uzbekistan’s milan pavilion explores yurt structures and material traditions

A Pavilion to celebrate craft of uzbekistan

At Palazzo Citterio during Milan Design Week 2026, the exhibition When Apricots Blossom presents Uzbekistan from street to courtyard to garden pavilion.

The project, initiated by the Uzbekistan Art and Culture Development Foundation and curated by Kulapat Yantrasast, treats craft as a working framework for architecture. The premise stays grounded in the Aral Sea region, where environmental change has reshaped both land and cultural practice, and where making remains closely tied to survival and…