ABSTRACT
The choice of building materials is the complement to the architectural design process, because the language of the material is part of the architectural form and their integration together achieves the desired and required integration in the design process, design capabilities and experience help in the construction process serve the form in the first place and then influence the idea and architectural content in the second place. Materials represent one of the elements of construction technology, which witnessed a remarkable development in the twentieth century, where new materials were used in construction and the development of their use, and the building materials have a clear impact on the level of cognitive balance in several important aspects such as proportions and structural performance and texture, where the shape of materials and their proportions are used in the service of movement as an example of flexible materials such as iron or interactive materials such as smart materials.
Therefore, this research is interested in studying the objectives of the design process and the impact of the use of building materials on that process in the form of facades as well as the impact of this in the idea and architectural content with the development of an assessment of sustainability standards for building materials and smart materials commonly used and the study of the most widespread and influential building materials in the architectural design process of facades.