Condicionantes da utilização de estrutura de aço na concepção arquitetônica

Abstract

The study aims to identify the main conditions that interfere in the development of architectural projects that use steel as a constructive system, as well as the main concepts of the system within the projects. The industrialization of materials makes the constructions obtain gains in time, general cost, quality, rationality, but in the face of so many advantages, the system still loses place for reinforced concrete, since the specifiers professionals (in most cases, architects) do not have enough mastery for projects that use steel. Thus, throughout the development of the work, the main specificities that metallic systems require in the project, through a bibliographic research and with the obtaining of field data on the possible difficulties experienced by the architects. In order to do so, we resorted to a research with a qualitative approach with an exploratory objective, where it was possible to conclude the need for professionals to master the main concepts of metallic systems, such as their properties, types of steel, project details, regulation of the design that must follow a modulation, since the pieces follow a standardization, among other steel constraints. In addition to these, it is confirmed that architects have difficulties with the domain of the system, having greater technical confidence in the concepts of reinforced concrete, and difficulties are also pointed out regarding the cost of the material and the need for qualified labor.