Constructive truth and creativity in contemporary Iraqi architecture

Abstract

Truth and purity are an important concept in modern architectural design, as it is considered one of the significant concepts in architectural discourse. In many literatures, the significance of creative meanings can be added by the structure to the general formation through honesty and truth that resulted from the use of construction in an expressive way to achieve visual tracking of the correct paths of force transmission in the components of the construction formation, and deepen the aesthetic meanings that can be added by the construction. Thus, linking the character of creative construction truth to the constructive integrity The research problem lies in the lack of knowledge in studying the aspects of constructive truth and its range of effect on the architectural creativity sides in general and for the local architecture in particular, therefore, the research aims at clarifying the relationship between the concept of structural truth in all its intellectual and formal dimensions which affect the achieving of the construction creativity and thus the creativity of the apparent architectural production. It also discusses the creativity in architectural productions through studying the creativity sides that can be reached through the constructive truth vocabulary and items in the contemporary Iraqi architecture applications. Also and identifying the possibilities of interdependence between structural truth and structural creativity. The other aim is to analyse constructional applications that integrated with the design of the building in order to establish the fundamentals of creative architectural decision-making. In its methodology, the research methodology depends on comparison analysis style through the creating of a theoretical framework that starts from the mentioned above knowledge rule and applying it to a group of local examples to get some indicators that explain the role of structural honesty in the local architectural results.