Urban residents and especially children have limited contact with nature and are not sufficiently informed about the main problems of its protection and preservation. One of the aspects of increasing the environmental awareness of urban children is to familiarize them with the specifics of agricultural production. A significant problem in organizing agricultural-themed children’s gaming complexes is the creation of an appropriate infrastructure for exhibiting natural and agricultural processes and servicing visitors. One of the possible solutions to this problem is the use of used sea containers for facilities of educational and gaming infrastructure. An important characteristic of such containers is the ability to use them both individually and in various quantitative and combinatorial ways, forming the buildings necessary for exhibiting and servicing. The use of combined container groups makes it possible to organize appropriate temporary or permanent educational and gaming complexes in free territories within cities or suburbs, bringing them as close to consumers as possible. The children’s educational and game complex with agricultural themes is a set of organizationally and spatially interconnected buildings and structures that ensure the display of agricultural production processes based on the active participation of visitors.

This research is dedicated to the semiotic analysis of the meanings embedded in the architecture of residential buildings, viewed as sign systems within the urban space. The aim is to identify the role of ornamentation on the facades of residential buildings in Almaty's microdistricts in constructing identity (cultural, local, collective) and shaping urban memory through semiotic analysis. The work deepens the understanding of architectural semiotics using a regional example (the city of Almaty) and argues for the preservation of these developments as carriers of identity and memory, which constitutes its scientific and practical significance. The methodology is based on a semiotic approach, involving the analysis of ornamental elements as signs (iconic, indexical, symbolic) within a cultural-historical context, based on visual examples. Characteristic types of ornamentation from the 1960s-80s in Almaty have been identified. The analysis revealed multi-layered meanings associated with the era and culture. Ornamentation plays a key role in constructing identity and maintaining the urban memory of microdistrict residents. The value lies in applying semiotics to the architecture of Almaty, demonstrating the role of decor in typical developments as a carrier of meanings and codes from the Soviet period. The practical results justify the preservation of ornamentation as an element of heritage and identity, useful for urban planners and architects.

Urban digitalization requires not only geometric and functional modeling, but also a systematic interpretation of the symbolic and perceptual meanings embedded in public space. This review article examines how digital technologies can support the semiotic modeling of Almaty's public spaces and proposes an integrated analytical framework for research and design. The study combines a review of national and international publications with a case-based analysis of key public spaces in Almaty using GIS and BIM materials, field observations, photo documentation, and comparative semiotic coding of architectural and digital elements. A symbolic-semantic consistency coefficient k is introduced as a comparative indicator for assessing the alignment between the spatial image, local cultural codes, and digital interventions; the coefficient is used for relative comparison of cases rather than as an absolute metric. The results identify typical gaps in current practice, including fragmented data, weak coordination between design stages, and insufficient interpretation of local identity, and demonstrate how GIS/BIM models, digital twins, and immersive visualization tools can be integrated into a unified semiotic analysis workflow. The proposed approach can improve design decisions, preserve place identity, and support the sustainable development and management of public spaces in Almaty.

The relevance of this study is determined by the need to develop agroecotourism as an interdisciplinary field that integrates agricultural production, recreation, environmental education, and the architectural and planning organization of rural territories. Existing studies usually consider agritourism through the range of services provided, forms of visitor participation, or economic development mechanisms, while the territorial and functional structure of agroecotourism complexes remains insufficiently systematized. The purpose of this article is to develop and theoretically substantiate a typological model for the territorial and functional organization of agroecotourism complexes suitable for scientific analysis and pre-design application. The study is based on literature analysis, structural and functional analysis, typological modelling, and matrix comparison of classification criteria. As a result, three groups of territorial-functional models according to the degree of connection with a basic agricultural enterprise, three types of production orientation, five models of spatial arrangement of functional complexes, and three variants of internal spatial structure were identified. Their combination forms 135 possible organizational variants. The practical significance of the results lies in the possibility of using the proposed typology for pre-design analysis, functional zoning, preparation of design briefs, and selection of phased development scenarios for agroecotourism complexes.

In the context of worsening environmental problems, modern architecture is turning to the search for new models of interaction with nature. Ecological agroarchitecture, combining sustainable design, agrotechnology and the philosophy of nature-oriented thinking, is becoming one of the relevant areas. The purpose of this study is to consider the architectural space of the agroecological type as a semiotic system capable of translating the values of sustainability, memory and cultural identity. The work focuses on objects where the principles of bioesthetics, environmental ethics and symbolic expression intersect, such as energy – intensive buildings, memorial complexes and biomorphic pavilions. The methodology is based on an interdisciplinary approach combining architectural semiotics, environmental design and cultural and philosophical analysis. The results show that architectural forms of agroarchitecture have symbolic potential: they visualize natural processes and convey the ideas of cyclicity, rebirth and belonging. The research contributes to the development of the concept of architectural space as a meaningful system and can be applied in the design of objects integrated into the ecological and cultural context.