The National September 11 Memorial Museum New York, NY
The National September 11 Memorial Museum New York, NY
Foundation Hall with North Tower Volume (left); West Overlook (center), Preserved Slurry Wall ...
The National September 11 Memorial Museum New York, NY
Foundation Hall with North Tower Volume (left); West Overlook (center), Preserved Slurry Wall (right).
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9/11 Memorial Museum (below)
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Unlike a typical museum, where the icon contains exhibits,
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the 9/11 Memorial Museum is the inverse; the exhibit is the icon. 9/11 Memorial Museum
Remembering the fallen Twin Towers through their surviving physical structural footprints, the 9/11 Memorial Museum stands witness to the tragedy and its impact. Museum Diagram
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Drawings and Models
Counterclockwise from top left: (1) North Tower Volume with Ribbon Descent; (2) Exploded Axonometric Model of Memorial Plaza, Separately Commissioned Entry Pavilion, and Memorial Museum Below showing Tower Volumes and Ribbon Insertion; (3) West Overlook of Foundation Hall and Slurry Wall; (4) Original Concept Model with Preserved Bedrock Site, Tower Volumes and Ribbon Insertion.
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6 Concourse Lower Level 1 1 Concourse Lobby 2 Ribbon Descent 3 Museum Support 4 Museum Shop 5 Entry Pavilion (Above) 6 South Pool 7 North Pool
1 Bedrock Lower Level 3 1 South Tower 2 North Tower 3 Foundation Hall 4 Memorial Hall 5 Path Station 6 Mechanical Plant
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North Tower Footprint
South Tower Footprint
Memorial Plaza Level
Bedrock Level -70’ Slurry Wall
3D Image
Architectural Insertion into WTC Site
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Concourse Lobby. Arrival from Ground Level (left); South Tower Gallery Overlook (left, background); Begin of Ramped Descent to Bedrock (center, left); Reception Desk (center); and arrival from Bedrock Level below (right).
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Overlook of South Tower Gallery from Concourse Lobby
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Begin of Ribbon Descent. Progressive Disclosure of West Overlook and Foundation Hall with Slurry Wall and North Tower Volume.
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West Overlook of Foundation Hall and Slurry Wall
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Image (left): Ribbon Descent leaving West Overlook of Foundation Hall. Image (right top): Ribbon Descent alongside North Tower Volume. Image (right bottom): Ribbon Descent alongside North Tower Volume.
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Ribbon Descent Arrival at Bedrock with Survivors’ Stair in Memorial Hall
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North-South Section Looking West through Ribbon Descent & North Tower Volume
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East Overlook viewing Memorial Hall
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North-South Section Looking West Through Concourse Lobby & Memorial Hall
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Ribbon Descent Arrival at Bedrock alongside Preserved Survivors’ Stair
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Preserved South Tower Box Column Footings
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South Tower Volume with Preserved Box Column Footings with Bridges into Exhibit Galleries
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Materials
Image (top): Survivors’ Stair and South Tower Volume with Preserved Remnants of Twin Tower Columns. Images (bottom) from left: (1) Concrete (Raw and Finished throughout Museum); (2) Aluminum Cladding on Tower Volumes; (3) Panels on Underside of Ribbon; (4) Hardwood Flooring on Ribbon Descent.
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Memorial Hall with Survivors’ Stair (left), North Tower Volume (center), and Spencer Finch Installation Trying to Remember the Color of the Sky on That Tuesday Morning (right).
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Ramped Descent “the Ribbon”
Tower Volume
Column Bases
Bedrock Level
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Juxtaposition of Ribbon Design to Tower Volume.
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Underside of Ribbon at Bedrock Level Exit. North Tower Volume with Remnants of Twin Tower Columns at Left.
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Image (left top): North Tower Volume with Preserved Box Column Footings looking West. Image (left bottom): Preserved North Tower Box Column Footings. Image (right): Foundation Hall with view toward North Tower Excavation of Preserved North Tower Box Column Footings.
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North Tower Volume from Fountation Hall
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West Overlook from Foundation Hall
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Images from left: (1) Detail Close up of Preserved Slurry Wall; (2) North Tower Volume and Preserved Box Column Footings
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“The mission of the 9/11 Memorial Museum, located at the World Trade Center site, is to bear solemn witness to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 and February 26, 1993. The Museum honors the nearly 3,000 victims of these attacks and all those who risked their lives to save others. It further recognizes the thousands who survived and all who demonstrated extraordinary compassion in the aftermath. Demonstrating the consequences of terrorism on individual lives and its impact on communities at the local, national, and international levels, the Museum attests to the triumph of human dignity over human depravity and affirms an unwavering commitment to the fundamental value of human life.”
