PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to analyze the social and functional features of micro-apartment and, based on the findings, to demonstrate the projects of modern micro-apartment designed for one or two people, which are implemented in the experimental design.Design/methodology/approachBased on the analysis of the study of theoretical scientific works on the research topic and from the standpoint of an interdisciplinary discourse the social and economic prerequisites for the demand for such a dwelling are determined and the categories of citizens for whom a micro-apartment is an advantage are identified. Particular attention is paid to the typological boundaries of the study, the generalization and synthesis of sources which is reflected in identifying the features of the functional zoning of a micro-apartment in connection with the needs of residents and determining modern ways to improve the comfort of living.FindingsAt the examples of experimental design of micro-apartment for the city of Almaty we substantiated the expanding the existing typology of residential buildings by adding a new type of urban dwelling – a micro-apartment which occupies a niche between apartment housing for permanent residence and traditional hotels.Originality/valueThe content of the study is devoted to the analysis of a micro-apartment as a new type of modern urban dwelling for a single and small-family population. Urban residents’ interest in economical, affordable small-area dwellings as well as the need to study and design micro format dwellings for the modern urban environment is a topical issue.
Introduction: The article carried out work on the study of the formation of the comfort of living in the Almaty city, the Republic of Kazakhstan. Materials and Methods: Analysis of the natural, historical and architectural and planning prerequisites for the emergence and development of the concepts of "living environment", "urban environment", "image of the city" as a space for meeting the needs of residents – economic and household, consumer, educational, cultural, etc. Results and Discussion: The work is based on publications of authoritative sources, and reflects the directions of the authors' research in the framework of scientific research and pedagogical work in the field of design of the architectural environment. Conclusions: The work is based on the following basic elements: urban housing is part of a large system of the urban environment of the city with varying degrees of interconnections; the design of the architectural environment is a specialty that takes into account the formation of the subject-spatial environment, as well as the issues of its qualitative functioning in accordance with the needs of the individual and society as a whole; regardless of the initial qualities, the architecture, the subject-spatial environment of the dwelling and the city acquire the features of regionality as it functions; regional style is a materialized subject-spatial object created on the basis of a cultivated aesthetic image and way of being in a given area.
Introduction: The content of the research is devoted to identifying the architectural images and identity symbols of modern cities of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The relevance is the need to find new ways to create a regional architecture based on a set of principles of traditional art of building, modern innovations, capable of being not only unique in terms of the materials and structures used, but also being a part of the culture of Kazakhstan, part of the national, local self-identification. Materials and Methods: Aim of the study is a search for images and symbols of the city’s identity in Kazakhstan, as promising areas of the study and subsequent in the development of region. The basis of this research is made up of the theoretical works and a sociological survey and the features of the current city’s environment in Kazakhstan, images and architectural symbols of settlements, symbols of the country, were determined. Results and Discussion: The idea is substantiated that the search for representative images of buildings and structures play an important role, being a kind of “icons” of self-identification of citizens. Particular emphasis in the study was given to architectural images and identity symbols of the largest cities of Kazakhstan (Almaty and Nur-Sultan (formerly Astana)), identified through a sociological survey. Conclusions: The results of the research can be considered a prospect for more research of the architecture of the region. It should be noted that the hypothesis is confirmed, directions for further study have been outlined.
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