Elements of architectural formation as a vital demand in environmental design

Abstract

Formation is the important elements in architectural design, it link between architectural design, cultural, social,historical and heritage aspects influencing the design. As heritage does not only mean the past, but it has a cultural extension that relate with the contemporaries age, and dealing with the physical environment.The world has witnessed at present in the issues of sustainable development and environmental design, attention to the local environment and the elements of architectural formation in buildings.The problem of the study is the need to create new formation elements concerning with the natural , cultural aspects in environmental design and compatible with modern thought therefore it focus on an architectural thought from the early stages of design by identifying its elements, and developing strategies to achieve an environmental design as modern trends in architecture.The study importance is to enrich the architectural elements form and create new elements in the architectural facades dissemination to the cultural identity and heritage with a new thought is Research.it aims to develop and innovative alternatives to design architectural elements harmony with the urban environment, and confirmation the architectural identity and cultural heritage to enrichment architectural elements in environmental design.The study results presented in combinate the cultural heritage and the modern technological aspect to create beautiful architectural formations, achieve a distinctive environmental design, and appropriate environmental requirements is the most important factors integrated with architectural formation in the modern era. it recommended to design architectural formations with environmental aspects to achieve a distinctive environmental design.

Keywords

• elements of architectural formation; environmental design; technology; form