Caracterización de materiales usados en la construcción de fachadas de edificaciones multifamiliares en Bucaramanga. Caso de estudio: Prototipo general por década a partir de 1960 hasta el año 2000.

Abstract

This research is based on an analysis of the inputs used in the construction of existing multifamily buildings in the city of Bucaramanga in order to contribute to the development of architectural sustainability in it, starting from the study of vertical envelopes since they are considered the architectural element of greater importance, establishing in turn a time line of analysis from the 1960s to the 2000s, since in this period the urban and construction events that took place were important in the configuration of the current city, beginning with 16 buildings whose object is focused on the collection of information on the outstanding materials within the construction of facades, ending with a prototype of multi-family building per decade for its subsequent environmental evaluation with the application of the life cycle analysis. To carry out the analysis, the mixed type research methodology is established, due to the qualitative and quantitative characteristics that are present in the different stages of the research; The initial stage is based on the collection of information on the urban growth of the city, followed by the recognition and documentation of the outstanding materials in the construction of facades to establish the quantities used by material of the buildings in the case study, ending with the stage of the environmental analysis of the facade materials through the Life Cycle Analysis - LCA in order to identify the possible environmental contributions caused in the city by the use of these.