Ventilated facades improve insulation, aluminium windows add security and efficiency, and low-emissivity glazing draws daylight deep into the apartments while holding energy use down. Comfort is engineered quietly throughout, from a central heating system and efficient climate control to fresh air circulation that keeps the interiors easy to breathe in, and generous 3.3-metre ceilings give every apartment a sense of air and volume. Below the finishes, high-performance fibre-reinforced concrete carries the structure, engineered to international standards and to withstand seismic force, so the design's ambition rests on a genuinely durable frame.

A Roof Above the Coast

At its highest level, the building opens onto a rooftop where an infinity pool, a restaurant, and a bar face the sea. Gathered at the top of the complex, these shared spaces hold residents within the wide sea views that shape the apartments below, and a heating system keeps the pool in use across the seasons. The greenery of the terraces continues here, so the roof reads as a garden as much as a deck, a place for both rest and gathering above the water.

Grounded in Its Setting

At street level, commercial spaces bring daily life to the base of the complex, while underground parking keeps the ground uncluttered and the arrival calm. Pedestrian-friendly paths and gardens link the buildings into one connected layout, so homes, leisure, and shops flow together with the outdoors. Nearby, the Gonio-Apsaros Fortress roots the project in the deep history of the Kvariati coast, a cultural presence that gives the contemporary architecture a longer memory.

Where a shore lends its sea, its mountains, and its history to a single design, architecture becomes a quiet extension of the coast itself. NEXT Gardens reads the Kvariati landscape closely, and returns it to its residents as a place held between the Black Sea and the mountains behind it.