Renovation at All Costs in Almaty

Осы мақаланың қазақша нұсқасын оқыңыз. Читайте этот материал на русском. “This is for your own future” read the banners in the streets of Almaty.Nearby, a person squeezes between a fence and a parked car, a parent turns a stroller around in front of a dismantled sidewalk, and a construction worker cuts into a curb in a cloud of dust.The gap between the goals of urban renovation in Kazakhstan’s largest city and the means of its completion deserves a serious conversation.Almaty residents need a high-quality environment.The principle of reconstruction “from facade to facade” makes it easier to treat the street as a unified public space and shift from fragmented repairs and makes the space accessible for all groups of users.But the philosophy of the integrated approach and its focus on comfort must also extend to the timing of reconstruction.The street cannot simply be taken out of use for several months “for the sake of the future.”