"Working on this museum is an honour, as it aligns with my fascination for history and heritage and my constant search for meaningful inspiration to shape the architecture of tomorrow. This project allowed me to explore the Jadid movement, whose courage to reimagine education and society-placing women at the heart of social transformation-I deeply admire. Their vision carries an important lesson for our own time."
"Ghotmeh's prior work includes London's Serpentine Pavilion (2023) and Beirut's Stone Garden housing tower (2020). This will be her first project in Central Asia. She calls her approach the "archaeology of the future", weaving historical memory into contemporary design. She adds: "My ambition is to create an architecture that elevates history into contemporary life, generating a space that invites reflection, fosters learning, and bridges the values of the past with the possibilities of the future.""
Lina Ghotmeh has been commissioned to transform Usmon Khodjaev's former residence in Bukhara into the Jadids' Legacy Museum, scheduled to open in 2027. Khodjaev, born in 1878, was a leading figure in the Jadid reform movement that sought to revive Islam in the Russian empire through education and became the first president of the short-lived Bukhara People's Republic. The house sits beside Lyabi-Hauz, Bukhara's 17th-century square. Ghotmeh admires the Jadid movement's centering of women and describes the project as an honour that aligns with her fascination for history and heritage. She calls her approach the "archaeology of the future" and has worked on the Serpentine Pavilion and other projects; this is her first Central Asian commission.
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