Project trip to Baku

On November 12-17, 2023 Doctor of Architecture, Professor Gulnar Abdirasilova and Candidate of Architecture Leyla Rakhimjanova visited the capital of Azerbaijan — the city of Baku, within the grant project «Regional identity as a factor of sustainable development of architecture of independent Kazakhstan in the context of globalization».

Our architects held consultations with well-known scientists in the field of Turkic studies — Doctor of Architecture Siyavush Dadash, Doctor of Art History Ertegin Salamzade; met with teachers and students of the Azerbaijan Architecture and Construction University (AzASU) and visited the Institute of Architecture and Art History of the Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan, where they familiarized themselves with the latest literature on the topic of research.

In addition to solving specific tasks, our scientists carried out work on dissemination of information about the project and propaganda of achievements of Kazakhstani science. At the meeting held at the Italian-Azerbaijani Design Center at AzASU, Leyla Rakhimjanova made a presentation on «Alma — the symbol of Turan». During the meeting with the rector of AzASU Gulchohra Mammadova, Prof. G. Abdrasilova donated monographs, textbooks written by her, as well as books on the architecture of Kazakhstan to the library of the university.

Meetings of our scientists with the vice-rector on foreign relations Nargiz Abdullaeva, vice-rector on science and innovations Nigar Aslanova brought fruitful results. There was an exchange of views on the prospects of scientific and methodological cooperation with teachers