Uploaded on 2015-05-03 by MarinaStephanie

[1]: https://edxuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/14306781919291657.jpg This building is the Tomie Ohtake Institute, constructed in São Paulo, Brazil in 2001. In this image we can see one material that is used all over the world: aluminum plates compound, that is easier to model with different shapes. But this material have to be used carefully here because we have high temperatures in summer and this material can heat the building. The first materials used in our constructions were: brick made with loam to keep the internal temperature fresh and big roofs to protect the building from insolation. And now the globalization allow us to use different materials and techniques.