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NATIONAL IDENTITY AND ARCHITECTURE OF NUR-SULTAN
Corresponding Author(s) : Assiya Saidovna Galimzhanova
Humanities & Social Sciences Reviews,
Vol. 7 No. 5 (2019): September
Abstract
Purpose of the study: To discuss the architectural appearance of the new capital of Kazakhstan, Nur-Sultan, to present a close study of the architecture of Kazakhstan in the view of national identity concept, provide a deep analysis of the main tendencies in the architecture construction as well as the general mainstream in the architecture complex of Nur-Sultan city.
Methodology: The survey is based on traditional methods suitable for the research of architecture and some composite methods that are on the crossroads of architecture and other sciences, like semantics, etymology, ethnography, history, etc. Such methods have been applied as the analysis of structural and tectonic systems as the relationship of function and form, analysis of proportions, comparison method, and etymological methods.
Main Findings: The article concentrates on the various facets of national manifestations in the architecture of their-Sultan city, rose the problems of artistic interpretations of the national codes of consciousness in the architecture of individual masters.The semantic content in the form of national features of figurative expression is comprehended mainly only through additional explanations of the authors’ projects.
Applications of this study: The study may be used by architects and everyone interested in the questions of national identity within the field of architecture, especially its representation in Nur-Sultan (previously called Astana) city. The urgency of the problem is connected with the entire historical context of the region's development, therefore, new aesthetics must incorporate timeless spiritual values and rely on traditional cultural codes.
Novelty/Originality of this study: Such a kind of study was firstly conducted with application to the Nur-Sultan city with the declared point of view and methods of considering the architecture of the urban environment of Nur-Sultan as a representation of the national identity concept.
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Blinova, M.Yu. (2014). To the formation of socio-cultural identity and architecture of the modern city. The author's abstract of doctoral dissertation..
Campbell, S. 2013. The identity and role of capital cities in the global era. Logos, 4 (94), 57–108.
Daniels, S. (1993). Fields of vision: landscape imagery and national identity in England and the United States. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Delanty, G. & P.R. Jones (2002). European Identity and Architecture. European Journal of Social Theory, 5(4), 453–466. https://doi.org/10.1177/136843102760514009 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/136843102760514009
Dovey, K. (2015). Becoming Places: Urbanism/Architecture/Identity/Power. Abingdon: Routledge.
Ilyin, V.I. (2015). History as a social resource in hinterland development. Journal of Sociology and Social Anthropology, 2(78), 146–162.
Herrle, P. & E. Wegerhoff (2008). Architecture and Identity. Münster: LIT Verlag.
King, A.D. (2004). Spaces of Global Cultures. Architecture Urbanism Identity. New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203483121 DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203483121
Kisamedin, G. (2009). Concert Hall “Kazakhstan†for 3,500 seats in Astana. Italian architects: ManfrediNicoletti - father, Lukas Nicolleti - son. gisap.eu/en/node/53507. Accessed 11 June 2019.
Lukyanov, O.V. (2008). The problem of identity formation in the era of social change. Tomsk: Publishing house of Tomsk University.
Moravanszky, Ã. (1998). Competing visions: aesthetic invention and social imagination in Central European architecture, 1867-1918. London: MIT Press.
Muravyova, O.I., Litvina, S.A. & S.A. Bogomaz(2015). Environmental identity: the concept content. Siberian Psychological Journal, 58, 138–148. https://doi.org/10.17223/17267080/58/10 DOI: https://doi.org/10.17223/17267080/58/10
Puchkov, M.V. (2011). Interface model of architecture. Academic Bulletin UralNIIproekt RAASN, 2, 32–28.
Puchkov, M.V. (2013). Globalization and identity in the architecture of modern cities. Proceedings of the Ural Federal University. Series 1: Problems of education, science and culture, 3 (116), 140–147. elar.urfu.ru/bitstream/10995/21683/1/iurp-2013-116-21.pdf. Accessed 11 June 2019.
Raevsky, A.A. & T.A. Serebrennikova(2017). Typology of information space in the context of a modern urban environment. Fundamental Research, 4-1, 64-69. http://fundamental-research.ru/ru/article/view?id=41436. Accessed 11 June 2019.
Sklair, L. (2006). Iconic architecture and capitalist globalization.City, 10(1), 21-47. https://doi.org/10.1080/13604810600594613 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13604810600594613
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Truspekova, Kh.H. (2016). Almaty architecture and identity issues. Central Asian Journal of Art Studies, 3, 37-47.
Truspekova, Kh.H. (2017). Cultural policy and development of the architecture of Astana. In: Synthesis of Arts in the Fine Arts of Kazakhstan(pp. 107–123). Almaty.
Yanichev, P.I. (2016). The psychology of reflection and experience of time: actual problems. lib.herzen.spb.ru›text/yanichev_9_42_7_20.pdf. Accessed 11 June 2019.
Vale, L. (2008). Architecture, Power and National Identity, 2nd Edition. Abingdon: Routledge.