The establishment of the first design institution laid the foundation for the formation of professional design and construction practices in Kyrgyzstan. Later, this organization evolved into a multidisciplinary design institute with a large volume of design and engineering developments, which served as the basis for the subsequent opening of a number of specialized institutes.
With the organization of the design institute, the first professional architects came to Kyrgyz architecture.
The term architect, translated from ancient Greek, means chief builder; in its original sense, it refers to a person who combines the functions of project creator, construction organizer, and executor. The ultimate goal of their creativity is to organize artificial spaces for humans according to the laws of beauty, in accordance with the ideals of the contemporary society.
The creation of an architectural work is preceded by a project form of graphic presentation of the author's volumetric-spatial, artistic, and technical concepts regarding the problem being addressed. The work on this document is unique: it ranges from the accumulation of diverse sociological, scientific, technical, and artistic information to the conception, from the initial idea to a scientifically and technically justified project, from public recognition of the concept to construction.
The value of an architectural work created as a result of such activity is determined by the creative originality of the author's personality and their deep understanding of the social engineering and artistic problems of society.
Over the millennia since the emergence of the architectural profession, due to the development of specialization and division of labor in society, many functions of the architect have branched off, and their sphere of activity has narrowed to purely architectural tasks. Nevertheless, in connection with the increasing complexity of societal functions and the growing dynamism of its relationships, the role of the architect in the modern world is extremely complex.
In our country, the work of an architect takes place under the specific conditions of a planned economy, where they must solve a number of tasks in district planning projects related to the resettlement of large groups of the population; engage in the formation of an artistically and socially mature production and living environment at the level of urban planning projects; and seek new types of residential, public, and industrial buildings in the context of mass construction and socialist organization of society.
A key feature of the modern Soviet architect is high professionalism. The educational level, competence, and developed scientific and artistic thinking allow them to address the tasks set by our state in the field of construction programs based on high industrialization and the achievements of modern science and technology. Another manifestation of professionalism is the ability to accumulate and generalize people's ideals about the optimal organization of life under socialism and, based on these ideals, create new types of buildings and their complexes, improving the architecture of the environment.
Undoubtedly, the arrival of professional architects in Kyrgyz architecture marked the beginning of a qualitatively new stage in the development of architecture in the republic.
