This fall, Shawhin Roudbari, assistant professor at the Program in Environmental Design, led the history and historiography course that took on restoring the Boulder Dushanbe Teahouse. His students are now working in small groups to write six chapters of architectural theory and criticism for a book that will give readers a new way to think about the Teahouse, in it's architectural, social and political context.Â
"An aim of the project is to coach students in writing publication-level texts and being recognized for doing so,"Â Shawhin Roudbari, assistant professor at the Program in Environmental Design said.Â
The book will include documentation of restoration work through photography, sketches and an architectural analysis of the Teahouse through 3D models and diagrams. It will also include an introduction to the project by Nate Jones, academic advising coordinator at the Program in Environmental Design.
Those interested in the publication will be able to find the finished book in local bookstores, the Boulder Teahouse and websites like Amazon in early-mid spring of 2019.Â