Gudaishvili Square appears on maps of the city in the 18th century. It has had many names: Bejanas Baghi, Abbas-Abasi, Kolortaghi, Alaverdov, and Moghnis Square. The houses you see today are from the 19th century. The square is now named after Lado Gudiashvili, a 20th-century avant-garde artist famous for his portrayals of Tbilisi life.
The square includes a fountain in the style of Gudiashvili. During the 2010s, many of the surrounding buildings fell into disrepair and were in danger of collapsing, and the square was in poor condition. In 2020, Tbilisi City Hall initiated a plan to rehabilitate the buildings and the square. Tbilisi architect David Giorgadze won the competition to redesign the square and surrounding streetscape. Ruderal developed a planting plan with a fragment of Georgian forest in the center, and a phased replacement of the existing and damaged trees.
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