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n "Floating
Memorial/Folded Street," the space "floats" with river
water moving below it. On the way up, strips of sunlight animate the
floors and walls. Slots allow oblique views of the Hudson River. Floors
contain a restaurant, cafe, classrooms and a hotel. In a memorial hall,
each of the tragedy's victims has a photographic portrait and a candle.
Artist: Steven Holl with Makram El-Kadi and Ziad Jameleddine
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The
"World Center for Human Concerns" is designed to provide space
for all cultures and people and to serve as a catalyst for exchange
based on tolerance. The spaces in the new World Center result from what
the artists call "the draping and folding of the building
skin." Artist: Michael Hensel, Kivi Sotamaa, Tuuli Sotamaa, Birger Sevaldson (Ocean North) |
 
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This proposal has two complimentary parts, "The World Forum" and "The World Bridge." The former is a memorial dedicated to those who lost their lives, and would also contain office space and cultural and commercial activities. "The World Bridge" is an arched structure over the Hudson River connecting New York and New Jersey. No cars would be allowed; instead, it would feature a green park and a pedestrian crossing. Artist: Eytan Kaufman Design and Development |
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"Zero Zones" presents three inhabitable buildings, all 880 feet high. Four times a day--timed to the exact minute that the two airplanes hit the towers and that the two towers collapsed--sunlight comes through slats in the buildings as a memorial. Artist: Raimund Abraham |
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With "Oblique WTC," it's best to let the artist explain: "Elevators form a highly complex structure of diagonals where at some platforms more than five or six different cores come together to form larger public areas," he writes. "It is this network of elevators which makes the building not just a new type of tower, but more like a new type of urbanism." Artist: Lars Spuybroek (NOX) |
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The artist describes her rendition as "a city compressed into a large building." As abstract as this work appears, gallery owner Max Protetch said he might commission this artist to build the new World Trade Center if the decision were up to him. Artist: Zaha Hadid |
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This New York firm's design replaces the twin buildings with 11 core towers--each between 80 and 100 stories high--that would serve as infrastructure for new tenants, allowing them to integrate their own building concept. Artist: Hariri & Hariri |
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Before the Mississippi architect died at 57 in late December, he drew a proposal from his hospital bed. His idea was for two towers--even taller than the originals--on either side of a vast pit dug into the earth, 911 feet deep, that could be reached by a spiraling ramp. At the bottom would be a reflecting pool, a memorial and a cultural center. Artist: Samuel Mockbee |
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