Environmental Architecture: the Role of Sustainable Structure Comparing the Futuristic Purposes in some Case Studies

At the beginning of the 21st century the irregular consumption and consequently impendent discharge of nonrenewable energy and material resources has become base of many discussions among architects and urban planners and sustainable architecture has become the focus of many architectural debates in the last two decades. Construction industry is one of the major consumers of nonrenewable resources and to approach sustainability, it is important to postpone the end of life of buildings in planning and design processes. In this regard the structures of buildings play a significant role and the term of sustainable structure is therefore introduced.This paper is going to explain the term of sustainable structure in environmental architecture of some case studies. Then it explores strategies toward obtaining sustainable structures in architecture. This article which is derived from an interpretive-historical research has a systematic methodology and the analysis is implemented in a deskwork process. The cases are illustrated and the construction strategies in the fields of Efficacy , maintenance and end of life issues are considered. The considerations are concentrated on the structural members and materials in those buildings. Finally the paper is going to propose outlines in design of structures for futuristic buildings.

Keywords:

environmental architecture , sustainable structure , efficiency , maintenance , end of life