Abstract

Structural systems are a source of architectural creativity throughout history. They are also a motive for the development of materials, construction methods, and digital processors, which provided the possibilities for designers to create distinctive architectural products. The present study tackles the influence of the technology of shell and active construction systems on contemporary architectural production in general and airport buildings in particular in terms of performance and achieving sustainability.

The Significance of the Present Study

It is due to the need to shed light on the methods of shell and active construction, identify its features and the stages of its development in light of the different architectural currents, and to test the efficiency of its functional, formal, environmental, and economic performance, with the aim of adapting this experience so that its advantages can be taken and applied in developing performance of the facilities in Iraq so that they achieve the standards of functional and formal performance and environmental sustainability and become more capable of responding to all developments and changes.

The Objectives

The present study aims to clarify the concepts related to the two types of structural systems, and how to achieve performance integration, analyze the relationship between these systems and architectural production, and build a theoretical framework that combines the main and sub-paragraphs and apply them to a number of projects represented in sustainable global airport buildings that are distinguished in the field of structural systems technology within its temporal and spatial context.

The Results; The shell and active structures in airport buildings achieved their goal, which is integrated performance by achieving functional, environmental, structural, economic and expressive performance alike at high rates. By achieving this percentage, it can be considered that it achieves the principle of sustainability through its integration with other design systems in airport buildings.

Keywords: Shell facilities, suspended facilities, integrated performance, sustainable airports, integrated airports