The role of modern building technology in the creation of metal structures

Abstract

Technology is one of the most important means that enabled man to create and innovate in various fields, and architecture is considered one of the most prominent human products affected by technology, especially its type related to the field of building. As there is a historical relationship between developments in building technology and architecture, represented by its material production and structures, which are the essence of architecture and the material medium that reflects creativity in it. Modern building technology has affected the creativity values of the structures, especially the metallic ones, because of the many advantages that metals have, and accordingly it became necessary to study this mutually influencing relationship between modern building technology and creativity in the metallic structures and with all the great developments and transformations it has endured in structural technology. And its reflections, on the other hand, on the formative and plastic reality that characterized contemporary architecture                                                                                                                                                        After analyzing many related studies, the research problem, represented by the absence of an in-depth view of the role of modern building technology in achieving the factors of creativity in the metallic structures and in both the contemporary design and implementation effectiveness, as the focus was often on one of the two sides of the relationship; Either the building technology, or the factors of creativity in the structures, especially in the studies concerned with the subject of contemporary architecture. Accordingly, the objective of the study was set, represented by identifying the capabilities of modern building technology in showing creativity in the form and content of metallic structures, and to deal with the problem of the study and achieve its objective. , which has the potential to show creativity in the form and content of metallic structures, at the design and implementation levels  The theoretical framework of the research included four main axes; The first axis dealt with the concepts and definitions of modern building technology and metallic structures. The second axis clarified the concept of creativity and its projections in metallic structures. As for the third axis, it dealt with how creativity is embodied in metallic structures through the three elements of technology. Firstly, it is represented by the characteristics of digital technology, which is one of the most important and widespread types of modern building technology, secondly in the light of the general sustainable components of technology, and thirdly by the characteristics of modern metallic building materials. As for the fourth and final axis, it represents the extraction of the theoretical framework for the research in the light of a table that can be applied practically to some global examples in order to explore the creative feature played by modern structural technology in the metallic structures of contemporary architecture. The research concluded with the conclusions of the study and its most important recommendations.