Elene Machaidze is urban planner and co-founder of ADDRESS-Integrated planning and design practice. She Studied at Georgian Technical University. As well at CANactions Advanced Studies in Integrated Urban Development Programme in Kyiv, Ukraine.
She is Beneficiary of International Educational Center, Beneficiary of Italian Government scholarship and a Fellow of the President of Georgia in 2013-2016.
She did the research at Asian Development Bank, about Healthy and Age-Friendly Cities - Best Practices Around the World.
Currently she is working on her Master thesis on Master degree program Urban planning and Policy design at Politecnico Di Milano,(Milan, Italy) therefore she is part of a dual degree programme with Tongji University. (Shanghai,China)
She is also co-founder of Architectural Forum, which helps to promote and raise awareness about architectural and urban planning developments in Georgia.