Contemporary challenges of sustainable development—including global warming, increasing urban density, and limited natural resources—demand fundamentally new approaches to residential design. Sustainable housing must not only be energy-efficient but also capable of adapting to rapidly changing climatic and microclimatic conditions. The city of Almatyexemplifies a complex microclimatic environment. Its foothill geography, significant elevation variations, high solar exposure, and seasonally active wind patterns create unique climate conditions that vary across neighborhoods. In such a context, traditional architectural approaches based solely on formal typologies or standard planning models are no longer sufficient. There is an urgent need for the integration of smart technologies—systems capable of collecting, analyzing, and interpreting environmental data in real-time and adjusting building parameters (heating, ventilation, shading, lighting) accordingly. This study focuses on analyzing the potential of such a synthesis: combining passive architectural strategies—including building orientation, spatial configuration, density, and landscaping—with intelligent digital technologies that enable dynamic microclimatic management.
THE POTENTIAL OF SMART TECHNOLOGIES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUSTAINABLE BIOCLIMATIC HOUSING
Saya Sakenova, Dina Amandykova (Almaty, Kazakhstan) | Завантажити статтю