The impact of nanomaterials on sustainable architectural applications smart concrete as a model

Abstract

Nanotechnology is one of the most important modern practical trends that keep pace with the technical development in various field of life, including the field of architecture, and the applications have helped in the units of qualitative breakthroughs that are effective on architectural designs at multiple and different levels after transforming the traditional view of building materials into a style an advanced application that carries technological dimensions that have changed the properties of materials and contributed to their improvement while minimizing its negative effects on humans and the environment alike, this resulted in economic buildings with new aesthetic configurations that take into account the times and their requirements and save energy, with a longer lifespan and higher functional efficiency, in other word, sustainable. This paper discusses the use of nanomaterials in sustainable architectural applications by focusing on concrete which , despite its structural efficiency , has been subjected to a lot of criticism from the owners of an environmental orientation that respects and emulates nature, nanotechnology has contributed to improving this material, so it has modified it from an unacceptable material to many specialists to a sustainable material dealing with specific architectural features of the building and contributes to its enrichment, such as aspects of energy, environment, insulation, expression, complementarity, compatibility and others. types of smart concrete were dealt with by addressing their characteristics and areas of application by analyzing realistic architectural models and showing the advantages of using this important material in them.