Renovation and modernization issues of residential development in Kazakhstan

Abstract

Mass urban development in Kazakhstan has been the subject of discussions and scientific research for many years. Unsatisfactory housing conditions, unhealthy urban environment require specific proposals for housing renovation. This study reveals the specifics of mass housing in Kazakhstan and determines the feasibility of residential buildings’ renovation. Despite the fact that specialists from the economic, social and architectural fields of sciences have studied the topic, there is still ambiguity in solving the following issues: renovation strategy in the country; the possibility of residential buildings' renovation; types of residential buildings to be renovated. As a result of a comparative analysis of design materials, literary sources and statistical data, the authors determined the classification of multi-apartment residential buildings of mass series in the Republic of Kazakhstan. This classification combines the chronological order of construction, the type of structural scheme of buildings and the name of the series of residential buildings. The systematization of statistical data of the housing stock by various parameters made it possible to identify, with a small error, the proportion of multi-apartment housing subject to renovation. In addition, this work generally reveals the problem of renovation in the country related to the structure of the housing stock, the peculiarity of housing and communal services and the process of architectural and urban planning design.