WTC monolith memorial revealed.

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They are Obsessed with reflecting pools.



The theme of the day at the press conference to unveil the new design of the September 11 Memorial Museum Pavilion: "appropriate scale." That's architect-speak for "the thing's much smaller now"—or, as Snohetta architect Craig Dykers put it, "With the new Pavilion, we strived to create a building that's an appropriate scale to its surrounding without overwhelming the experience with a more singular or monolithic form." Super! Sure thing! Tinyriffic! Anyway, that's the redesigned pavilion, there at middle left between the north and south waterfall pools.

The day's other big reveal: that primary access from the Pavilion to the September 11 museum, which is mostly below-ground, will come courtesy of a sloping floor that creates a continuous room between and ground level to the museum below. All that, and more, revealed in the photo gallery above. Still to come: construction updates from the slurry wall and beyond!

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Sergio Alexis Florez Ortiz Jr said…
reflection pools ehh? "as above, so below"
September 17, 2008 at 6:28 AM
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