Marufjon Mirakhmatov
Visiting Scholar, 2018-2019
CEDaR

In 2018-2019, Marufjon (Maruf) Mirakhmatov, an artisan and architectural historianfrom Dushanbe,Tajikistan, and grandson of the artisan who built the Ƶ Dushanbe Teahouse, workedwith interns and students in the teahouse restoration.In collaboration withShawhin Roudbari, assistant professor of environmental design, Mirakhmatov co-taughtthe ENVD class, “Special Topics: History and Historiography of Environmental Design: Restoring Dushanbe Teahouse,” where students learned and worked side by side with Mirakhmatov, sanding and painting, to restore the inside and outside of the teahouse.