National September 11 Memorial in New York by HANDEL ARCHITECTS LLP

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The design of the 9/11 Memorial was selected through an international design competition that attracted over 5,200 entrants from 63 nations. Michael Arad won the competition in 2004, and joined Handel Architects as a Partner shortly after, bringing the skills and talents of the office and its Partners to assist him in developing the project.

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• Architects: HANDEL ARCHITECTS LLP
• Project: National September 11 Memorial
• Location: New York, U.S.A
• Photography: Joe Woolhead
• Size: 8 acres
• Designer: Michael Arad AIA, LEED AP
• Design Team: Michael Arad, Gary Handel, Amanda Sachs, David Margolis, Robert Jamieson, Cristobal Canas, and Garrett Brignoli
• Associate Architect: Davis Brody Bond Aedas.
• Landscape Architect: Peter Walker and Partners
• Owner: The National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center
• Construction Manager: Lend Lease Inc.
• Fountain Designer: DEW Inc.
• Lighting Designer: Fisher Marantz Stone
• Structural Engineer: WSP Cantor Seinuk
• M/E/P Engineer: Jaros Baum & Bolles Consulting Engineers
• Geotechnical Engineer: Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers, Langan Engineering & Environmental Services.
• Security Engineers: ARUP.
• Waterproofing: WJE Engineers & Architects P.C.
• Engineers: Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc.
• Sustainability Consultant: Viridian Energy & Environmental LLC
• Blast Hardening Consultant: Weidlinger Consulting Engineers
• Commissioning: Horizon Engineers
• Code Consultants: Code Consultants, Inc.

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The Memorial site is a public space for meditation and contemplation, centered around two reflecting pools that sit in the footprints of the original World Trade Center Towers. Lining the perimeter of each fountain is a parapet of victims’ names, arranged and inscribed according to a system of “meaningful adjacencies.” The pools are clad in Jet Mist granite, and the names panels are made of bronze that has been treated with a ferric based patina. At night, the names are illuminated from within. The fountains rest within a new plaza that acts as a sacred ground for those coming to honor the victims, while also integrating the Memorial into the surrounding city.

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The project’s elegant simplicity conceals an incredible complexity of architectural design and engineering. The fourteen-acre WTC site will contain, in addition to the Memorial and the Museum, a Visitor Orientation Center, a new PATH train station, a Subway station, an underground retail concourse, an underground road network with security screening areas, five new office towers, and a Performing Arts Center. Most of these projects interlock physically and programmatically with the eight-acre Memorial site and have required close coordination between the various design teams.

Image Courtesy © Joe Woolhead

Image Courtesy © Joe Woolhead

Image Courtesy © Joe Woolhead

Image Courtesy © Joe Woolhead

Image Courtesy © Joe Woolhead

Image Courtesy © Joe Woolhead

Image Courtesy © Joe Woolhead

Image Courtesy © HANDEL ARCHITECTS LLP

Image Courtesy © HANDEL ARCHITECTS LLP

Tags: New York, U.S.A.

Category: Memorial

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