Uploaded on 2014-10-16 by ainaraserrano

[1]: https://edxuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/14134601619058924.jpg Architecture tends to look for new materials that allow us to acquire an aesthetic that fits the design, but often the source of these materials are unknown to users, although we understand that globalization is part of today really know the importance that acquires? So I took this photograph in which we can see the facade of the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, designed by Frank Gehry. We can observe the three materials used in facade (glass, limestone and titanium). The glass is of little interest to the topic we are discussing, limestone comes from Granada although there are quarries in the area, but because of their color and drawing they decided to bring it from Granada. The sheets of titanium, a key part of the design of the museum and its aesthetic form of flakes, are a clear example of globalization, the production of these was performed as follows. Mineral extraction is done in Australia, bringing extracted mineral to France for melting , taken to Pittsburgh (USA) for laminate, then from USA to Italy for cutting and bending and finally to Bilbao for placing. It is more important aesthetic than the life cycle of the materials? Depends on the properties or aesthetic that we seek in the material , but we must consider the life cycle of materials to be conscious about our designs.