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The Uzbekistan White House, designed as a presidential residence and hub for government operations, takes architectural cues from its US namesake and represents a major state investment.

Uzbekistan has invested heavily in its government sector throughout the 2020s, including the Supreme Assembly of Uzbekistan in 2022 (see Inavate December 2022), where systems integrator Redmouse delivered the AV installation. That momentum continues, with Redmouse now responsible for another bleeding-edge AV system built around security, scalability, and flexibility.

Sercan Atkas, director of integration, Redmouse, explains: “We have been involved in lots of government projects across Uzbekistan for many years. We had the chance to design a secure, stable AV infrastructure for the government, and the opportunity to design a system which can work with the other systems we have already designed and deployed.”

The brief focussed on security, redundancy, operational efficiency, and scalability with no single point of failure. “We took this concept to heart and developed a building that is connected to all the government infrastructure [in Tashkent], providing a zero-down-time technological environment for the president.”

This facility operates not just as a command-and-control centre for the Uzbekistani government, but as the president’s official residence. It therefore needed to deliver the level of quality, security, and stability expected of the office.

The White House is divided into two blocks: A Block houses the presidential living quarters, working spaces, a banquet hall and VIP offices, while B Block contains a more traditional office environment with a conference room and meeting rooms. Some of the spaces are classified as top secret at the highest level.

“Both blocks are securely interconnected,” says Atkas. “In those spaces, there are different types of meeting rooms, offices, lounges and specialised areas, as well as rooms for the president and vice president’s personal use. There are places for the general assembly to come to the White House, allowing all senators and ministers to attend meetings with the president. There are also additional presidential meeting spaces for the president to have virtual meetings with other world leaders.”

Central security 

At the centre of the installation is an Extron FOX3 fibre backbone chassis, providing encrypted, secure signal transmission throughout blocks, floors and mission critical spaces.

“The focus was first and foremost on security,” says Atkas, “which is why we used a fibre backbone with no electromagnetic interference. This gave us maximum bandwidth and zero signal loss, which were essential. Scalability was very important, as we always design our systems to be futureproofed when government needs expand. Redundancy was also vital for this project, as well as ease of use as it’s not only the president and high-level officials that use this technology in the White House.

“The FOX3 system acts as the building’s heart and the brain, handling all signal flow as well as every command and automation process. This is one of the few buildings in the world that uses Extron’s XTP/DTP, FOX systems, and controller systems for videowalls. The FOX system is a modular, scalable and redundant system at a military grade. Once

we set up the backbone, we used encoders/decoders, transmitters/ receivers and relevant control systems from Extron. The advantage of this is the military grade security, and FOX3 made our job very easy as it is redundant and reliable.”

Redmouse also employed redundant power supplies and modular input/output cards to enhance security and resilience, creating a robust backbone that protects against signal interception and ensures reliable performance in mission-critical, presidential environments where confidentiality and compliance are essential.

KNX integration also plays a key part in this project, providing lighting and HVAC control throughout the White House to maintain comfortable working conditions, especially during long interpretation sessions. For example, in the interpretation booths, preset modes allow for lighting and climate to be set specifically for ‘interpretation mode’ to reduce fatigue and enhance focus during long sessions. This also extends to meeting types, such as executive briefings, extended working sessions, or official delegation reception settings to tailor the conditions in spaces to the feel of each event.

Meet with confidence

The banquet hall, used for official briefings and presidential functions, accommodates 50-120 attendees and supports formal announcements, delegation meetings, and high-level communication. It had to meet stringent state protocol standards and provide advanced tools for delegate discussions and simultaneous interpretation.

At the centre of the room is a Samsung 98-in 8K display serving as the primary visual platform for formal presentations and policy briefings. The display operates through the FOX3 system to ensure secure, reliable performance during high-priority, confidential meetings.

The space uses a hybrid audio architecture optimised for speech clarity and structured communication. Tannoy VLS30 column loudspeakers provide focused speech reinforcement, while Bosch ceiling speakers deliver even coverage throughout.

A wired and wireless delegate system enables moderated discussions and four-language simultaneous interpretation for government and diplomatic sessions. This is delivered through a Bosch Dicentis conferencing system with microphones and touchscreen discussion units supplied by Redmouse.

