Project Summary

Drawing inspiration from the rich cultural and architectural heritage of Uzbekistan, the Tashkent EXPO (Exposition Center) project successfully accomplishes the goal of providing a visually captivating and engaging experience for visitors, while also ensuring functionality, sustainability, and immersiveness. It serves as a testament to Uzbekistan's ambitious vision for the future. The building program includes exhibition areas, meeting rooms, an entrance, open spaces, arcades, facades, welcoming areas, and administrative spaces. The structure is strategically positioned to serve as a hub among the newly developed parts of Tashkent, promoting accessibility, visibility, and proximity to other attractions. The newly proposed façade, arcades, and entrance enhance GAD's design, increasing the EXPO Center's visual appeal and offering an outdoor space for visitors to relax and enjoy. This allows natural, cultural, architectural heritage, and technological innovations to seamlessly integrate into the building's design, reflecting its identity in relation to Uzbek culture. The building's structural statement draws from computational design, specifically Wolfram's mathematical methodology. This design fuses technology, innovation, and computational design with the cultural motifs of Tashkent, Uzbekistan, creating a fully immersive experience that bridges the modern and natural worlds, both contributing to the building's architectural identity. The various masses of arcade-façade and corridors adapt spaciously to the concept of an innovative architectural building, not only in terms of structure and shape but also in how it communicates and harmonizes with people and culture. Uplifting Placemaking The EXPO Tashkent project is designed to be highly context-aware, responding to and harmonizing with the surrounding environment, culture, and community. This approach involves a deep understanding of the site's physical, social, and cultural context, as well as an awareness of the broader environmental and economic factors that may impact the project. This understanding is cultivated through the study of local materials, building techniques, and cultural practices, as well as consideration of the site's topography, climate, and ecology. The project incorporates locally sourced materials and elements of traditional architecture while creating designed spaces that encourage social interaction and community engagement, thereby making a positive contribution to the community and environment.