Almaty architecture and identity issues

Abstract

Urban environment is a vector of development of modern society in general. Man is increasingly getting out of the natural world into the world of his own creations, and environment is the main factor of his formation in all respects. The identification of both the individual and the people is built largely from its initial position. In this case, the architectural appearance of the city of Almaty has played a great role in the transcoding of the Kazakh nation consciousness. While the city history today makes up a millennium, the history of its architecture is counted from the second half of the twentieth century. For one and half a century Almaty has been absorbing all the signs of the times, and fully reflected the situation of «great leaps» in space and time, and the ambitions of the country’s leadership, reflected the advantages and shortcomings of its construction. The article examines the architectural image of the city in different periods of its history, the problem of tradition in architecture, and overlooks the general vector of urban environmental changes affecting the emotional and intellectual state of a person.