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I think a lot of people (especially me :D) are interested in this building and I couldn't find a thread about it. To avoid Off-Topic in the several WTC-Tower threads I decided to create this one.
So this is only about the Santiago Calatrava Transportation Hub and nothing else.
Here we go..


extract from lowermanhattan.info:

The image of a bird in flight is not one normally associated with an underground transportation center, but architect Santiago Calatrava has perfectly managed to marry the two. As designed, the World Trade Center (WTC) transportation hub -- built with two 150-feet-tall canopies extending from a glass- and steel-ribbed “body” -- sits at street level like a bird poised for flight, delivering natural light to the PATH train platform 60 feet below ground.

The $3.2 billion hub will sit at the northeast corner of the WTC site at Church and Vesey Streets and is expected to form an underground connection between the World Financial Center and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s Fulton Street Transit Center. Through it, pedestrians will have access to Hudson River ferry terminals, PATH trains, 13 subway lines, and possibly a direct rail link to JFK International Airport.

Calatrava’s design features steel “ribs” with glass panels between them to maximize natural light inside the station. The underground concourse, mezzanine, and platform levels will be largely free of vertical columns for a greater sense of openness and movement. The hub will also be a central pedestrian thoroughfare for the half-million-square-foot retail program planned for the WTC’s lower levels.

“The building is built with steel, glass, and light. They will all be equal building materials,” Calatrava said. “The light will arrive at the platform, and visitors will feel like they are arriving in a great place, a welcoming place.”
Calatrava said that Daniel Libeskind’s original master plan both guided his design and served as inspiration, stating that the transportation hub “articulates with Libeskind’s beautiful plan. The station fits like a centerpiece in the middle of the plaza.”

The hub in its entirety, which is being funded in part by the Federal Transit Administration, should open by mid-2014 and is expected to eventually serve more than a quarter-million travelers daily.






video of the exterior view:
http://www.lowermanhattan.info/tool...title=Exterior View&desc=1 minutes 24 seconds

video of the interior view:
http://www.lowermanhattan.info/tool...title=Interior View&desc=1 minutes 48 seconds
 
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Before I was totally against this design. And to be honest, I am not at all a fan of Calatrava. However, after seeing this in person, walking inside the concourse and seeing what it looks like actually painted, I have to admit that it has grown substantially on me. (Maybe BIG's 2WTC will also grow on me--though I doubt it) This is the future.
 
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Not just slow, but poor project management. They handed out flyers in late May saying the new entrances would open "in a few weeks" but its now mid-October and nada. They dont seem to have a handle on their own timelines.
Well, it's taking forever to see the last pieces neither in storage... Could be a failure or something like that? Right now is like an unfinished sculpture
 
#6,596 ·
Not just slow, but poor project management. They handed out flyers in late May saying the new entrances would open "in a few weeks" but its now mid-October and nada. They dont seem to have a handle on their own timelines.
You hit the nail on the head by pointing out Poor Project Management!! I don't believe that the PA knows what the term means to say nothing about being able to do it.:eek:hno:
 
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