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 Boulder 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.