Uploaded on 2014-11-02 by rociocarvajo

This tower has been the center of the attention of New Yorkers for the last years. Not just because the symbolic meaning it represents, but also due to its monumentality: a new symbol of the city and, according to its designers, “one of the safest towers in the world”. I was living in New York while it was under construction. From outside, concrete, steel and glass were the only materials one could see: “materials from the globalized world”. However, it is one of the world’s greenest buildings (Architectural Digest, A LOOK AT THE NEW ONE WORLD TRADE CENTER): much of the materials used come from postindustrial recycled materials and more than three-quarters of its waste will be recycled. Using building components “of a globalized economy”, when combined with a sustainable strategy can be a smart approach to take advantage of existing best practices while reducing the environmental impact of the building process. [1]: https://edxuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/14149468136588993.jpg