National September 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center
New York, USA
To honor those who were killed in the 1993 and 2001 terrorist attacks, the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation held a competition for the design of a memorial at the World Trade Center site. In January 2004, the scheme Reflecting Absence by architect Michael Arad and landscape architect Peter Walker was selected. Davis Brody Bond Aedas was selected as the Associate Architect to execute the design of the Memorial in April 2004 and was later commissioned as Design Architect for the Museum in December 2004.
The design for the Memorial includes a planting of 300 oak trees, a four and a half acre open plaza and two memorial fountains and pools marking the footprints of the absent towers. Scheduled for completion in September 2012, the below grade museum site comprises the footprints of the twin towers and the space between them, echoing the boundaries of the Memorial Plaza above. The museum site preserves and displays the physical remains of the site of the twin towers, houses important artifacts from the period of recovery and is the place that tells the stories of all those who experienced the events of the day.
The design and construction of the National September 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center will be one of the most significant undertakings in the history of New York City, and a focal point for the revitalization of Lower Manhattan.
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