Glass

THE USE OF THE GLASS IN CARACAS

In Caracas, in 1954, it was inaugurated the **tower Polar**,by architects //Galia and Vegas//. It is an innovative building where glass was used as facade. This gives it a different aspect, an oil color, translucent and elegant. Itwas criticized by many people for the material used. The glass produces problems of overheating and the solar radiation that operates on the offices and the windows which are not properly ventilated. Also skyscrapers were created with glass facades, giving a modern aspect to the city, like the the **towers of Central Park**. Another example of avant-garde work is the black bucket created by //Philip Johnson//. But this building for having a black skin of glass uses a high quantity of energy. The glass has been used in the facade of the buildings of Caracas as an aesthetic, innovative and luxurious element, forgetting for a moment the tropical climate that we have, causing the use of high amounts of energy inside the modern buildings. Nevertheless, in the building **Park crystal**, //Jimmy Alcock// employed the glass in a different form at the wings of the building, avoiding the overheating that takes place when the solar beams hit perpendicularly to the glass facade.