“Bosch is the standard in Uzbekistan for interpretation and delegate systems,” explains Atkas.

The hall also features multiple retractable display screens and retractable, table-integrated speakers from Arthur Holm, providing discreet operation suited to formal events.

The space ties into the facility-wide broadcasting infrastructure, enabling multi-camera production, secure recording, and live streaming. Dante connectivity is also available for secure digital audio transportation when required.

Atkas says: “We are designing for the government, and we also had to supply systems for national TV. We needed to work with officials from the government and national TV to determine where the cameras will be placed and where the OB locations will be. We changed everything according to their input.”

A Block’s presentation room follows a similar principle to the banquet hall, offering a multi-purpose briefing and demonstration space that is designed to support high impact presentations, hybrid meetings, and multilingual sessions. As a result, visual technology and hybrid audio combine with discreet, retractable features to deliver a masterclass in multipurpose spaces.

At its heart is an Absen Clear Cobalt CL 0.9mm LED display used for presentations and briefings, designed both for close-range executive viewing and wider group sessions. Bosch ceiling speakers and Extron ceiling subwoofers provide ambient sound. Tannoy column loudspeakers are again used for focussed speech reinforcement. As in the banquet hall, a Dicentis wired and wireless delegate system allows for structured communication and dialogue, supported by a Shure and Sennheiser antenna distribution system consisting of Sennheiser table boundary microphones and SpeechLine receivers, as well as Shure lavalier and Microflex gooseneck microphones, Duraplex headset microphones, and a Shure antenna distribution system.

Avonic PTZ cameras feature  in both spaces, with Redmouse delivering an automatic camera tracking system that follows the active speaker during hybrid or recorded sessions.

d&b 16C and 24C column loudspeakers are installed behind architecturally coated panels, preserving the rooms’ formal aesthetic while keeping the technology unobtrusive.

VIP treatment 

The White House includes VIP lounges in A Block, designed to support discreet discussions between senior officials and small teams. Each lounge has its own layout and finish, with the larger rooms equipped with 8K displays, Dante-based audio, an Extron FOX3 backbone and KNX-controlled environmental systems to support rapid, high level meetings.

One standout example is VIP lounge 4, a more compact and intimate design compared to the larger VIP lounges. This space features an LG 65-in display, scaled for a more intimate setting such as small-group briefings, content sharing, or short executive updates. Audio is provided by discreet ceiling speakers, operating on a dedicated Dante network.

For additional peace of mind, redundant pathways are in use to align the lounge with the complex’s high security and reliability standards, with an Extron TouchLink Pro touchpanel for control of lighting and HVAC via KNX. All critical pathways follow an N+1 redundancy principle, with a backup forevery essential component to ensure reliability throughout the presidential complex.

System performance and device status are also proactively monitored through the complex’s management platform for effective maintenance and instant fault notifications in the event of device failure.

For a more traditional meeting experience, A Block’s meeting rooms 1 and 2 are high-level government spaces for official delegations, multilateral discussions, and ministerial working sessions, providing a more formal environment for secure deliberations.

Each room features an 85-in 8K display for clear viewing of policy documents, executive presentations, and high-resolution content during official meetings. Complementing this setup is a Unilumin X108 110-in COB interactive monitor, used for flexible presentation work during strategic reviews, delegation briefings, and annotated content sharing. LED displays throughout the complex are supported by Novastar LED processors.

Both rooms use Shure and Sennheiser antenna distribution systems, along with wired and wireless delegate microphones that support simultaneous interpretation in up to four languages.

Videoconferencing is supported in both spaces, with a camera tracking system for automatic speaker framing. Both rooms are also equipped with broadcast infrastructure, allowing content to be routed to and from the central control room, adjacent halls, or other areas throughout the complex when required for official communication.

“For videoconferencing systems, we used a software-based codec for security purposes,” explains Atkas. “We provided the PTZ cameras, touchpanels and controllers, as well as microphones - mostly from Sennheiser – integrated into the furniture. We brought the hardware together to create a software-based videoconferencing system.”

Conferencing masterclass 

Finally, we arrive at B Block’s conference hall, a state-level assembly venue used for high-profile government sessions, official briefings, and formal committee meetings.

