Uploaded on 2015-06-16 by Hanna_Jurkowska

[1]: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/65346885/2.jpg I have chosen those two buildings to show the contrast between 'local and global' construction materials. Bricks, used in a construction process of the St. Peter and Paul Church (right side of the photo), were local products. At that time, this construction material was manufactured in brickyards in Szczecin. Brickwork was used in Brunsberg's sacral gotic architecture typical for this area. On the left side of the square, a good architecture can be seen but the influence of globalized economy can't be doubed. In the Philharmonic Hall in Szczecin (the Mies van der Rohe Award 2015), main materials used in a construction process are: glass, aluminum, concrete and LED system. Those materials are products of a globalized economy. The binding dependency between products and semi-finished products is long and complicated. There are many possibilities to get the final material, for example, sand could be provided from Poland but also from Germany which is nearby. Construction materials could be sourced and manufactured anywhere depending on classifications contractor, architect and investor headed. Unfortunately, I can't predict those categories, that is why it is no longer obvious nor possible to trace those materials production process or to mark the country of origin. This uncertainty pictures the problem.