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Tashkent’s industrial buildings showcase impressive architecture that invites us to rethink their functions, while also preserving and extending the life of the historic monuments.
The Centre for Contemporary Art Tashkent (CCA) aims to become a hub for Contemporary Culture in Central Asia. Its future home, built in 1912, originally housed Tashkent’s first diesel station, which powered the city’s first tram line. This building literally electrified and set the city in motion. | The Structure was designer by Wilhem Heinzelmann, the Head of the construction department for the Turkestan region. Heinzelmann also designed some of Tashkent’s most iconic buildings, such as the Tashkent Real School, the Palace of Grand Duke Romanov, the Treasury Chamber and several other notable landmarks in the city.
Until recently, the building was used by the city’s electricity network enterprise. In 2019, it was transferred to become the Centre for Contemporary Art Tashkent. Its reconstruction began at the end of 2022, with the involvement of the French architectural bureau Studio KO. |
The Art and Culture Development Foundation of the Republic of Uzbekistan
The Uzbekistan Art and Culture Development Foundation (ACDF) preserves, promotes and nurtures Uzbekistan’s heritage, arts and culture. Positioned at the forefront of Uzbekistan’s cultural development, ACDF is committed to fostering the cultural ecosystem of the country, driving the creative economy, and providing opportunities for practitioners on a local, regional and global stage. ACDF believes that culture and heritage are vital in shaping society, uniting communities, bridging generations, and facilitating cross-cultural conversations.
In Tashkent, ACDF currently spearheads the fourth edition of the World Conference on Creative Economy (WCCE) (2-4 October 2024), Uzbekistan’s participation in Expo 2025 Osaka, the renovation of the Centre for Contemporary Art, the construction of the new State Museum of Arts designed by Tadao Ando, and the restoration and partial reconstruction of the Palace of the Princes of Romanov. In Bukhara, ACDF is launching the first Bukhara Biennial in 2025.