At the centre is a dual MIP LED display setup, comprising a Unilumin 8.5m x 1.5m, 1.5mm pixel-pitch main display used for plenary presentations and formal sessions. A secondary LED wall measuring 3.5m x 2m supports supplementary content, data visualisation, comparative review, and speaker support.

This dual screen configuration improves the flow of sessions by enabling simultaneous display of key visuals, strategic data, and remote participation feeds, bringing the full context required for informed evaluation and decision making.

A Shure and Sennheiser wired and wireless delegate system is supported by an antenna distribution system and lavalier, handheld, and head-worn microphones which enable moderated discussions with integrated simultaneous interpretation system for multilingual sessions.

A hybrid audio configuration using d&b loudspeakers and Extron subwoofers provides balanced coverage throughout, ensuring clear speech for official events as well as strong performance for multimedia or event-based use.

A camera tracking system using Avonics cameras provides automatic framing of active speakers for hybrid and recorded sessions.

Broadcast capabilities are supported in the room, allowing for secure distribution of proceedings to authorised zones and control rooms within the complex.

As with other spaces, system control is handled through Extron touchpanels integrated with KNX for AV, lighting, and HVAC management. Dante wall plates, Yamaha sound mixers and LG preview monitors support flexible operation, alongside camera controllers, operator audio monitoring, and broadcast/fibre patching for complete technical oversight of the conference hall.

Redmouse spent 10 months working on this project, delivering the facility in September 2025. During this time, the integrator had to work around stringent security procedures while the installation was ongoing, facing difficulties while programming, testing and commissioning the system due to heightened security protocols.

Atkas explains: “The biggest challenge was that the president and the higher-level officials decided to use this space while we were still working on the project. This brought challenges with access to the building, and the systems were going down for security purposes when the building was being used. In terms of commissioning and programming, we had to restartn and re-test, and the handover date did not change.

“We designed and installed wireless microphone and delegate systems, but when the building was in use, high-ranking officials from Uzbekistan and other nations brought jammers, so wireless communications were knocked out. This was difficult to explain to the users in the room, but we overcame these challenges and handed the project over on time.”

For ultimate control of these spaces, Redmouse also delivered multiple AV rooms across both complexes, forming a distributed AV control centre structure designed to ensure uninterrupted operational management of all AV, conferencing and automation systems within A Block and B Block. In B Block, two nearidentical rooms feature a standardised technological offering for control, streamlined workflows, and seamless operator transitions between control points.

Both rooms are primarily dedicated to operations with B Block but have the capability to communicate and interoperate with other AV control rooms across the complex through a permission-based cross block access system, maximising security and interoperability.

This secure architecture allows any control room to assume remote management of any zone when authorised, bringing operational resilience and flexibility to mission critical spaces throughout the complex.

AV room 1 serves as the primary control room for meeting rooms 1, 2, and 3 in B Block, bringing full operational management of all AV and conferencing functions for smooth operation during executive meetings, coordination sessions, and communication activities. Operators can configure, monitor, and manage multiple functions such as live sessions, audio routing, camera feeds, meeting modes, and environmental settings for spaces assigned with authorisation.

AV room 2 is equipped as the main control room for the third floor conference hall, providing a centralised command point for management of large scale events, internal sessions, and formal gatherings in the hall.

Each control room is outfitted with camera controllers, 24-in and 27-in operator monitors, a 55-in supervisory monitor, sound mixer, operator speakers, monitoring headphones, and touchpanels (15-in and 17-in) for system control.

Both rooms also feature broadcast and fibre patch infrastructure for integration, routing, and patching as and when required. Both AV rooms can communicate and interoperate with other AV control rooms across the complex.

Today, Redmouse provides a service agreement for the White House, with two engineers permanently on site to provide technical support when needed. “This is one of the most important buildings for us as a company now. We have an additional, high-level SLA agreement with the government, including a product-swap provision. We keep stock in Uzbekistan for critical equipment, and we have the obligation to swap any malfunctioning equipment. Until now, we have had no issues,” says Atkas.

“I was proud to be a part of a modern government facility that will be a benchmark building. This ecosystem can be taken as an example in the future for other government buildings around the world, and perhaps for other AV companies.”