The nature of the architectural surfaces and the structural relationships to build stability and formal balance

Abstract EN

The architectural surface represents one of the main pillars of formal configuration that work with each other to give the building an external appearance and its formal properties.

In general, the most important challenge facing the architect is the analysis of the structural relationships under which the formal configuration and formulas for generating its patterns within the different architectural trends to be used in understanding the formal structure and how to generate multiple patterns and configurations and their effect on structural stability and equilibrium.

This research paper represented a step in the way of analyzing and establishing an information base for architectural works that dealt with surfaces according to structural relationships with multiple linking and modulating mechanisms, then applying this to selected models of distinguished architectural works throughout the history of architecture.

The research approach adopted building a comprehensive theoretical framework on the form, architectural surfaces, and structural relations by presenting previous studies, then building a knowledge framework that includes the definition, classification, and determination of the properties of surfaces, and an applied study analytically descriptively to discover the detailed mechanisms of form surfaces in the Modernity and Deconstruction architecture and their effect on structural stability and equilibrium.