Specifics of the long-term study of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi’s tomb complex in Turkestan
Aidar Y. Nurkusheva L. Sadvokasova G. Kuspangaliyev B. Samoilov K.
January 2025Research and Development Academy
Heritage and Sustainable Development
2025#7Issue 119 - 36 pp.
Ensuring the process of sustainable development includes special attention to cultural heritage. Effective social strategies are being built on the basis of the use of cultural heritage. Historical buildings are, in fact, the physical preservation of the memory of the development of society in all its diversity. Of particular interest are the “historical scars”, which record phenomena such as a change in the design concept during construction; destruction, restoration, and addition of individual elements; a change and return of the original function; a change in the interpretation of the appearance; reconstruction and renovation. A peculiar illustration of this process is the history of the tomb complex of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi in Turkestan. During the development of the complex, the original idea was adjusted. The complex became more complicated, completed, and rebuilt. A special place is occupied by the innovative approach applied during the reconstruction at the end of the 14th century. The grandiose plan of Emir Timur has not been fully realized. The construction resumed at the end of the 16th century but did not lead to the completion of the complex. The unfinished building, which has a huge historical and cultural potential, can now be completed. This will illustrate the continuity of the cultural process as part of sustainable development.
Cultural heritage , Medieval architecture of Central Asia , Regional spiritual unity , Restoration , Sustainable development , Tomb complex
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Research and Design branch of the Republican State Enterprise “Kazrestavratsiya”, Kazakhstan
Design Faculty, International Educational Corporation, Kazakhstan
Architecture Faculty, International Educational Corporation, Kazakhstan
T. K. Basenov Institute of Architecture and Construction, Satbayev University, Kazakhstan
Research and Design branch of the Republican State Enterprise “Kazrestavratsiya”
Design Faculty
Architecture Faculty
T. K. Basenov Institute of Architecture and Construction
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