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National September 11 Memorial & Museum

Visitors to the memorial museum will be presented with a sequence of experiences which allow for individual and personal encounters within an
overall context of a historical narrative. The nature of the Museum is such that the shell of the space, comprising existing foundations, the
slurry wall and other in-situ elements of the site is as much an artifact of 9/11 as the contents of the exhibitions.

Visitors to the Museum will enter through a Pavilion that will house an auditorium for public programming, a multi-purpose area for contemplation
and refreshment and a private suite reserved for victims’ family members. Two of the original steel tridents from the Twin Towers will be
enclosed within the Pavilion’s grand glass atrium, standing as references to the past, while signaling hope for the future.

From the Pavilion, visitors will descend a gently ramped “ribbon,” toward the core exhibitions at bedrock, the archeological heart of the World
Trade Center site. This descent echoes the ramp that once was used by construction workers to help build the World Trade Center and was
again used in the aftermath of the attacks for the recovery and clean-up of the site and by victims’ family members to access bedrock on
anniversaries of 9/11. From the ramp, vistas will be created, providing a sense of the vastness of the site and the scale of the original Towers.
Visitors will be able to stand between the locations of the original Twin Towers and experience their scale, which will be referenced by two
metal-clad, ethereal volumes.

The final descent to the base of the site will take visitors alongside the Vesey Street Stair remnant – also known as the “Survivor Stairs,” which
was used by hundreds to escape the destruction of the Towers on 9/11. Here the visitor arrives at bedrock level of the Museum which contains
the foundations of the original World Trade Center. To the greatest extent possible the original column bases and concrete footings that
supported the Twin Towers are exposed in the floor slab of the Museum, and they define a clear outline of the Towers. Also on this level are the
permanent and temporary exhibit galleries which tell the story of the events of 9/11 through artifacts, narratives, oral histories and multi-media
displays.

A powerful experience within the Museum is the West Chamber – an enormous space created by large sheer walls and long span trusses. This
area references both the absence of the buildings and the enormity of the site. A preserved portion of the original World Trade Center slurry
wall, which withstood the collapse of the Towers and prevented the site from being flooded by the Hudson River, will be displayed in here.

The West Chamber will also house the “Last Column” – which was returned to the site in late August 2009 for permanent installation in the
Museum. The massive “Last Column” was covered in tributes from members of the construction trades, rescue personnel, and family members
before the column was removed from the site, marking the end of the nine-month recovery efforts in May 2002.

The final leg of the visitor’s experience is a gradual ascent by escalator from bedrock back to Memorial Hall. From this ascent there are controlled
views out to the aluminum-clad tower volumes. Arrival in Memorial Hall is followed by an ascent up to the plaza, the Memorial fountains and the
active life of the city.

Architects: Davis Brody Bong Aedas and Snøhetta.
Official website: National 9/11 Memorial.org

Renderings has been visualized by Squared Design Lab. Copyright: Snøhetta






















 
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The National September 11 Memorial and Museum is being built to commemorate the lives lost during the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. They're located at the former World Trade Center site, also known as Ground Zero, in New York City. The site was designed by architect Michael Arad around a theme of "Reflecting Absence." The site will be covered with trees, while two giant, recessed reflecting pools replace the footprints of the fallen towers. Ramps will allow visitors to walk down to the pools; around the pools are walls engraved with the names of those killed in the attacks.
Close by the reflecting pools will sit the museum atrium, a structure with a somewhat abstract shape. A spiraling ramp will lead visitors to bedrock and the foundations of the original World Trade Center towers, which have been incorporated into the exhibit space.
The memorial and museum were planned and funded by a nonprofit corporation formed specifically for that purpose. Both have fallen behind schedule, but the memorial is set to open for the 10th anniversary of the attacks, Sept. 11, 2011 [source: Rubinstein]. The planned opening for the museum will be in 2012. If you're planning to visit, you need to make reservations well in advance (the only way the memorial and museum could ever hope to accommodate the millions of annual visitors it expects to receive). Reservations can be made starting in July 2011, but those with family members who died in the attacks will get priority for reservations.
The planning and construction of the memorial and museum hasn't been without difficulty. The design was chosen through a competition, but some victims' family members protested various aspects of the design. The nonprofit foundation met early fundraising goals, but at that point there was little idea of how the memorial would look or how much it would cost. The initial cost estimate of just under $700 million eventually ballooned to over $1 billion, forcing a redesign to bring the budget under control [source: Feiden]. The final estimate of the cost, with just a few months before the memorial is to open, is $700 million [source: Hollander]. Dispute over the design has continued, and there have also been complaints about the salaries of the nonprofit corporation's executives, several of whom earn more than $300,000 [source: Karni]. The museum foundation will continue to raise money for upkeep, maintaining the collection of nearly 20,000 artifacts related to the attacks and assisting in the creation of new exhibits.
 
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I'm not sure if this has been posted before, or if anyone else has noticed, but you can "Google Street View" the memorial fountains (naturally, I have only just found this out now).

You can follow the route around both waterfall memorials, and are able to read the names on the plaques as well as get a good look around at the site.

For anyone who hasnt been there in person yet, it's a pretty cool arm-chair experience, even though the imagery is a few months out of date now.

Google Maps

:cheers:
 
#1,967 ·
^^Oddly, it was "more complete" a month ago:



They've been ass-dragging on this roof for what seems like forever. Here it was 24 months ago:



Yes, two years ago. Look at the progress that's been made on various supertalls during that period of time.
 
#1,980 ·
It wasn't made intentionally. LED bulbs will irremediably cast a degree of volumetric light under dark conditions, the effect is further intensified if suspended particles are encountered floating within the volumetric light. Snow should produce a great example of this phenomenon.
 
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The best time to plant deciduous trees is in the winter when they're dormant. (Worst time is during the hottest part of summer.) It could be difficult if the ground/soil is frozen as hard as a rock, but that must not be a problem here. However, it is weird seeing the new trees and snow at the same time:



Edit: I like the pattern that the snow reveals on the pavilion roof.


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