Methods of strengthening the scientific component of the educational process in the training of architects at the Satbayev University

Abstract

The article is devoted to the peculiarities of architectural education of the 21st century in Kazakhstan. A number of proposals are being made to reform the system of training architectural personnel in the higher school of the republic, including strengthening the scientific component of the educational process. The article highlights the experience of teaching undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students at Satbayev University by preparing their coursework for the disciplines «Principles of Sustainable Architecture», «Energy Efficiency in urban planning», «Urban Planning analysis», «Social Foundations of Architecture». The purpose of these works is to acquire practical research skills for students based on a comprehensive assessment of individual sections of the built environment of Almaty. The methodology of student research carried out under the guidance of the author of this paper is based on an expert assessment of the territory through its in-situ survey, analysis of design materials and statistical data, as well as on a social assessment of the territory based on the results of a sociological survey of residents of the site selected as the object of analysis. A comprehensive qualitative and quantitative assessment of the selected sites according to the criteria of the quality of the living environment of the population also allows us to formulate specific recommendations for designers who carry out a pre-project analysis of the city territory in the process of preparing draft master plans and detailed planning projects.